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Episode 123 — Christmas 2020 - Grand Final

Season 0 • University Challenge

Released: 2021-01-01 • Talk/Family

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It’s the grand final of this seasonal competition for alumni from some of the UK’s top universities. Which university will be Christmas University Challenge champions?

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	01.01.2021
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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