1996/1997

Testing university quiz show.

episodes

E1
1.Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Nov 12, 199630m
E2
2.Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
Nov 19, 199630m
E3
3.King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
Nov 26, 199630m
E4
4.Manchester v Birkbeck
Dec 3, 199630m
E5
5.Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.
Dec 10, 199630m

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

E6
6.Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan
Dec 17, 199630m
E7
7.St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
Jan 6, 199730m
E8
8.West of England v Surrey
Jan 13, 199730m

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

E9
9.Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Jan 20, 199730m
E10
10.The Open University v Swansea
Jan 27, 199730m

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.

E11
11.Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow
Feb 3, 199730m
E12
12.Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
Feb 10, 199730m
E13
13.Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol
Feb 26, 199730m

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.

E14
14.Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge
Mar 5, 199730m
E15
15.Manchester v Imperial College, London
Mar 12, 199730m
E16
16.Glamorgan v St Andrews
Mar 19, 199730m
E17
17.Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Mar 26, 199730m

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

E18
18.Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London
Apr 2, 199730m
E19
19.St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Apr 9, 199730m

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

E20
20.Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University
Apr 16, 199730m
E21
21.Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
Apr 23, 199730m

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

E22
22.Manchester v Glamorgan
Apr 30, 199730m
E23
23.Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
May 7, 199730m
E24
24.Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University
May 14, 199730m

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

E25
25.Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester
May 21, 199730m
E26
26.Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University
May 28, 199730m
E27
27.Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University
Jun 4, 199730m

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.