University Challenge
University Challenge: Season 44

Air Date

July 14, 2014

Episodes

37 episodes

University Challenge

Season 44

Overview

Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.

Episodes

1. Manchester v Selwyn College, Cambridge

July 14, 2014
29 min

In the opening match of the quiz series for students, Manchester University take on Selwyn College, Cambridge for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

2. Oxford Brookes v Jesus College, Oxford

July 21, 2014

In another first round match, students from Oxford Brookes University do battle with Jesus College, Oxford in a bid to reach the second round in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

3. Bristol v Courtauld Institute

July 28, 2014
29 min

In another first round match, students representing the University of Bristol battle it out with the Courtauld Institute of Art for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

4. St Anne's College, Oxford v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

August 11, 2014
29 min

In another first round match, St Anne's College, Oxford competes against Gonville and Caius, Cambridge for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the question

5. St Peter's College, Oxford v Sussex

August 18, 2014
29 min

In another first-round match, St Peter's College, Oxford competes against the University of Sussex for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

6. LSHTM v LSE

August 25, 2014
29 min

It is a local derby as two London colleges, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics, do battle for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

7. Liverpool v Sheffield

September 1, 2014
29 min

Two universities on either side of the Pennines, Liverpool and Sheffield, fight it out for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

8. Bath v Glasgow

September 8, 2014
29 min

It is England versus Scotland when Bath University takes on the University of Glasgow in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

9. Leicester v Open

September 15, 2014
29 min

The students from the University of Leicester battle it out against the Open University in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

10. Trinity College, Cambridge v St Andrews

September 22, 2014
29 min

The students from Trinity College, Cambridge fight it out with St Andrews University for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

11. UCL v Exeter

September 29, 2014
29 min

The students from University College, London encounter the students representing the University of Exeter in another first round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

12. Brasenose College, Oxford v Durham

October 6, 2014
29 min

Brasenose College, Oxford and the University of Durham battle it out for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

13. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v York

October 13, 2014
29 min

In the penultimate first-round match of the student quiz, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge clashes with the University of York. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

14. Magdalen College, Oxford v Pembroke College, Cambridge

October 20, 2014
29 min

It is an Oxbridge fixture between Magdalen College, Oxford and Pembroke College, Cambridge in the last of the first-round matches. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

15. Open v LSE

October 27, 2014
29 min

It is the first of the two highest-scoring loser matches, when two teams get a second chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

16. Manchester v Sussex

November 3, 2014
29 min

The last of the two highest-scoring loser matches sees two teams get a second chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

17. Leicester v Trinity College, Cambridge

November 10, 2014
29 min

It's the first of the second round matches when two teams battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

18. Durham v York

November 17, 2014
29 min

It is another second-round match with two teams fighting it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

19. Magdalen College, Oxford v Open

November 24, 2014
29 min

It is another second round match with two teams fighting it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

20. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Manchester

December 1, 2014
29 min

Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

21. LSHTM v Bristol

December 8, 2014
29 min

Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

22. Glasgow v Liverpool

December 15, 2014
29 min

Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

23. Selywyn College, Cambridge v St Peter's College, Oxford

January 5, 2015
29 min

Find out which of the two teams competing in the second round of the student quiz will make it through to the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

24. Oxford Brookes v UCL

January 12, 2015
29 min

In the last of the second-round matches, students representing two more universities battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

25. Bristol v Liverpool

January 19, 2015
29 min

In the first of the quarter-finals, two student teams fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

26. St Peter's College, Oxford v Oxford Brookes

January 26, 2015
29 min

The quarter-finals continue as two teams of university students do battle to reach the next stage in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

27. Durham v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

February 2, 2015
29 min

Pressure is mounting as the quarter-finals continue in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

28. Magdalen College, Oxford v Trinity College, Cambridge

February 9, 2015
29 min

The quarter-final stage continues as teams representing two more universities fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

29. Liverpool v St Peter's College, Oxford

February 16, 2015
29 min

Another quarter-final match to determine which university team will make it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

30. Oxford Brookes v Bristol

February 23, 2015
29 min

In another quarter-final match, two teams of students aim to reach the next stage of the quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

31. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Magdalen College, Oxford

March 2, 2015
29 min

The gruelling quarter-finals continue as two student teams vie to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

32. Durham v Trinity College, Cambridge

March 9, 2015
29 min

The pressure is increasing as the quarter-finals continue. Find out which team makes it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

33. Bristol v Magdalen College, Oxford

March 16, 2015
29 min

It's the penultimate quarter-final match in the long and winding road to the semi-finals of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

34. Leicester v Durham

March 23, 2015
29 min

The last of the quarter-finals sees one more team make it through to the semi-final stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

35. St Peter's College, Oxford v Magdalen College, Oxford

March 30, 2015
29 min

It's the first of the semis, when one team will find out if they have made it to the Grand Final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

36. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Durham

April 6, 2015
29 min

In the last of the semi-finals, find out which team succeeds in achieving a place in the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

37. Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

April 13, 2015
29 min

It's the grand final of the student quiz - when one team will get to lift the University Challenge trophy. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.