Jeremy Paxman
Self - Presenter
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Series SeasonSeason 26 episodes1996
University Challenge
1996/1997
Testing university quiz show.
Episodes
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Episode 130 min1996-11-12
Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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Episode 230 min1996-11-19
Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
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Episode 330 min1996-11-26
King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
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Episode 430 min1996-12-03
Manchester v Birkbeck
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Episode 530 min1996-12-10
Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.
Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
Episode 630 min1996-12-17
Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan
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Episode 730 min1997-01-06
St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
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Episode 830 min1997-01-13
West of England v Surrey
Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University
Episode 930 min1997-01-20
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
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Episode 1030 min1997-01-27
The Open University v Swansea
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.
Episode 1130 min1997-02-03
Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow
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Episode 1230 min1997-02-10
Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
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Episode 1330 min1997-02-26
Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol
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.
Episode 1430 min1997-03-05
Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge
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Episode 1530 min1997-03-12
Manchester v Imperial College, London
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Episode 1630 min1997-03-19
Glamorgan v St Andrews
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Episode 1730 min1997-03-26
Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.
Episode 1830 min1997-04-02
Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London
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Episode 1930 min1997-04-09
St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.
Episode 2030 min1997-04-16
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University
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Episode 2130 min1997-04-23
Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 2230 min1997-04-30
Manchester v Glamorgan
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Episode 2330 min1997-05-07
Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
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Episode 2430 min1997-05-14
Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University
Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.
Episode 2530 min1997-05-21
Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester
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Episode 2630 min1997-05-28
Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University
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Episode 2730 min1997-06-04
Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University
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.
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