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University Challenge

1980–1981 · 40 episodes · Dec 15, 1980

  1. Episode 1

    Corpus Christi, Oxford v Aberystwyth

    Dec 15, 1980

  2. Episode 2

    Aberystwyth v Magdalene, Cambridge

    Dec 22, 1980

  3. Episode 3

    Special: Merton, Oxford students v Merton, Oxford dons

    Dec 29, 1980

  4. Episode 4

    Aberystwyth v Bedford, London

    Jan 5, 1981

  5. Episode 5

    Oriel, Oxford v St John's, Cambridge

    Jan 12, 1981

  6. Episode 6

    St John's, Cambridge v Exeter

    Jan 19, 1981

  7. Episode 7

    St John's, Cambridge v St Anne's, Oxford

    Jan 26, 1981

  8. Episode 8

    Queen's, Belfast v Warwick

    Feb 2, 1981

  9. Episode 9

    Queen's, Belfast v Selwyn, Cambridge

    Feb 9, 1981

  10. Episode 10

    Pembroke, Oxford v Kent

    Feb 16, 1981

  11. Episode 11

    Pembroke, Oxford v Surrey

    Feb 23, 1981

  12. Episode 12

    Pembroke, Oxford v Clare, Cambridge

    Mar 2, 1981

  13. Episode 13

    Clare, Cambridge v Bristol

    Mar 9, 1981

  14. Episode 14

    Bristol v Leicester

    Mar 16, 1981

  15. Episode 15

    Leicester v St John's, Oxford

    Mar 23, 1981

  16. Episode 16

    Leicester v Girton, Cambridge

    Mar 30, 1981

  17. Episode 17

    Girton, Cambridge v Royal Holloway, London

    Apr 6, 1981

  18. Episode 18

    Girton, Cambridge v Bradford

    Apr 13, 1981

  19. Episode 19

    Keble, Oxford v Leicester

    Apr 20, 1981

  20. Episode 20

    Keble, Oxford v LSE

    Apr 27, 1981

  21. Episode 21

    Keble, Oxford v Christ's, Cambridge

    May 4, 1981

  22. Episode 22

    Christ's, Cambridge v Edinburgh

    May 11, 1981

  23. Episode 23

    Edinburgh v Mansfield, Oxford

    May 18, 1981

  24. Episode 24

    Edinburgh v University, Swansea

    May 25, 1981

  25. Episode 25

    Peterhouse, Cambridge v Bristol

    Jun 1, 1981

  26. Episode 26

    Peterhouse, Cambridge v St David's, Lampeter

    Jun 8, 1981

  27. Episode 27

    St David's, Lampeter v Jesus, Oxford

    Jun 15, 1981

  28. Episode 28

    St David's, Lampeter v Trinity, Dublin

    Jun 22, 1981

  29. Episode 29

    Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Southampton

    Jun 29, 1981

  30. Episode 30

    Southampton v Stirling

    Jul 6, 1981

  31. Episode 31

    Stirling v Corpus Christi, Cambridge

    Jul 13, 1981

  32. Episode 32

    Corpus Christi, Cambridge v UEA

    Jul 20, 1981

  33. Episode 33

    Episode 33

    Oct 26, 1981

  34. Episode 34

    Girton, Cambridge v Queen's, Belfast

    Nov 2, 1981

  35. Episode 35

    St John's, Cambridge v Edinburgh

    Nov 9, 1981

  36. Episode 36

    Queen's, Belfast v St David's, Lampeter

    Nov 16, 1981

  37. Episode 37

    Final – Edinburgh v Queen's, Belfast

    Nov 23, 1981

  38. Episode 38

    Final – Edinburgh v Queen's, Belfast

    Nov 30, 1981

  39. Episode 39

    Final – Edinburgh v Queen's, Belfast

    Dec 7, 1981

  40. Episode 40

    Special: Queen's, Belfast students v Queen's, Belfast dons

    Jan 4, 1982