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Lancaster v Glasgow

Episode number: 1

Overview: In the opening match of the quiz series for students, the University of Lancaster takes on Glasgow University for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Merton College, Oxford

Episode number: 2

Overview: In another first-round match, students from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, do battle with Merton College, Oxford, in a bid to reach the second round in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Magdalen College, Oxford v York

Episode number: 3

Overview: In another first-round match, students from Magdalen College, Oxford, do battle with York University in a bid to reach the second round in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Birmingham v Bristol

Episode number: 4

Overview: In another first-round match, the University of Birmingham competes against the University of Bristol for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Wolfson College, Cambridge v St John’s College, Oxford

Episode number: 5

Overview: Students representing Wolfson College, Cambridge, compete with St John’s College, Oxford, in another first-round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Edinburgh v Birkbeck

Episode number: 6

Overview: Edinburgh University students do battle with Birkbeck, London, students for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Jesus College, Oxford v Manchester

Episode number: 7

Overview: The team representing Jesus College, Oxford, fights it out against Manchester University for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Durham v Trinity College, Cambridge

Episode number: 8

Overview: Durham University takes on Trinity College, Cambridge, in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

LSE v Courtauld Institute

Episode number: 9

Overview: In another first-round match, students from LSE fight it out against the Courtauld Institute of Art for a place in the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Goldsmiths v Southampton

Episode number: 10

Overview: In another first-round match, Goldsmiths, University of London, do battle against the University of Southampton for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Open v Huddersfield

Episode number: 11

Overview: In another first-round match, the students from the Open University fight it out against the team from the University of Huddersfield for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Wolfson College, Oxford v Sheffield

Episode number: 12

Overview: It is a contest tonight between Wolfson College, Oxford and the University of Sheffield for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Imperial College London v Brasenose College, London

Episode number: 13

Overview: In the penultimate first-round match of the student quiz, Imperial College London clashes with Brasenose College, Oxford. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Downing College, Cambridge

Episode number: 14

Overview: It is the last of the first-round matches and the students of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, fight it out against Downing College, Cambridge. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Sheffield v Jesus College, Oxford

Episode number: 15

Overview: It is the first of the two highest scoring loser matches tonight when two teams get another chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

York v Durham

Episode number: 16

Overview: It's the last of the two highest scoring loser matches tonight when two teams get another chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Birmingham v Jesus College, Oxford

Episode number: 17

Overview: It’s the first of the second-round matches, where two teams battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Southampton v Durham

Episode number: 18

Overview: It is another second-round match and two teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Courtauld Institute v Glasgow

Episode number: 19

Overview: The second round continues as two teams make a bid to reach the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Imperial College London v St John's College, Oxford

Episode number: 20

Overview: Two more student teams fight it out in the second round to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Huddersfield v Manchester

Episode number: 21

Overview: In the second round of the competition for students, two more teams do battle to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Trinity College, Cambridge v Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Episode number: 22

Overview: The second round of the quiz for students continues. Two teams representing their universities aim to reach the quarter finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Wolfson College, Oxford v Edinburgh

Episode number: 23

Overview: Find out which of the two teams competing tonight in the second round of the student quiz will make it through to the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Magdalen College, Oxford v Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Episode number: 24

Overview: 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.

Manchester v Trinity College, Cambridge

Episode number: 25

Overview: It is the first of the quarter-finals and two teams battle to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Wolfson College, Oxford v Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Episode number: 26

Overview: The quarter-finals continue when two teams of university students do battle to reach the next stage in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Jesus College, Oxford v Durham

Episode number: 27

Overview: Pressure is mounting as the quarter-finals continue in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Courtauld Institute v Imperial College London

Episode number: 28

Overview: 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.

Trinity College, Cambridge v Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Episode number: 29

Overview: Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in another quarter-final match of the quiz for students.

Manchester v Wolfson College, Oxford

Episode number: 30

Overview: In another quarter-final match, two teams of students aim to reach the next stage of the quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Durham v Imperial College London

Episode number: 31

Overview: The gruelling quarter-finals continue as two student teams vie to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Jesus College, Oxford v Courtauld Institute

Episode number: 32

Overview: The pressure is increasing as the quarter-finals continue. Which team will make it to the next stage of the quiz for students? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Wolfson College, Oxford v Durham

Episode number: 33

Overview: Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the penultimate quarter-final match in the long and winding road to the semi-finals of the quiz for students.

Trinity College, Cambridge v Jesus College, Oxford

Episode number: 34

Overview: Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the last of the quarter-finals as one more team makes it through to the semi-final stage of the quiz for students.

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Durham

Episode number: 35

Overview: In the first of the semi-finals, one team find out if they have made it to the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Imperial College London v Trinity College, Cambridge

Episode number: 36

Overview: In the last of the semis and the penultimate match in the series, find out which team reaches a place in the grand final of the quiz for students.

Final: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Imperial College London

Episode number: 37

Overview: It is the grand final of the quiz for students. Which team will lift the University Challenge trophy? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.