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University Challenge Season 1 Episodes

  • 1962-2026
  • 55 Seasons
  • Game Show
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Amol Rajan hosts this quiz show where UK colleges compete against each other. Originally hosted by Bamber Gascoigne (1962-1987), then Jeremy Paxman (1994-2023).

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

12 Episodes 1962 - 1963

Episode 1

Leeds v Reading

30 mins

Bamber Gascoigne hosts this trivia quiz show where colleges from around the UK compete against each other.

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Episode 2

Leeds v Exeter

30 mins

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Episode 3

Leeds v Unknown

30 mins

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Episode 4

LSE v Unknown

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Episode 5

Cardiff v Unknown

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Episode 6

London v Edinburgh

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Episode 7

Cambridge v Edinburgh

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Episode 8

Edinburgh v Keele

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Episode 9

Durham v Keele

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Episode 52

Episode #1.52

30 mins

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Episode 53

Episode #1.53

30 mins

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Episode 62

Final

30 mins

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