University Challenge first began in 1962 when Granada Television took the bold step of introducing an intellectual quiz show which was rather less glitzy than the traditional game show formats ...

University Challenge viewers warn contestant on BBC show after spotting unusual habit ...

Your starter for ten. Since 1962, there has been 53 series of University Challenge. Of these, how many times has a team from Oxford or Cambridge won? The answer is 27 times. And it's not because ...

University Challenge is to focus on posing "gender neutral" questions, says the show's executive producer. Peter Gwyn made the remark following a viewer complaint that the questions were skewed ...

Their cities may be locked in a centuries-old rivalry, but on University Challenge last night a Barry White-impersonating student from Glasgow rushed to the aid of Edinburgh in its half-hour of need.