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University Challenge: 1982

42 episodes Premiered Dec 14, 1981 Updated Sep 25, 2026

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Season 19 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of University Challenge Season 18.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 19 Episodes

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S19·E1 Mytharc

Corpus Christi, Cambridge v Essex

Dec 14, 1981

S19·E2 Core

Somerville, Oxford v Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Dec 21, 1981

S19·E3 Core

Open v Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Jan 10, 1982

S19·E4 Core

Open v Ulster

Jan 17, 1982

S19·E5 Core

Open v Magdalene, Cambridge

Jan 24, 1982

S19·E6 Core

Magdalene, Cambridge v Bangor

Jan 31, 1982

S19·E7 Core

Magdalene, Cambridge v Merton, Oxford

Feb 7, 1982

S19·E8 Core

Imperial, London v New Hall, Cambridge

Feb 14, 1982

S19·E9 Core

Imperial, London v Aberdeen

Feb 21, 1982

S19·E10 Core

Imperial, London v Reading

Feb 28, 1982

S19·E11 Core

University, Oxford v Hull

Mar 7, 1982

S19·E12 Core

University, Oxford v Newcastle

Mar 14, 1982

S19·E13 Core

University, Oxford v Churchill, Cambridge

Mar 21, 1982

S19·E14 Core

Dundee v Salford

Mar 28, 1982

S19·E15 Core

Dundee v Westfield, London

Apr 4, 1982

S19·E16 Core

Dundee v Balliol, Oxford

Apr 18, 1982

S19·E17 Core

Balliol, Oxford v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge

Apr 25, 1982

S19·E18 Core

Reading v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge

May 2, 1982

S19·E19 Core

Gonville and Caius, Cambridge v Sussex

May 9, 1982

S19·E20 Core

Aston v St Hilda's, Oxford

May 16, 1982

S19·E21 Core

Aston v University, Cardiff

May 23, 1982

S19·E22 Core

Aston v Keele

May 30, 1982

S19·E23 Core

Keele v York

Jun 6, 1982

S19·E24 Core

York v Brasenose, Oxford

Jun 13, 1982

S19·E25 Core

St Andrews v York

Jun 20, 1982

S19·E26 Core

St Andrews v Jesus, Cambridge

Jun 27, 1982

S19·E27 Core

St Andrews v Worfcester, Oxford

Jul 4, 1982

S19·E28 Core

Christ Church, Oxford v Pembroke, Cambridge

Jul 11, 1982

S19·E29 Core

Pembroke, Cambridge v Glasgow

Jul 18, 1982

S19·E30 Core

Pembroke, Cambridge v Sidney Sussex, Cambridge

Jul 25, 1982

S19·E31 Core

Nottingham v University, London

Aug 1, 1982

S19·E32 Core

University, London v Bath

Aug 8, 1982

S19·E33 Core

Dundee v University, Oxford

Nov 14, 1982

S19·E34 Core

Corpus Christi, Cambridge v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge

Nov 21, 1982

S19·E35 Core

St Andrews v Imperial London

Nov 28, 1982

S19·E36 Core

Magdalene, Cambridge v Pembroke, Cambridge

Dec 5, 1982

S19·E37 Core

University, Oxford v Corpus Christi, Cambridge

Dec 12, 1982

S19·E38 Core

St Andrews v Magdalene, Cambridge

Dec 19, 1982

S19·E39 Core

Final – University, Oxford v St Andrews

Dec 26, 1982

S19·E40 Core

Final – University, Oxford v St Andrews

Jan 9, 1983

S19·E41 Mytharc

Final – University, Oxford v St Andrews

Jan 16, 1983

S19·E42 Mytharc

Special: St Andrews Students v St Andrews Dons

Jan 23, 1983