Episodes
Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
November 12, 1996
Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
November 19, 1996
King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
November 26, 1996
Manchester v Birkbeck
December 3, 1996
Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.
December 10, 1996
Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan
December 17, 1996
St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
January 6, 1997
West of England v Surrey
January 13, 1997
Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
January 20, 1997
The Open University v Swansea
January 27, 1997
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.
Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow
February 3, 1997
Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
February 10, 1997
Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol
February 26, 1997
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.
Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge
March 5, 1997
Manchester v Imperial College, London
March 12, 1997
Glamorgan v St Andrews
March 19, 1997
Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford
March 26, 1997
Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.
Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London
April 2, 1997
St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
April 9, 1997
Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University
April 16, 1997
Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
April 23, 1997
Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Manchester v Glamorgan
April 30, 1997
Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
May 7, 1997
Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University
May 14, 1997
Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.
Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester
May 21, 1997
Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University
May 28, 1997
Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University
June 4, 1997
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.