The BEST episodes of University Challenge season 45

#1 - Newcastle vs Liverpool

Season 45 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/9/2016

The quarter-final stage continues as teams representing two more universities fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#2 - St Catharine's College, Cambridge vs University of York

Season 45 - Episode 30 - Aired 2/29/2016

#3 - St Johns College, Oxford vs Peterhouse, Cambridge

Season 45 - Episode 29 - Aired 2/22/2016

The fifth quarter-final takes place.

#4 - St. George's, London vs Peterhouse, Cambridge

Season 45 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/7/2015

Quiz show for students. In the second round of the competition, two more teams do battle to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#5 - York vs Peterhouse, Cambridge

Season 45 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/18/2016

It is the first of the quarter-finals and two student teams fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#6 - Imperial College, London vs Nuffield College, Oxford

Season 45 - Episode 27 - Aired 2/1/2016

Pressure is mounting as the quarter-finals continue in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#7 - Peterhouse, Cambridge vs University of York

Season 45 - Episode 35 - Aired 4/4/2016

#8 - Glasgow University vs Peterhouse, Cambridge

Season 45 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/13/2015

#9 - Peterhouse, Cambridge vs St John's College, Oxford

Season 45 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/18/2016

It is the grand final of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#10 - Kent vs Newcastle

Season 45 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2015

#11 - Manchester vs York

Season 45 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/3/2015

#12 - Swansea vs Nottingham

Season 45 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2015

#13 - Liverpool vs St Peter's College, Oxford

Season 45 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2015

Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in this quiz series for students. In another first round match, students from the University of Liverpool do battle with St Peter's College, Oxford, in a bid to reach the second round.

#14 - University of Liverpool vs St John's College, Oxford

Season 45 - Episode 36 - Aired 4/11/2016

#15 - St. Catharine's College, Cambridge vs St. John's College, Oxford

Season 45 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/25/2016

The quarter-finals continue when two teams of university students battle to reach the next stage in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#16 - St John's College, Oxford vs Newcastle University

Season 45 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/28/2016

#17 - University of York vs Imperial College London

Season 45 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/21/2016

#18 - Nuffield College, Oxford vs Newcastle University

Season 45 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/14/2016

#19 - Imperial College London vs University of Liverpool

Season 45 - Episode 31 - Aired 3/7/2016

#20 - St. John's College, Oxford vs. Queen's University Belfast

Season 45 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/11/2016

In the last of the second-round matches, students representing two more universities battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

#21 - Nottingham vs St Catharine's College, Cambridge

Season 45 - Episode 23 - Aired 1/4/2016

Quiz show for students. In the second round of the competition, two more teams do battle to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#22 - Christ's College, Cambridge vs York

Season 45 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/30/2015

Quiz show for students. In the second round of the competition, two more teams do battle to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#23 - Southampton vs Liverpool

Season 45 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/23/2015

Quiz show for students. Two more teams make a bid to reach the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#24 - Glasgow vs Newcastle

Season 45 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/16/2015

The second round continues as two student teams make a bid to reach the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#25 - Warwick vs Nuffield College, Oxford

Season 45 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/9/2015

Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the quiz series for students. In another second-round match, two teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.