University Challenge
University Challenge: Season 26

Air Date

November 12, 1996

Episodes

27 episodes

University Challenge

Season 26

Overview

Testing university quiz show.

Episodes

1. Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge

November 12, 1996
30 min

2. Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff

November 19, 1996
30 min

3. King's College London v Keble College, Oxford

November 26, 1996
30 min

4. Manchester v Birkbeck

December 3, 1996
30 min

5. Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.

December 10, 1996
30 min

Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.

6. Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan

December 17, 1996
30 min

7. St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge

January 6, 1997
30 min

8. West of England v Surrey

January 13, 1997
30 min

Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University

9. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

January 20, 1997
30 min

10. The Open University v Swansea

January 27, 1997
30 min

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.

11. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow

February 3, 1997
30 min

12. Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford

February 10, 1997
30 min

13. Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol

February 26, 1997
30 min

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.

14. Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge

March 5, 1997
30 min

15. Manchester v Imperial College, London

March 12, 1997
30 min

16. Glamorgan v St Andrews

March 19, 1997
30 min

17. Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford

March 26, 1997
30 min

Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.

18. Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London

April 2, 1997
30 min

19. St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

April 9, 1997
30 min

Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.

20. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University

April 16, 1997
30 min

21. Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast

April 23, 1997
30 min

Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

22. Manchester v Glamorgan

April 30, 1997
30 min

23. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital

May 7, 1997
30 min

24. Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University

May 14, 1997
30 min

Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.

25. Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester

May 21, 1997
30 min

26. Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University

May 28, 1997
30 min

27. Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University

June 4, 1997
30 min

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.