University Challenge - 1996/1997

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1996/1997

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Release date

1996-11-12

Episodes

Testing university quiz show.

Episodes

#	Name	Release date	Timing
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.

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