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Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.
Season 1
61 Episodes
September 21, 1962
Season 2
62 Episodes
December 3, 1963
Season 3
42 Episodes
August 25, 1965
Season 4
40 Episodes
September 7, 1966
Season 5
44 Episodes
September 27, 1967
Season 6
45 Episodes
August 2, 1968
Season 7
47 Episodes
July 20, 1969
Season 8
40 Episodes
October 25, 1970
Season 9
40 Episodes
October 17, 1971
Season 10
39 Episodes
October 25, 1972
Season 11
38 Episodes
October 31, 1973
Season 12
35 Episodes
December 2, 1974
Season 13
42 Episodes
November 7, 1975
Season 14
36 Episodes
December 17, 1976
Season 15
43 Episodes
November 7, 1977
Season 16
41 Episodes
November 27, 1978
Season 17
37 Episodes
February 18, 1980
Season 18
40 Episodes
December 15, 1980
Season 19
42 Episodes
December 14, 1981
Season 20
39 Episodes
January 30, 1983
Season 21
33 Episodes
January 20, 1984
Season 22
39 Episodes
April 7, 1986
Season 23
42 Episodes
July 13, 1987
Season 24
27 Episodes
September 21, 1994
Season 25
27 Episodes
November 1, 1995
Season 26
27 Episodes
November 12, 1996
Season 27
27 Episodes
September 10, 1997
Season 28
31 Episodes
September 2, 1998
Season 29
31 Episodes
September 13, 1999
Season 30
31 Episodes
September 4, 2000
Season 31
31 Episodes
July 23, 2001
Season 32
31 Episodes
September 2, 2002
Season 33
31 Episodes
September 15, 2003
Season 34
31 Episodes
September 13, 2004
Season 35
31 Episodes
September 19, 2005
Season 36
31 Episodes
August 7, 2006
Season 37
31 Episodes
July 9, 2007
Season 38
31 Episodes
July 7, 2008
Season 39
37 Episodes
July 6, 2009
Season 40
37 Episodes
July 5, 2010
Season 41
37 Episodes
July 4, 2011
Season 42
37 Episodes
July 16, 2012
Season 43
37 Episodes
July 15, 2013
Season 44
37 Episodes
July 14, 2014
Season 45
37 Episodes
July 13, 2015
Season 46
37 Episodes
July 11, 2016
Season 47
37 Episodes
July 17, 2017
Season 48
37 Episodes
July 16, 2018
Season 49
37 Episodes
July 15, 2019
Season 50
37 Episodes
July 13, 2020
Season 51
37 Episodes
July 12, 2021
Season 52
37 Episodes
August 29, 2022
Season 53
37 Episodes
July 17, 2023
Season 54
37 Episodes
August 12, 2024
Season 55
37 Episodes
July 14, 2025
Season 56
17 Episodes
July 13, 2026
The series kicks off with a match between students from Bristol and Imperial.
In another first-round heat, students from Durham take on defending champions Manchester.
In another first-round game, University College, Oxford play St John’s College, Cambridge.
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama makes its University Challenge debut against Darwin College, Cambridge.
The heats continue, with Magdalen College, Oxford facing Warwick for a place in the second round.
Teams from Bath and City St George’s University play their first game in this year's first competition.
Pembroke College, Cambridge and St Andrews are the teams facing their first starters for ten.
In another first round match, the London School of Economics face King’s College, Cambridge.
The first round of the competition continues with a Midlands derby. Students from Birmingham take on a team from Leicester.
UCL begin their series campaign against the first team ever to qualify from the Royal College of Art.
Southampton and Queen’s University Belfast go head-to-head for a place in round 2.
Teams from Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Somerville College, Oxford put fingers on buzzers for the first time.
The University of Glasgow takes on Goldsmiths, University of London in the penultimate match of the first round.
The first round of the competition concludes with a match between SOAS University of London and Edinburgh.
Two of the highest-scoring losing teams from the heats get a second chance to qualify for the second round.
In the second of the round one repechage games, Bristol and Queen’s University Belfast compete for the final place in the second round.
The second round of the competition begins. Two teams of students go head-to-head for a place in the quarter-finals.
