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TV episodes broadcast for the first time on BBC channels
March 13, 2023
Two more teams begin their first quarter-final match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 27/37, 2022/23
March 6, 2023
Two more teams return for their first quarter-final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 26/37, 2022/23
February 27, 2023
The quarter-finals of the tournament begin. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 25/37, 2022/23
February 20, 2023
The end of the second round of the 2022/23 competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 24/37, 2022/23
February 13, 2023
It's the penultimate match of the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 23/37, 2022/23
February 6, 2023
Two more teams return for a second-round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 22/37, 2022/23
January 30, 2023
Two more teams of students return for a second-round match, with Jeremy Paxman.
Episode 21/37, 2022/23
January 23, 2023
Two more teams of students lock horns for a place in the quarter-finals.
Episode 20/37, 2022/23
January 16, 2023
The second round continues. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 19/37, 2022/23
January 9, 2023
The second round continues tonight. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 18/37, 2022/23
January 2, 2023
The second round of the 2022/23 competition begins. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 17/37, 2022/23
December 30, 2022
It’s the grand final of the Christmas competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 10/10, Christmas 2022
December 29, 2022
Two of highest-scoring winning teams from the heats return in the second semi-final.
Episode 9/10, Christmas 2022
December 28, 2022
It's the first semi-final of 2022’s Christmas competition.
Episode 8/10, Christmas 2022
December 27, 2022
Graduates of the University of Bristol play former students of Cardiff in the final heat.
Episode 7/10, Christmas 2022
December 26, 2022
UCL and the University of Aberdeen contest the penultimate heat of the alumni tournament.
Episode 6/10, Christmas 2022
December 23, 2022
Alumni of the University of Hull face graduates of the University of the West of England.
Episode 5/10, Christmas 2022
December 22, 2022
Exeter College, Oxford, play Queen Mary University of London in the fourth heat.
Episode 4/10, Christmas 2022
December 21, 2022
Alumni of Durham University face graduates of the University of York in the third match.
Episode 3/10, Christmas 2022
December 20, 2022
Alumni from University College, Oxford, take on the University of Glasgow.
Episode 2/10, Christmas 2022
December 19, 2022
New Series
University Challenge’s annual Christmas competition for teams of alumni kicks off.
Episode 1/10, Christmas 2022
December 12, 2022
It's the second of the highest-scoring loser matches. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 16/37, 2022/23
December 5, 2022
It's the first of the highest-scoring loser matches. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 15/37, 2022/23
November 28, 2022
Robert Gordon University face the University of Roehampton in the final first-round match.
Episode 14/37, 2022/23
November 21, 2022
Newnham College, Cambridge, face the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Episode 13/37, 2022/23