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Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.

University Challenge Season 26

November. 12,1996

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University Challenge

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Testing university quiz show.

Director

Simon Staffurth

Cast

Amol Rajan

Producted By

Granada Television

Genres

Family Talk

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University Challenge Season 26 Full Episode Guide

Episode 27 - Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University

First Aired: June. 04,1997

Magdalen College, Oxford and the Open University battle it out in the final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions and Germaine Greer presents the trophy to the winners.

Episode 26 - Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University

First Aired: May. 28,1997

Episode 25 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester

First Aired: May. 21,1997

Episode 24 - Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University

First Aired: May. 14,1997

Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.

Episode 23 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital

First Aired: May. 07,1997

Episode 22 - Manchester v Glamorgan

First Aired: April. 30,1997

Episode 21 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast

First Aired: April. 23,1997

Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Episode 20 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University

First Aired: April. 16,1997

Episode 19 - St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

First Aired: April. 09,1997

Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.

Episode 18 - Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London

First Aired: April. 02,1997

Episode 17 - Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford

First Aired: March. 26,1997

Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.

Episode 16 - Glamorgan v St Andrews

First Aired: March. 19,1997

Episode 15 - Manchester v Imperial College, London

First Aired: March. 12,1997

Episode 14 - Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge

First Aired: March. 05,1997

Episode 13 - Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol

First Aired: February. 26,1997

Magdalen College, Oxford return to take on the University of the West of England, Bristol in the first of eight second-round matches. Jeremy Paxman is the discerning quizmaster.

Episode 12 - Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford

First Aired: February. 10,1997

Episode 11 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow

First Aired: February. 03,1997

Episode 10 - The Open University v Swansea

First Aired: January. 27,1997

Jeremy Paxman hosts the general-knowledge quiz with teams from University of Wales, Swansea and the Open University, which includes one of the oldest contestants to take part - a 72-year-old woman.