The BEST episodes of University Challenge season 50
Every episode of University Challenge season 50, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of University Challenge season 50!
Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects
#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.
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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.
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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.