University Challenge — Season 44
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
About this season
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
Episodes (37)
1. Manchester v Selwyn College, Cambridge
Aired 14 July 2014 • 29 min
In the opening match of the quiz series for students, Manchester University take on Selwyn College, Cambridge for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
2. Oxford Brookes v Jesus College, Oxford
Aired 21 July 2014
In another first round match, students from Oxford Brookes University do battle with Jesus College, Oxford in a bid to reach the second round in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
3. Bristol v Courtauld Institute
Aired 28 July 2014 • 29 min
In another first round match, students representing the University of Bristol battle it out with the Courtauld Institute of Art for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
4. St Anne's College, Oxford v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Aired 11 August 2014 • 29 min
In another first round match, St Anne's College, Oxford competes against Gonville and Caius, Cambridge for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the question
5. St Peter's College, Oxford v Sussex
Aired 18 August 2014 • 29 min
In another first-round match, St Peter's College, Oxford competes against the University of Sussex for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
6. LSHTM v LSE
Aired 25 August 2014 • 29 min
It is a local derby as two London colleges, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics, do battle for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
7. Liverpool v Sheffield
Aired 1 September 2014 • 29 min
Two universities on either side of the Pennines, Liverpool and Sheffield, fight it out for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
8. Bath v Glasgow
Aired 8 September 2014 • 29 min
It is England versus Scotland when Bath University takes on the University of Glasgow in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
9. Leicester v Open
Aired 15 September 2014 • 29 min
The students from the University of Leicester battle it out against the Open University in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
10. Trinity College, Cambridge v St Andrews
Aired 22 September 2014 • 29 min
The students from Trinity College, Cambridge fight it out with St Andrews University for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
11. UCL v Exeter
Aired 29 September 2014 • 29 min
The students from University College, London encounter the students representing the University of Exeter in another first round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
12. Brasenose College, Oxford v Durham
Aired 6 October 2014 • 29 min
Brasenose College, Oxford and the University of Durham battle it out for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
13. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v York
Aired 13 October 2014 • 29 min
In the penultimate first-round match of the student quiz, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge clashes with the University of York. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
14. Magdalen College, Oxford v Pembroke College, Cambridge
Aired 20 October 2014 • 29 min
It is an Oxbridge fixture between Magdalen College, Oxford and Pembroke College, Cambridge in the last of the first-round matches. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
15. Open v LSE
Aired 27 October 2014 • 29 min
It is the first of the two highest-scoring loser matches, when two teams get a second chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
16. Manchester v Sussex
Aired 3 November 2014 • 29 min
The last of the two highest-scoring loser matches sees two teams get a second chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
17. Leicester v Trinity College, Cambridge
Aired 10 November 2014 • 29 min
It's the first of the second round matches when two teams battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
18. Durham v York
Aired 17 November 2014 • 29 min
It is another second-round match with two teams fighting it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
19. Magdalen College, Oxford v Open
Aired 24 November 2014 • 29 min
It is another second round match with two teams fighting it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
20. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Manchester
Aired 1 December 2014 • 29 min
Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
21. LSHTM v Bristol
Aired 8 December 2014 • 29 min
Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
22. Glasgow v Liverpool
Aired 15 December 2014 • 29 min
Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
23. Selywyn College, Cambridge v St Peter's College, Oxford
Aired 5 January 2015 • 29 min
Find out which of the two teams competing in the second round of the student quiz will make it through to the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
24. Oxford Brookes v UCL
Aired 12 January 2015 • 29 min
In the last of the second-round matches, students representing two more universities battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
25. Bristol v Liverpool
Aired 19 January 2015 • 29 min
In the first of the quarter-finals, two student teams fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
26. St Peter's College, Oxford v Oxford Brookes
Aired 26 January 2015 • 29 min
The quarter-finals continue as two teams of university students do battle to reach the next stage in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
27. Durham v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Aired 2 February 2015 • 29 min
Pressure is mounting as the quarter-finals continue in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
28. Magdalen College, Oxford v Trinity College, Cambridge
Aired 9 February 2015 • 29 min
The quarter-final stage continues as teams representing two more universities fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
29. Liverpool v St Peter's College, Oxford
Aired 16 February 2015 • 29 min
Another quarter-final match to determine which university team will make it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
30. Oxford Brookes v Bristol
Aired 23 February 2015 • 29 min
In another quarter-final match, two teams of students aim to reach the next stage of the quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
31. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Magdalen College, Oxford
Aired 2 March 2015 • 29 min
The gruelling quarter-finals continue as two student teams vie to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
32. Durham v Trinity College, Cambridge
Aired 9 March 2015 • 29 min
The pressure is increasing as the quarter-finals continue. Find out which team makes it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
33. Bristol v Magdalen College, Oxford
Aired 16 March 2015 • 29 min
It's the penultimate quarter-final match in the long and winding road to the semi-finals of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
34. Leicester v Durham
Aired 23 March 2015 • 29 min
The last of the quarter-finals sees one more team make it through to the semi-final stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
35. St Peter's College, Oxford v Magdalen College, Oxford
Aired 30 March 2015 • 29 min
It's the first of the semis, when one team will find out if they have made it to the Grand Final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
36. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Durham
Aired 6 April 2015 • 29 min
In the last of the semi-finals, find out which team succeeds in achieving a place in the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
37. Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Aired 13 April 2015 • 29 min
It's the grand final of the student quiz - when one team will get to lift the University Challenge trophy. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.