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University Challenge

University Challenge

Returning Series · First aired 1962-09-21 · ⭐ 6.5

Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.

Season 56

E7 · Pembroke College, Cambridge v St Andrews
Aired 2026-08-24

Pembroke College, Cambridge and St Andrews are the teams facing their first starters for ten.

E8 · LSE v King's College, Cambridge
Aired 2026-08-31

In another first round match, the London School of Economics face King’s College, Cambridge.

E9 · Birmingham v Leicester
Aired 2026-09-07

The first round of the competition continues with a Midlands derby. Students from Birmingham take on a team from Leicester.

E10 · UCL v Royal College of Art
Aired 2026-09-14

UCL begin their series campaign against the first team ever to qualify from the Royal College of Art.

E11 · Southampton v Queen’s University Belfast
Aired 2026-09-21

Southampton and Queen’s University Belfast go head-to-head for a place in round 2.

E12 · Emmanuel College, Cambridge v Somerville College, Oxford
Aired 2026-09-28

Teams from Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Somerville College, Oxford put fingers on buzzers for the first time.