University Challenge — Season 26
Testing university quiz show.
About this season
Testing university quiz show.
Episodes (27)
1. Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Aired 12 November 1996 • 30 min
2. Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
Aired 19 November 1996 • 30 min
3. King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
Aired 26 November 1996 • 30 min
4. Manchester v Birkbeck
Aired 3 December 1996 • 30 min
5. Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.
Aired 10 December 1996 • 30 min
Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
6. Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan
Aired 17 December 1996 • 30 min
7. St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
Aired 6 January 1997 • 30 min
8. West of England v Surrey
Aired 13 January 1997 • 30 min
Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University
9. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Aired 20 January 1997 • 30 min
10. The Open University v Swansea
Aired 27 January 1997 • 30 min
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.
11. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow
Aired 3 February 1997 • 30 min
12. Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
Aired 10 February 1997 • 30 min
13. Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol
Aired 26 February 1997 • 30 min
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.
14. Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge
Aired 5 March 1997 • 30 min
15. Manchester v Imperial College, London
Aired 12 March 1997 • 30 min
16. Glamorgan v St Andrews
Aired 19 March 1997 • 30 min
17. Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Aired 26 March 1997 • 30 min
Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.
18. Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London
Aired 2 April 1997 • 30 min
19. St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Aired 9 April 1997 • 30 min
Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.
20. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University
Aired 16 April 1997 • 30 min
21. Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
Aired 23 April 1997 • 30 min
Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
22. Manchester v Glamorgan
Aired 30 April 1997 • 30 min
23. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
Aired 7 May 1997 • 30 min
24. Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University
Aired 14 May 1997 • 30 min
Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.
25. Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester
Aired 21 May 1997 • 30 min
26. Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University
Aired 28 May 1997 • 30 min
27. Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University
Aired 4 June 1997 • 30 min
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.