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Episode 122 — Christmas 2020 - Semi-Final 2

Season 0 • University Challenge

Released: 2020-12-31 • Talk/Family

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It’s the second of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Episodes

Episode 1
Pro-Celebrity Edition
1992-12-28

Episode 2
Press Special: Tabloids v Broadsheets
1999-01-01

Episode 3
Christmas 2011 - Episode 1
2011-12-19

Episode 4
Christmas 2011 - Episode 2
2011-12-20

Episode 5
Christmas 2011 - Episode 3
2011-12-21

Episode 6
Christmas 2011 - Episode 4
2011-12-22

Episode 7
Christmas 2011 - Episode 5
2011-12-24

Episode 8
Christmas 2011 - Episode 6
2011-12-25

Episode 9
Christmas 2011 - Episode 7
2011-12-27

Episode 10
Christmas 2011 - Episode 8
2011-12-28

Episode 11
Professionals 2008 - 1. Faculty of Advocates vs Hospital Consultants
2008-03-31

Episode 12
Professionals 2008 - 2. Ministry of Justice v the Comedians
2008-04-01

Episode 13
Professionals 2008 - 3. Society of Authors v the National Physical Laboratory
2008-04-07

Episode 14
Professionals 2008. 4. Royal Academy of Engineering v the Lute Society
2008-04-08

Episode 15
Professionals 2008. 5. Wild card playoff
2008-04-14

Episode 16
Professionals 2008. 6. First semi-final
2008-04-15

Episode 17
Professionals 2008. 7. Second semi-final
2008-04-21

Episode 18
Professionals 2008. 8. The Final
2008-04-22

Episode 19
The Story So Far
2008-12-27

Episode 20
Christmas 2012 - Episode 1
2012-12-17

Episode 21
Christmas 2012 - Episode 2
2012-12-18

Episode 22
Christmas 2012 - Episode 3
2012-12-19

Episode 23
Christmas 2012 - Episode 4
2012-12-20

Episode 24
Christmas 2012 - Episode 5
2012-12-21

Episode 25
Christmas 2012 - Episode 6
2012-12-31

Episode 26
Christmas 2012 - Episode 7
2013-01-01

Episode 27
Christmas 2012 - Semi-Final 1
2013-01-02

Episode 28
Christmas 2012 - Semi-Final 2
2013-01-03

Episode 29
Christmas 2012 - Final
2013-01-04

Episode 30
Christmas 2013 - Reading v Emmanuel College, Cambridge
2013-12-20

Episode 31
Christmas 2013 - Kent v Lancaster
2013-12-21

Episode 32
Christmas 2013 - Aberystwyth v Keele
2013-12-23

Episode 33
Christmas 2013 - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Christ Church, Oxford
2013-12-26

Episode 34
Christmas 2013 - St Hugh's College, Oxford v Stirling
2013-12-27

Episode 35
Christmas 2013 - Leicester v Sussex
2013-12-30

Episode 36
Christmas 2013 - King's College London v Southampton
2013-12-31

Episode 37
Christmas 2013 - Emmanuel College, Cambridge v Southampton
2014-01-01

Episode 38
Christmas 2013 - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Lancaster
2014-01-02

Episode 39
Christmas 2013 - Emmanuel College, Cambridge v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge
2014-01-03

Episode 40
Champion of Champions
2014-04-19

Episode 41
Class of 2014 - Episode 1
2014-07-07

Episode 42
Class of 2014 - Episode 2
2014-07-08

Episode 43
Christmas 2014 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Warwick
2014-12-20

Episode 44
Christmas 2014 - Hull v Newcastle
2014-12-23

Episode 45
Christmas 2014 - King's College, Cambridge v Royal Holloway
2014-12-24

Episode 46
Christmas 2014 - Edinburgh v Leeds
2014-12-25

Episode 47
Christmas 2014 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v Balliol College, Oxford
2014-12-26

Episode 48
Christmas 2014 - York v Surrey
2014-12-29

Episode 49
Christmas 2014 - Manchester Metropolitan v Goldsmiths
2014-12-30

Episode 50
Christmas 2014 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Hull
2014-12-31

Episode 51
Christmas 2014 - Edinburgh v Trinity Hall, Cambridge
2015-01-01

Episode 52
Christmas 2014 - Final: Hull v Trinity Hall, Cambridge
2015-01-02

Episode 53
Christmas 2015 - UCL v Birmingham
2015-12-20

Episode 54
Christmas 2015 - Oriel, Oxford v Trinity, Cambridge
2015-12-21

Episode 55
Christmas 2015 - Manchester v UEA
2015-12-22

Episode 56
Christmas 2015 - Christ's, Cambridge v Essex
2015-12-23

Episode 57
Christmas 2015 - Exeter v Magdalen, Oxford
2015-12-24

Episode 58
Christmas 2015 - Aberdeen v Sheffield
2015-12-28

Episode 59
Christmas 2015 - Durham v LSE
2015-12-29

Episode 60
Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 1
2015-12-30

Episode 61
Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 2
2015-12-31

Episode 62
Christmas 2015 - The Grand Final
2016-01-01

Episode 63
Christmas 2015 - UCL v Birmingham
2015-12-20

Episode 64
Christmas 2015 - Oriel, Oxford v Trinity, Cambridge
2015-12-21

Episode 65
Christmas 2015 - Manchester v UEA
2015-12-22

Episode 66
Christmas 2015 - Christ's, Cambridge v Essex
2015-12-23

Episode 67
Christmas 2015 - Exeter v Magdalen, Oxford
2015-12-25

Episode 68
Christmas 2015 - Aberdeen v Sheffield
2015-12-28

Episode 69
Christmas 2015 - Durham v LSE
2015-12-29

Episode 70
Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 1
2015-12-30

Episode 71
Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 2
2015-12-31

Episode 72
Christmas 2015 - The Grand Final
2016-01-01

Episode 73
Christmas 2016 - Manchester v St Anne's, Oxford
2016-12-19

Episode 74
Christmas 2016 - Kent v Sussex
2016-12-20

Episode 75
Christmas 2016 - City v Newcastle
2016-12-21

Episode 76
Christmas 2016 - Soas v Leeds
2016-12-22

Episode 77
Christmas 2016 - Edinburgh v St Catharine's, Cambridge
2016-12-23

Episode 78
Christmas 2016 - Magdalene, Cambridge v St Hilda's, Oxford
2016-12-25

Episode 79
Christmas 2016 - Bristol v Nottingham
2016-12-26

Episode 80
Christmas 2016 - Semi-Final 1
2016-12-27

Episode 81
Christmas 2016 - Semi-Final 2
2016-12-28

Episode 82
Christmas 2016 - The Grand Final
2016-12-29

Episode 83
Christmas 2017 - Durham University v Keble College, Oxford
2017-12-24

Episode 84
Christmas 2017 - Selwyn College, Cambridge v St Andrews University
2017-12-26

Episode 85
Christmas 2017 - University of York v University of Southampton
2017-12-27

Episode 86
Christmas 2017 - University of Leicester v UCL
2017-12-28

Episode 87
Christmas 2017 - St John's College, Cambridge v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
2017-12-29

Episode 88
Christmas 2017 - Queen Mary College, London v Cardiff University
2018-01-01

Episode 89
Christmas 2017 - Brunel University v Reading University
2018-01-02

Episode 90
Christmas 2017 - Semi-Final 1
2018-01-03

Episode 91
Christmas 2017 - Semi-Final 2
2018-01-04

Episode 92
Christmas 2017 - The Grand Final
2018-01-05

Episode 93
Christmas 2018 - Brasenose, Oxford v Bristol
2018-12-24

Episode 94
Christmas 2018 - Westminster University v University of East Anglia
2018-12-25

Episode 95
Christmas 2018 - Pembroke College, Cambridge v King's London
2018-12-26

Episode 96
Christmas 2018 - Exeter University v Birmingham University
2018-12-28

Episode 97
Christmas 2018 - St Catherine's, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge
2018-12-27

Episode 98
Christmas 2018 - Sheffield University v Manchester University
2018-12-31

Episode 99
Christmas 2018 - Edinburgh University v LSE
2019-01-01

Episode 100
Christmas 2018 - Semi-Final 1
2019-01-02

Episode 101
Christmas 2018 - Semi-Final 2
2019-01-03

Episode 102
Christmas 2018 - The Grand Final
2019-01-04

Episode 103
Christmas 2019 - Leeds University v Clare College, Cambridge
2019-12-23

Episode 104
Christmas 2019 - Birmingham City University v Wadham College, Oxford
2019-12-24

Episode 105
Christmas 2019 - Guildhall School of Music and Drama v UCL
2019-12-25

Episode 106
Christmas 2019 - Liverpool v Hull
2019-12-26

Episode 107
Christmas 2019 - Royal Holloway v Sussex
2019-12-27

Episode 108
Christmas 2019 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v St Peter's College, Oxford
2019-12-30

Episode 109
Christmas 2019 - Warwick v Imperial
2019-12-31

Episode 110
Christmas 2019 - Semi-Final 1
2020-01-01

Episode 111
Christmas 2019 - Semi-Final 2
2020-01-02

Episode 112
Christmas 2019 - Final
2020-01-03

Episode 113
ITV vs BBC Children in Need 2020
2020-10-28

Episode 114
Christmas 2020 - Christ's Cambridge v St John's Oxford
2020-12-21

Episode 115
Christmas 2020 - Manchester v Queen's Belfast
2020-12-22

Episode 116
Christmas 2020 - Courtauld v Goldsmiths
2020-12-23

Episode 117
Christmas 2020 - Nottingham v Sheffield
2020-12-24

Episode 118
Christmas 2020 - Central Lancashire v Loughborough
2020-12-26

Episode 119
Christmas 2020 - Durham v Downing Cambridge
2020-12-28

Episode 120
Christmas 2020 - New College Oxford v Reading
2020-12-29

Episode 121
Christmas 2020 - Semi-Final 1
2020-12-30

Episode 122
Christmas 2020 - Semi-Final 2
2020-12-31

Episode 123
Christmas 2020 - Grand Final
2021-01-01

Episode 124
ITV v BBC Children in Need 2021
2021-10-28

Episode 125
Christmas 2021 - Edinburgh v Leicester
2021-12-20

Episode 126
Christmas 2021 - Winchester v Bradford
2021-12-21

Episode 127
Christmas 2021 - Bristol v King's, Cambridge
2021-12-22

Episode 128
Christmas 2021 - LSE v Hertford, Oxford
2021-12-23

Episode 129
Christmas 2021 - Corpus Christi, Cambridge v St Anne's, Oxford
2021-12-24

Episode 130
Christmas 2021 - Birkbeck, London v Portsmouth
2021-12-27

Episode 131
Christmas 2021 - Kent v Goldsmiths, London
2021-12-28

Episode 132
Christmas 2021 - Semi-Final 1
2021-12-29

Episode 133
Christmas 2021 - Semi Final 2
2021-12-30

Episode 134
Christmas 2021 - Grand Final
2021-12-31

Episode 135
University Challenge at 60
2022-08-29

Episode 136
Christmas 2022 - SOAS University of London v Balliol College, Oxford
2022-12-19

Episode 137
Christmas 2022 - University College, Oxford v University of Glasgow
2022-12-20

Episode 138
Christmas 2022 - Durham University v University of York
2022-12-21

Episode 139
Christmas 2022 - Exeter College, Oxford v Queen Mary University of London
2022-12-22

Episode 140
Christmas 2022 - University of Hull v University of the West of England
2022-12-23

Episode 141
Christmas 2022 - UCL v University of Aberdeen
2022-12-26

Episode 142
Christmas 2022 - University of Bristol v University of Cardiff
2022-12-27

Episode 143
Christmas 2022 - Semi-Final 1
2022-12-28

Episode 144
Christmas 2022 - Semi-Final 2
2022-12-29

Episode 145
Christmas 2022 - Grand Final
2022-12-30

Episode 146
Christmas 2023 - Episode 1
2023-12-18

Episode 147
Christmas 2023 - Episode 2
2023-12-19

Episode 148
Christmas 2023 - Episode 3
2023-12-20

Episode 149
Christmas 2023 - Episode 4
2023-12-21

Episode 150
Christmas 2023 - Episode 5
2023-12-22

Episode 151
Christmas 2023 - Episode 6
2023-12-26

Episode 152
Christmas 2023 - Episode 7
2023-12-27

Episode 153
Christmas 2023 - Episode 8
2023-12-28

Episode 154
Christmas 2023 - Episode 9
2023-12-29

Episode 155
Christmas 2024 - Warwick v Durham
2024-12-23

Episode 156
Christmas 2024 - Worcester College, Oxford v Bristol
2024-12-24

Episode 157
Christmas 2024 - Manchester Metropolitan v Brighton
2024-12-26

Episode 158
Christmas 2024 - Leeds Trinity v Nottingham
2024-12-27

Episode 159
Christmas 2024 - Southampton v Churchill College, Cambridge
2024-12-29

Episode 160
Christmas 2024 - Emmanuel College, Cambridge v Queens' College, Cambridge
2024-12-30

Episode 161
Christmas 2024 - St Andrews v LSE
2024-12-31

Episode 162
Christmas 2024 - Semi-Final 1
2025-01-01

Episode 163
Christmas 2024 - Semi-Final 2
2025-01-02

Episode 164
Christmas 2024 - Final
2025-01-03

Episode 165
Christmas 2025: Durham v Manchester
2025-12-22

Episode 166
Christmas 2025: UCL v Leeds
2025-12-23

Episode 167
Christmas 2025: Keble College, Oxford v Hull
2025-12-24

Episode 168
Christmas 2025: Trinity College, Cambridge v Bristol
2025-12-26

Episode 169
Christmas 2025: Exeter College, Oxford v Trinity Hall, Cambridge
2025-12-28

Episode 170
Christmas 2025: St Hilda's College, Oxford v Edinburgh
2025-12-29

Episode 171
Christmas 2025: Middlesex v Lancaster
2025-12-30

Episode 172
Christmas 2025: Semi-Final 1
2025-12-31

Episode 173
Christmas 2025: Semi-Final 2
2026-01-01

Episode 174
Christmas 2025: Final
2026-01-02

Information

Episode air date	31.12.2020
Episode runtime	29 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Talk / Family
TMDB series rating	6.0
IMDb series rating	6.7
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	—
Country	GB

Cast

Amol Rajan
Self - Presenter

Roger Tilling
Self - Narrator

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