University Challenge - 1996/1997
1 - Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Air Date: November 12, 1996
2 - Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
Air Date: November 19, 1996
3 - King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
Air Date: November 26, 1996
4 - Manchester v Birkbeck
Air Date: December 3, 1996
5 - Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.
Air Date: December 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
Air Date: December 17, 1996
7 - St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
Air Date: January 6, 1997
8 - West of England v Surrey
Air Date: January 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
Air Date: January 20, 1997
10 - The Open University v Swansea
Air Date: January 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
Air Date: February 3, 1997
12 - Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
Air Date: February 10, 1997
13 - Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol
Air Date: February 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
Air Date: March 5, 1997
15 - Manchester v Imperial College, London
Air Date: March 12, 1997
16 - Glamorgan v St Andrews
Air Date: March 19, 1997
17 - Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Air Date: March 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
Air Date: April 2, 1997
19 - St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Air Date: April 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
Air Date: April 16, 1997
21 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
Air Date: April 23, 1997
Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
22 - Manchester v Glamorgan
Air Date: April 30, 1997
23 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
Air Date: May 7, 1997
24 - Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University
Air Date: May 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
Air Date: May 21, 1997
26 - Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University
Air Date: May 28, 1997
27 - Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University
Air Date: June 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.