The BEST episodes of University Challenge season 50

#1 - Semi final 2: Balliol, Oxford vs Magdalene, Cambridge

Season 50 - Episode 36 - Aired 3/29/2021

#2 - King's College, London vs Imperial

Season 50 - Episode 30 - Aired 2/15/2021

In this London derby, the teams from King's and Imperial take each other on for a step closer to the semi-finals. Both teams have lost one QF, so it's goodbye to the losers, but a step closer for the winners.

#3 - Open University vs Birkbeck College, London

Season 50 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/4/2021

In the last of the second round matches, two teams of students fight it out for a place in the quarter finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#4 - Birkbeck, London vs Strathclyde

Season 50 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/1/2021

In another quarter-final, Birkbeck London take on Strathclyde for a step closer towards the semi-finals. Whoever loses will go home. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#5 - Imperial vs Durham

Season 50 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/8/2021

It's knockout stage now, it's a race to the finish and a race to the end. The teams from Imperial and Durham take each other on for the third place in the semi-finals, but it's sayonara to the losing team.

#6 - Balliol, Oxford vs Durham

Season 50 - Episode 31 - Aired 2/22/2021

Come what may, we will be seeing these two teams again, one team in the semi-finals, the other team having one final chance to qualify. Who will win and who will lose this match? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#7 - Semi final 1: Imperial vs Warwick

Season 50 - Episode 35 - Aired 3/22/2021

It's semi-finals time, the teams from Imperial and Warwick play each other to take the first place in the final. It will be an Oxbridge affair next week where the winners of tonight's game will take on either Oxford or Cambridge in 2 weeks time.

#8 - Magdalene, Cambridge vs Strathclyde

Season 50 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/15/2021

In the last quarter-final match of this series, Magdalene, Cambridge take on Strathclyde for the last place in the semi-finals which start next week. Trust me, this is a game not to be missed.

#9 - Strathclyde vs Durham

Season 50 - Episode 27 - Aired 1/25/2021

The quarter-finals continue tonight as two more teams do battle to reach the next stage in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#10 - Balliol, Oxford vs King's College, London

Season 50 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/18/2021

The quarter-finals continue tonight, with two more teams doing battle to reach the next stage in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#11 - Corpus Christi, Oxford vs Magdalene, Cambridge

Season 50 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/14/2020

Two more teams compete in the second round of the student quiz with the aim of making it through to the quarter finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#12 - University of Bristol vs Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Season 50 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/24/2020

#13 - University of Warwick vs Wolfson College, Oxford

Season 50 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/28/2020

#14 - Linacre, Oxford vs Edinburgh

Season 50 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/26/2020

#15 - University of Reading vs Birkbeck, University of London

Season 50 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2020

Students representing the University of Reading compete with Birkbeck College, London, in another first-round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

#16 - Balliol College, Oxford vs Clare College, Cambridge

Season 50 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2020

#17 - Imperial College London vs University of Strathclyde

Season 50 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/3/2020

Tonight sees another first-round match as Imperial College competes against the University of Strathclyde for a place in the second round of the student quiz.

#18 - University of Glasgow vs University of Exeter

Season 50 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/13/2020

Jeremy Paxman presides as the academic quiz returns for its 27th series since the revival of the show in 1995, with the opening match of the first round seeing four students from the University of Glasgow take on a quartet from the University of Exeter.

#19 - Linacre College, Oxford vs The Open University

Season 50 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2020

In another first-round match, the students representing Linacre College, Oxford, battle it out with the Open University for a place in the second round.

#20 - University of Leicester vs University of Durham

Season 50 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2020

In another first-round match, students from the University of Leicester do battle with the University of Durham in a bid to reach the second round in the quiz for students.

#21 - Grand Finale: University of Warwick vs Magdalene College, Cambridge

Season 50 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/5/2021

It's the highly anticipated final of this series, and the two best teams are left in this competition. Who will become the Series 50 champions? Only time will tell.

#22 - Magdalene, Cambridge vs Warwick

Season 50 - Episode 29 - Aired 2/8/2021

This match sees the winning team take the first of four places in the semi-finals in around six weeks time. Who will win, Cambridge or Warwick? Two strong teams and a game not to be missed, trust me.

#23 - Imperial vs Warwick

Season 50 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/1/2021

#24 - Magdalene, Cambridge vs Birkbeck College, London

Season 50 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/11/2021

In the start of the quarter-finals, the teams from Magdalene Cambridge take on Birkbeck London, who will be one step closer to the semi-finals and who will have to play again and win in order to stay in the competition?

#25 - Glasgow vs King's College, London

Season 50 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/7/2020

The second round of the quiz for students continues when two more teams do battle to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.