1996/1997
Season 26 • 1996
0Testing university quiz show.
Episodes
1. Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
1996-11-12 • 30 min
2. Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
1996-11-19 • 30 min
3. King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
1996-11-26 • 30 min
4. Manchester v Birkbeck
1996-12-03 • 30 min
5. Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.
Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
1996-12-10 • 30 min
6. Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan
1996-12-17 • 30 min
7. St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
1997-01-06 • 30 min
8. West of England v Surrey
Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University
1997-01-13 • 30 min
9. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
1997-01-20 • 30 min
10. The Open University v Swansea
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.
1997-01-27 • 30 min
11. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow
1997-02-03 • 30 min
12. Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
1997-02-10 • 30 min
13. Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol
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.
1997-02-26 • 30 min
14. Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge
1997-03-05 • 30 min
15. Manchester v Imperial College, London
1997-03-12 • 30 min
16. Glamorgan v St Andrews
1997-03-19 • 30 min
17. Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.
1997-03-26 • 30 min
18. Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London
1997-04-02 • 30 min
19. St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.
1997-04-09 • 30 min
20. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University
1997-04-16 • 30 min
21. Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
1997-04-23 • 30 min
22. Manchester v Glamorgan
1997-04-30 • 30 min
23. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
1997-05-07 • 30 min
24. Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University
Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.
1997-05-14 • 30 min
25. Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester
1997-05-21 • 30 min
26. Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University
1997-05-28 • 30 min
27. Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University
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.
1997-06-04 • 30 min