About this season
University Challenge icons and real-life best friends Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull are on a road trip with a difference. Feeding their insatiable appetite for knowledge, they visit Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales in search of hidden gems of British scientific and technological ingenuity.
Episodes (4)
1. England
Aired 17 September 2018 • 30 min
Eric and Bobby head to Northern England where they discover "The Captive Flying Machines," the giant telescopes of the mysterious Jodrell Bank Observatory and a museum dedicated only to lawnmowers.
2. Wales
Aired 24 September 2018 • 30 min
Talking industrial engineering as they sail across the highest navigable aqueduct in the world and climb the summit of Mount Snowdown via the mountain's iconic rack-and-pinion narrow gauge steam railway train.
3. Northern Ireland
Aired 1 October 2018 • 30 min
In Northern Ireland Bobby and Eric encounter a piece of aviation history that has saved thousands of lives: the ejector seat, designed in Northern Ireland.
4. Scotland
Aired 8 October 2018 • 30 min
Monkman and Seagull make a tour of some of Scotland's most enigmatic scientific achievements.