University Challenge — 1996/1997
27 episodesFirst aired 12 November 1996
Testing university quiz show.
E1Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Nov 199630m
- E2
Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
Nov 199630m
- E3
King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
Nov 199630m
- E4
Manchester v Birkbeck
Dec 199630m
- E5
Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.
Dec 199630m
Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
- E6
Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan
Dec 199630m
- E7
St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
Jan 199730m
- E8
West of England v Surrey
Jan 199730m
Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University
- E9
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Jan 199730m
- E10
The Open University v Swansea
Jan 199730m
Jeremy Paxman hosts the general-knowledge quiz with teams from University of Wales, Swansea and the Open University, which includes one of the oldest contestants to take part - a 72-year-old woman.
- E11
Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow
Feb 199730m
- E12
Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
Feb 199730m
- E13
Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol
Feb 199730m
Magdalen College, Oxford return to take on the University of the West of England, Bristol in the first of eight second-round matches. Jeremy Paxman is the discerning quizmaster.
- E14
Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge
Mar 199730m
- E15
Manchester v Imperial College, London
Mar 199730m
- E16
Glamorgan v St Andrews
Mar 199730m
- E17
Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Mar 199730m
Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.
- E18
Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London
Apr 199730m
- E19
St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Apr 199730m
Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.
- E20
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University
Apr 199730m
- E21
Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
Apr 199730m
Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
- E22
Manchester v Glamorgan
Apr 199730m
- E23
Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
May 199730m
- E24
Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University
May 199730m
Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.
- E25
Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester
May 199730m
- E26
Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University
May 199730m
- E27
Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University
Jun 199730m
Magdalen College, Oxford and the Open University battle it out in the final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions and Germaine Greer presents the trophy to the winners.
