University Challenge Season 26 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge

2. Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff

3. King's College London v Keble College, Oxford

4. Manchester v Birkbeck

5. Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.

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

7. St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge

8. West of England v Surrey

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

10. The Open University v Swansea

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

12. Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford

13. Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol

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

15. Manchester v Imperial College, London

16. Glamorgan v St Andrews

17. Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford

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

19. St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

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

21. Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast

Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

22. Manchester v Glamorgan

23. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital

24. Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University

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

26. Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University

27. Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University Finale

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.