University Challenge - Season 26

1. Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge

Aired: 11/12/1996

2. Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff

Aired: 11/19/1996

3. King's College London v Keble College, Oxford

Aired: 11/26/1996

4. Manchester v Birkbeck

Aired: 12/3/1996

5. Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.

Aired: 12/10/1996

Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.

6. Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan

Aired: 12/17/1996

7. St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge

Aired: 1/6/1997

8. West of England v Surrey

Aired: 1/13/1997

Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University

9. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

Aired: 1/20/1997

10. The Open University v Swansea

Aired: 1/27/1997

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.

11. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow

Aired: 2/3/1997

12. Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford

Aired: 2/10/1997

13. Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol

Aired: 2/26/1997

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.

14. Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge

Aired: 3/5/1997

15. Manchester v Imperial College, London

Aired: 3/12/1997

16. Glamorgan v St Andrews

Aired: 3/19/1997

17. Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford

Aired: 3/26/1997

Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.

18. Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London

Aired: 4/2/1997

19. St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

Aired: 4/9/1997

Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.

20. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University

Aired: 4/16/1997

21. Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast

Aired: 4/23/1997

Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

22. Manchester v Glamorgan

Aired: 4/30/1997

23. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital

Aired: 5/7/1997

24. Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University

Aired: 5/14/1997

Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.

25. Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester

Aired: 5/21/1997

26. Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University

Aired: 5/28/1997

27. Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University

Aired: 6/4/1997

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.