University Challenge
University Challenge: Season 27

Air Date

September 10, 1997

Episodes

27 episodes

University Challenge

Season 27

Overview

Jeremy Paxman presents the general knowledge quiz.

Episodes

1. Edinburgh v Jesus College, Cambridge

September 10, 1997
30 min

2. Birkbeck v Cardiff

September 17, 1997
30 min

3. Exeter v Robinson College, Cambridge

September 24, 1997
30 min

4. Magdalen College, Oxford v King's College, London

October 1, 1997
30 min

Teams from Magdalen College, Oxford and King's College, London put their knowledge to the test. Jeremy Paxman hosts.

5. Sheffield v Aberdeen

October 8, 1997
30 min

Jeremy Paxman welcomes teams from Sheffield and Aberdeen to the university quiz.

6. Christ Church, Oxford v The Open University

October 15, 1997
30 min

Quiz show hosted by Jeremy Paxman. The Open University take on Christ Church College, Oxford.

7. Liverpool v Newnham College, Cambridge

October 22, 1997
30 min

8. Queen's University, Belfast v Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital

October 29, 1997
30 min

9. Magdalene College, Cambridge v St Catherine's College, Oxford

November 4, 1997
30 min

10. St John's College, Oxford v L.S.E.

November 11, 1997
30 min

11. Oxford Brookes v Warwick

November 18, 1997
30 min

Jeremy Paxman presents the general knowledge quiz between university students. Oxford Brookes take on Warwick.

12. New Hall, Cambridge v Nottingham

December 2, 1997
30 min

13. Exeter v Jesus College, Cambridge

December 9, 1997
30 min

14. King's College, London v Nottingham

December 16, 1997
30 min

Jeremy Paxman presents a second-round clash between Kings College, London and Nottingham University.

15. Newnham College, Cambridge v Edinburgh

January 6, 1998
30 min

Newnham College, Cambridge take on Edinburgh University in a second-round match. Jeremy Paxman is the quizmaster.

16. Birkbeck v Robinson College, Cambridge

January 13, 1998
30 min

17. L.S.E. v Oxford Brookes

January 20, 1998
30 min

18. Cardiff v Aberdeen

January 27, 1998
30 min

Jeremy Paxman chairs another second-round match as Cardiff return to take on Aberdeen for a place in the quarter-finals.

19. Magdalene College, Cambridge v Queen's University, Belfast

February 3, 1998
30 min

20. The Open University v Magdalen College, Oxford

February 24, 1998
30 min

The Open University return to take on reigning champions Magdalen College, Oxford for the last place in the quarter-finals.

21. Jesus College, Cambridge v Nottingham

March 4, 1998
30 min

Jeremy Paxman asks questions of teams from Jesus College, Cambridge and Nottingham University.

22. Edinburgh v Birkbeck

March 11, 1998
30 min

23. L.S.E. v Queen's University, Belfast

March 18, 1998
30 min

24. Cardiff v Magdalen College, Oxford

March 25, 1998
30 min

25. Nottingham v Birkbeck

April 7, 1998
30 min

26. L.S.E. v Magdalen College, Oxford

April 14, 1998
30 min

Teams from the London School of Economics and Magdalen College, Oxford face questions from Jeremy Paxman.

27. Final: Birkbeck v Magdalen College, Oxford

April 21, 1998
30 min