Christmas University Challenge is a series of matches featuring teams of distinguished graduates from ten universities. It is the penultimate first round match of the series, with graduates from both the University of Warwick and the University of Sheffield fighting it out in a bid to get through to the semi-finals. On the Warwick team, writer and broadcaster Christian Wolmar and on the Sheffield team, head of Radio One George Ergatoudis. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 22nd-Dec-2011

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Jeremy Paxman introduces a special edition of the academic quiz. Tabloid journalists pit their wits against reporters from the broadsheets. Air Date : 1st-Jan-1999  Read More

Christmas University Challenge is a series of matches featuring teams of distinguished graduates from ten universities. The University of York takes on the University of Manchester in a first-round match, with guests including broadcaster and political columnist Steve Richards and Urban Splash Chairman Tom Bloxham MBE. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 19th-Dec-2011  Read More

Christmas University Challenge is a series of matches featuring teams of distinguished graduates from ten universities. In the second of the first round matches, graduates representing both Durham University and the University of Edinburgh fight it out for a place in the semi finals. Guests include author Minette Walters and politician Lord Steel. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 20th-Dec-2011  Read More

Christmas University Challenge is a series of matches featuring teams of distinguished graduates from ten universities. Magdalen College, Oxford do battle with University College London for a place in the semi-finals. Graduate guests include novelist Alan Hollinghurst and newsreader Fiona Armstrong. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 21st-Dec-2011  Read More

Christmas University Challenge is a series of matches featuring teams of distinguished graduates from ten universities. It is the penultimate first round match of the series, with graduates from both the University of Warwick and the University of Sheffield fighting it out in a bid to get through to the semi-finals. On the Warwick team, writer and broadcaster Christian Wolmar and on the Sheffield team, head of Radio One George Ergatoudis. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 22nd-Dec-2011  Read More

A series of matches featuring teams of distinguished graduates from ten universities. It is the last of the first-round matches, with Trinity College, Cambridge, battling it out with the University of St Andrews. Guests include comedy writer and television producer John Lloyd CBE and sports broadcaster Hazel Irvine. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 24th-Dec-2011  Read More

A series of matches featuring teams of distinguished graduates from ten universities. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the first of the semi-final matches. Air Date : 25th-Dec-2011  Read More

A series of matches featuring teams of distinguished graduates from ten universities. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the last of the semi-final matches. Air Date : 27th-Dec-2011  Read More

A series of matches featuring teams of distinguished graduates from ten universities. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the final of Christmas University Challenge. Air Date : 28th-Dec-2011  Read More

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Jeremy Paxman presents the quiz. Society of Authors v the National Physical Laboratory. Air Date : 7th-Apr-2008  Read More

Jeremy Paxman presents the quiz. Royal Academy of Engineering v the Lute Society. Air Date : 8th-Apr-2008  Read More

In the last of the first round matches, two teams battle for a place in the semi-final. Air Date : 14th-Apr-2008  Read More

Two teams battle it out for a place in the final. Air Date : 15th-Apr-2008  Read More

Two teams battle it out for a place in the final. Air Date : 21st-Apr-2008  Read More

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Documentary looking at the history of the iconic quiz show, featuring famous ex-contestants such as Stephen Fry and John Simpson, plus hosts Bamber Gascoigne and Jeremy Paxman. Air Date : 27th-Dec-2008  Read More

A series of matches featuring teams of distinguished people from 14 UK universities. This episode is a first round match between the University of Bristol and the University of Leeds. Amongst the team members are Alistair McGowan and Jay Rayner. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 17th-Dec-2012  Read More

In the second of the first round matches, the Universities of Newcastle and Loughborough fight it out for a place in the semi-finals. Team members include Peter Gibbs and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 18th-Dec-2012  Read More

This first round match sees distinguished people from New College, Oxford and the LSE do battle for a place in the semi-finals. Team members include Kate Mosse and Loyd Grossman. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 19th-Dec-2012  Read More

This first round match features the Universities of Liverpool and Cardiff who fight it out for a place in the next stage of the competition. Guests include Lawrence McGinty and Bill Turnbull. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 20th-Dec-2012  Read More

In another first round match the all-women team representing Newnham College, Cambridge do battle with the men from the University of Nottingham in a bid to reach the next stage of the competition. Team members include Diane Abbott MP and sports commentator Brian Moore. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 21st-Dec-2012  Read More

In this penultimate first-round match guests representing University of Exeter take on the alumni of University of Glasgow with the aim of reaching the semi-finals of this seasonal series. Team members include Neil Oliver and John O'Farrell. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 31st-Dec-2012  Read More

In the last of the first-round matches guests from University of Birmingham and University of East Anglia fight it out in a bid to reach the semi-finals. Team members include Anna Soubry MP and Charlie Higson. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 1st-Jan-2013  Read More

The first of the semi-final matches in this Christmas series featuring special guests. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 2nd-Jan-2013  Read More

It is the last of the semi-final matches in the University Challenge Christmas quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 3rd-Jan-2013  Read More

It is the grand final of this seasonal competition - which university will be Christmas University Challenge champions? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Air Date : 4th-Jan-2013  Read More

Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as teams of distinguished university graduates compete in a festive version of the quiz. The first match is between the University of Reading, with BBC weather presenter Jay Wynne and writer Joan Smith, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, with writer and comedian Rory McGrath and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota. Air Date : 20th-Dec-2013  Read More

In the second of the first round matches, broadcasters Fi Glover and James Wong represent the University of Kent as it battles against the University of Lancaster, represented by food critic Matthew Fort and actor Roger Ashton-Griffiths. Air Date : 21st-Dec-2013  Read More