University Challenge

Overview

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

Roughly 996h 38m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 2,062 episodes at the latest episode runtime of 29 minutes.

Next episode listed by TMDB: Nov 9, 2026.

Series cast and crew

• 

  Bamber Gascoigne
  967 episodes

• 

  Jeremy PaxmanSelf - Presenter
  967 episodes

• R

  Roger TillingSelf - Narrator
  922 episodes

• 

  Amol RajanSelf - Presenter
  129 episodes

• E

  Eric MonkmanSelf - Contestant
  6 episodes

• 

  Bobby SeagullSelf - Contestant
  5 episodes

Network

ITV1, BBC Two

Seasons and episodes

• 1962–19631962 · 61 episodes
• 1963–19651963 · 62 episodes
• 1965–19661965 · 42 episodes
• 1966–19671966 · 40 episodes
• 1967–19681967 · 44 episodes
• 1968–19691968 · 45 episodes
• 1969–19701969 · 47 episodes
• 1970–19711970 · 40 episodes
• 1971–19721971 · 40 episodes
• 1972–19731972 · 39 episodes
• 1973–19741973 · 38 episodes
• 1974–19751974 · 35 episodes
• 1975–19761975 · 42 episodes
• 1976–19771976 · 36 episodes
• 1977–19781977 · 43 episodes
• 1978–19801978 · 41 episodes
• 19801980 · 37 episodes
• 1980–19811980 · 40 episodes
• 19821981 · 42 episodes
• 19831983 · 39 episodes
• 19841984 · 33 episodes
• 19861986 · 39 episodes
• 19871987 · 42 episodes
• 1994/19951994 · 27 episodes
• 1995/19961995 · 27 episodes
• 1996/19971996 · 27 episodes
• 1997/19981997 · 27 episodes
• 1998/19991998 · 31 episodes
• 1999/20001999 · 31 episodes
• 2000/20012000 · 31 episodes
• 2001/20022001 · 31 episodes
• 2002/20032002 · 31 episodes
• 2003/20042003 · 31 episodes
• 2004/20052004 · 31 episodes
• 2005/20062005 · 31 episodes
• 2006/20072006 · 31 episodes
• 2007/20082007 · 31 episodes
• 2008/20092008 · 31 episodes
• 2009/20102009 · 37 episodes
• 2010/20112010 · 37 episodes
• 2011/20122011 · 37 episodes
• 2012/20132012 · 37 episodes
• 2013/20142013 · 37 episodes
• 2014/20152014 · 37 episodes
• 2015/162015 · 37 episodes
• 2016/172016 · 37 episodes
• 2017/182017 · 37 episodes
• 2018/192018 · 37 episodes
• 2019/202019 · 37 episodes
• 2020/212020 · 37 episodes
• 2021/222021 · 37 episodes
• 2022/232022 · 37 episodes
• 2023/242023 · 37 episodes
• 2024/252024 · 37 episodes
• 2025/262025 · 37 episodes
• 2026/272026 · 18 episodes
• Specials1992 · 174 episodes