University Challenge (1962)

Name: University Challenge
Genre: Game-Show
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Amol Rajan, Roger Tilling

Game-Show

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

IMDb rating: 6.7 (927 votes)
Episode average: 6.9 +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 53 (2023)

6.94 avg 29 episodes 6.0 → 8.5 29 min avg

Big finale

Season 53 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Trinity College, Cambridge v Manchester	6.0	8
6	King's College, Cambridge v UCL	7.0	7
7	UEA v Strathclyde	7.0	7
8	Open University v Hertford College, Oxford	7.0	7
9	Balliol, Oxford v Imperial	6.6	7
10	Sheffield v Loughborough	6.8	7
11	Warwick v Wolfson College, Cambridge	6.8	7
13	Lincoln College, Oxford v King's College London	6.8	7
14	York v Northeastern University - London	7.2	7
15	Trinity Cambridge v Southampton	6.4	7
16	Oxford Brookes v Open University	6.4	7
17	Warwick v Trinity College, Cambridge	6.8	7
18	UEA v Open University	7.0	7
19	Christ Church, Oxford v Emmanuel College, Cambridge	6.8	7
20	Hertford College, Oxford v UCL	6.8	6
23	Sheffield v Aberdeen	6.8	6
24	Lincoln College, Oxford v Imperial College London	6.8	6
25	Manchester v Birkbeck	6.2	6
26	Sheffield v Imperial College London	6.2	6
27	Trinity College, Cambridge v Open University	7.0	6
28	UCL v Christ Church, Oxford	6.8	6
29	Manchester v Imperial College London	7.3	7
30	Birkbeck v Sheffield	6.8	6
31	Trinity College, Cambridge v UCL	7.5	7
32	Episode 32	6.7	7
33	Episode 33	7.5	7
35	Semi-Final 1	7.8	6
36	Semi-Final 2	8.0	6
37	Final	8.5	7

Season 54 (2024)

6.85 avg 11 episodes 7.2 → 7.0 29 min avg

Season 54 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
6	Imperial v Manchester	7.2	6
8	Darwin College, Cambridge v Birkbeck	7.0	6
9	Oriel College, Oxford v Durham	7.0	6
11	St Andrews v Cardiff	7.0	6
12	Leeds v Edinburgh	6.8	6
13	LSE v Leicester	7.0	6
25	Imperial v Christ's College, Cambridge	6.6	5
26	Queen's, Belfast v Warwick	6.6	5
27	UCL v Darwin College, Cambridge	6.6	5
28	Open University v Bristol	6.5	6
36	Darwin College, Cambridge v Warwick	7.0	5

University Challenge (1962)

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