University Challenge Season 48 Plot
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the quiz for students.
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Season 48 Episodes
37 episodes1
Warwick v Exeter
In the opening match of the quiz series for students the University of Warwick takes on Exeter University for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Emmanuel College, Cambridge v Glasgow
In another first-round match, students from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, do battle with Glasgow University in a bid to reach the second round in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
3
Pembroke College, Oxford v Downing College, Cambridge
In another first-round match, the students representing Pembroke College, Oxford, battle it out with Downing College, Cambridge, for a place in the second round.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
4
Soas v Darwin College, Cambridge
This episode sees another first-round match when SOAS competes against Darwin College, Cambridge, for a place in the second round of the student quiz.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Clare College, Cambridge v Hertford College, Cambridge
Students representing Clare College, Cambridge, compete with Hertford College, Oxford, in another first-round match.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Strathclyde v Durham
Strathclyde University students do battle with the University of Durham students for a place in the second round.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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York v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
The team representing York University fights it out against the St Edmund Hall, Oxford, team for a place in the second round of the student quiz.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Edinburgh v Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Edinburgh University takes on Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in another first-round match of the student quiz.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions
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Bristol v Queen's University Belfast
In another first-round match, students from the University of Bristol fight it out against Queen's University Belfast for a place in the next stage of the competition.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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London Institute v Godsmiths
In another first-round match, two University of London colleges - the London Institute in Paris and Goldsmiths - do battle for a place in the second round.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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St Peter's College, Oxford v Pembroke College, Cambridge
In another first-round match the students from St Peter's College, Oxford, fight it out against the team from Pembroke College, Cambridge. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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UCL v King's College, London
It is a contest between UCL and King's College, London, for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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East London v Manchester
In the penultimate first round match of the student quiz, the University of East London clashes with Manchester University. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Keble College, Oxford v UEA
In the last of the first-round matches, the students of Keble College, Oxford, fight it out against the University of East Anglia. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Emmanuel College, Cambridge v King's College London
In the first of the two highest-scoring loser matches, two teams get another chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
16
Hertford College, Oxford v Exeter
It is the last of the two highest-scoring loser matches as two teams get another chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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St Peter's College, Oxford v Emmanuel College, Cambridge
It is the first of the second-round matches as two teams battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Hertford College, Oxford v Manchester
In another second-round match, two teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Edinburgh v UCL
The second round continues as two student teams make a bid to reach the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Clare College, Cambridge v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Two more student teams fight it out in the second round to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
21
Goldsmiths v Glasgow
In the second round stage of the competition for students, two more teams do battle to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
22
Durham v Keble College, Oxford
The second round of the quiz for students continues as two teams representing their universities aim to reach the quarter-finals.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
23
Downing College, Cambridge v Darwin College, Cambridge
Find out which of the two teams competing in the second round of the student quiz will make it through to the quarter-finals.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
24
Warwick v Bristol
In the last of the second-round matches, students representing two more universities battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
25
Glasgow v Durham
It is the first of the quarter-finals and two student teams fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
26
Darwin College, Cambridge v Bristol
The quarter-finals continue as two teams of university students do battle to reach the next stage in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
27
Manchester v Edinburgh
Pressure is mounting as the quarter-finals continue in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Emmanuel College, Cambridge v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
The quarter-final stage continues as teams representing two more universities fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
29
Durham v Edinburgh
In another quarter-final match, find out which university team will make it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
30
Glasgow v Manchester
In another quarter final match two teams of students aim to reach the next stage of the quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Bristol v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
The gruelling quarter-finals continue as two student teams vie to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Darwin College, Cambridge v Emmanuel College, Cambridge
The pressure is increasing as the quarter-finals continue. Which team will make it to the next stage of the quiz for students? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
33
Edinburgh v Bristol
It is the penultimate quarter-final match tonight in the long and winding road to the semi-finals of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
34
Manchester v Darwin College, Cambridge
It is the last of the quarter-finals and one more team will make it through to the semi-final stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
35
Durham v Edinburgh
It is the first of the semi-finals and one team find out if they have made it to the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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St Edmund Hall, Oxford v Darwin College, Cambridge
In the last of the semis and the penultimate match in the series, find out which team gains a place in the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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Final: Edinburgh v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
It is the grand final of the quiz for students. Which team will lift the University Challenge trophy?
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.