University Challenge

University Challenge is a long-running TV quiz show which first aired in 1962. Each show features two competing teams made up of four students from British universities.

The series first ran on ITV until 1987. It was then revived by the BBC in 1994, although still produced by Granada Television, and has continued to air on BBC Two to the present day.

The quiz was hosted by Bamber Gasgoigne (b.1935 – d.2022) from its debut in 1962 until the end of the initial run in 1987, a total of 913 episodes over 25 years. Jeremy Paxman was the host from the show's revival in 1994 and remained until 2023.

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