Episode guide
University Challenge: 1978–1980
41 episodes · premiered Nov 27, 1978
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Nov 27, 1978
- Episode 2: Newcastle v Trinity Hall, Cambridge Dec 4, 1978
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Dec 11, 1978
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Dec 18, 1978
- Episode 5: Special: Stanford v England Dec 28, 1978
- Episode 6: Special: Sidney Sussex, Cambridge students v Sidney Sussex, Cambridge dons Jan 2, 1979
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Jan 8, 1979
- Episode 8: Episode 8 Jan 15, 1979
- Episode 9: Episode 9 Jan 22, 1979
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Jan 29, 1979
- Episode 11: LSE v St Andrews Feb 5, 1979
- Episode 12: St Andrews v St Peter's, Oxford Feb 12, 1979
- Episode 13: Episode 13 Feb 19, 1979
- Episode 14: Worcester, Oxford v Bradford Feb 26, 1979
- Episode 15: Episode 15 Mar 5, 1979
- Episode 16: Episode 16 Mar 12, 1979
- Episode 17: Balliol, Oxford v Aberdeen Mar 19, 1979
- Episode 18: Balliol, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge Mar 26, 1979
- Episode 19: Balliol, Oxford v Cardiff Apr 2, 1979
- Episode 20: Cardiff v New Hall, Cambridge Apr 9, 1979
- Episode 21: Episode 21 Apr 23, 1979
- Episode 22: Episode 22 Apr 30, 1979
- Episode 23: Episode 23 May 7, 1979
- Episode 24: Episode 24 May 14, 1979
- Episode 25: Episode 25 May 21, 1979
- Episode 26: Episode 26 Jun 4, 1979
- Episode 27: Episode 27 Jun 11, 1979
- Episode 28: Southampton v Girton, Cambridge Jun 18, 1979
- Episode 29: Girton, Cambridge v Bedford, London Jun 25, 1979
- Episode 30: Episode 30 Jul 2, 1979
- Episode 31: Newcastle v Lancaster Nov 26, 1979
- Episode 32: St Hugh's, Oxford v Pembroke, Cambridge Dec 3, 1979
- Episode 33: St Andrews v New Hall, Cambridge Dec 10, 1979
- Episode 34: Bradford v Corpus Christi, Cambridge Dec 17, 1979
- Episode 35: St Hugh's, Oxford v Lancaster Dec 28, 1979
- Episode 36: Special: Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Davidson College, NC Dec 31, 1979
- Episode 37: Bradford v New Hall, Cambridge Jan 14, 1980
- Episode 38: Final – Lancaster v Bradford Jan 21, 1980
- Episode 39: Final – Lancaster v Bradford Jan 28, 1980
- Episode 40: Final – Lancaster v Bradford Feb 4, 1980
- Episode 41: Special: Bradford students v Bradford dons Feb 11, 1980