University Challenge (1962)

About This Series

University Challenge is a talk series. Its leading cast includes Bamber Gascoigne, Jeremy Paxman and Roger Tilling. It premiered on September 21, 1962 on ITV1. TMDB lists 56 seasons and 2,062 episodes so far and is listed as a returning series.

Synopsis

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

Synopsis from TMDB.

Cast

• Bamber Gascoigne 967 episodes
• Jeremy Paxman Self - Presenter 967 episodes
• R Roger Tilling Self - Narrator 922 episodes
• Amol Rajan Self - Presenter 129 episodes
• E Eric Monkman Self - Contestant 6 episodes
• Bobby Seagull Self - Contestant 5 episodes

Seasons

Next episode: season 56, episode 18, airs Nov 9, 2026.

• 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