Next Episode of University Challenge is
Season 55 / Episode 22 and airs on 08 December 2025 20:30
Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.
The series kicks off with a match between students from Sheffield and Warwick. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The first round of the competition continues. Students from UCL take on a team from next-door neighbours SOAS. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The University of Bath faces the University of Southampton in another first-round match. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Another two teams of students put fingers on buzzers for the first time, representing Newcastle University and the University of Edinburgh. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The University of Manchester plays New College, Oxford for a place in the second round. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The first round of the 2025/26 competition continues as Cardiff University faces the University of Bristol. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
In another first-round heat, students from Trinity College, Cambridge take on a team from Linacre College, Oxford. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The University of Lincoln makes its debut in the competition against a team from Lancaster University. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
In another first round match, competition debutants Green Templeton College, Oxford face a team from Cambridge's Darwin College. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The first round of the competition continues. Trinity Hall, Cambridge and the London School of Economics are the teams facing their first starters for ten. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The heats continue with a match between Durham University and Merton College, Oxford. A place in round two awaits the winner. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Harper Adams University makes its first ever appearance in this competition. Their opponents are from the University of Strathclyde. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
In this first-round match, two institutions specialising in science go head-to-head - Imperial College London and Churchill College, Cambridge. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The first round of the competition concludes with a match between Magdalen College, Oxford and Robinson College, Cambridge. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Two of the highest-scoring losing teams from the heats get a second chance to qualify for the second round. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Two more of the highest-scoring losing teams from the heats compete for the final second round place. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The second round of the competition begins. Two teams of students go head-to-head for a place in the quarter-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Round two of the competition continues. Two more teams of students battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Two more student teams return to play a second-round match. A place in the quarter-finals awaits the winner. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The round of sixteen continues. Two more teams of students return to play for a second time, hoping to earn themselves a quarter-final spot. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The second round continues. Two more teams of students put fingers on buzzers for a second time, with a place in the quarter-finals at stake. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The round of 16 continues as another two teams of students set out to secure themselves a place in the quarter-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Two more teams of students compete for a place in the quarter-finals in the penultimate match of round two. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
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