University Challenge - Season 0 Episode 172 : Christmas 2025: Semi-Final 1 2025

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It's the first semi-final of this special all-star seasonal series. Two of the highest-scoring winning teams from the heats return to play again. Amol Rajan asks the questions.

Released: Jan 01, 1970
Runtime: 00:26:14 minutes
Genre: Talk, Family
Stars: Amol Rajan, Roger Tilling
Network: ITV1, BBC Two

Se-0 Ep-1. Pro-Celebrity Edition 1992-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-2. Press Special: Tabloids v Broadsheets 1999-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-3. Christmas 2011 - Episode 1 2011-12-19

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Se-0 Ep-4. Christmas 2011 - Episode 2 2011-12-20

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Se-0 Ep-5. Christmas 2011 - Episode 3 2011-12-21

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Se-0 Ep-6. Christmas 2011 - Episode 4 2011-12-22

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Se-0 Ep-7. Christmas 2011 - Episode 5 2011-12-24

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Se-0 Ep-8. Christmas 2011 - Episode 6 2011-12-25

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Se-0 Ep-9. Christmas 2011 - Episode 7 2011-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-10. Christmas 2011 - Episode 8 2011-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-11. Professionals 2008 - 1. Faculty of Advocates vs Hospital Consultants 2008-03-31

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Se-0 Ep-12. Professionals 2008 - 2. Ministry of Justice v the Comedians 2008-04-01

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Se-0 Ep-13. Professionals 2008 - 3. Society of Authors v the National Physical Laboratory 2008-04-07

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Se-0 Ep-14. Professionals 2008. 4. Royal Academy of Engineering v the Lute Society 2008-04-08

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Se-0 Ep-15. Professionals 2008. 5. Wild card playoff 2008-04-14

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Se-0 Ep-16. Professionals 2008. 6. First semi-final 2008-04-15

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Se-0 Ep-17. Professionals 2008. 7. Second semi-final 2008-04-21

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Se-0 Ep-18. Professionals 2008. 8. The Final 2008-04-22

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Se-0 Ep-19. The Story So Far 2008-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-20. Christmas 2012 - Episode 1 2012-12-17

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Se-0 Ep-21. Christmas 2012 - Episode 2 2012-12-18

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Se-0 Ep-22. Christmas 2012 - Episode 3 2012-12-19

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Se-0 Ep-23. Christmas 2012 - Episode 4 2012-12-20

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Se-0 Ep-24. Christmas 2012 - Episode 5 2012-12-21

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Se-0 Ep-25. Christmas 2012 - Episode 6 2012-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-26. Christmas 2012 - Episode 7 2013-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-27. Christmas 2012 - Semi-Final 1 2013-01-02

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Se-0 Ep-28. Christmas 2012 - Semi-Final 2 2013-01-03

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Se-0 Ep-29. Christmas 2012 - Final 2013-01-04

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Se-0 Ep-30. Christmas 2013 - Reading v Emmanuel College, Cambridge 2013-12-20

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Se-0 Ep-31. Christmas 2013 - Kent v Lancaster 2013-12-21

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Se-0 Ep-32. Christmas 2013 - Aberystwyth v Keele 2013-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-33. Christmas 2013 - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Christ Church, Oxford 2013-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-34. Christmas 2013 - St Hugh's College, Oxford v Stirling 2013-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-35. Christmas 2013 - Leicester v Sussex 2013-12-30

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Se-0 Ep-36. Christmas 2013 - King's College London v Southampton 2013-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-37. Christmas 2013 - Emmanuel College, Cambridge v Southampton 2014-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-38. Christmas 2013 - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Lancaster 2014-01-02

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Se-0 Ep-39. Christmas 2013 - Emmanuel College, Cambridge v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge 2014-01-03

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Se-0 Ep-40. Champion of Champions 2014-04-19

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Se-0 Ep-41. Class of 2014 - Episode 1 2014-07-07

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Se-0 Ep-42. Class of 2014 - Episode 2 2014-07-08

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Se-0 Ep-43. Christmas 2014 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Warwick 2014-12-20

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Se-0 Ep-44. Christmas 2014 - Hull v Newcastle 2014-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-45. Christmas 2014 - King's College, Cambridge v Royal Holloway 2014-12-24

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Se-0 Ep-46. Christmas 2014 - Edinburgh v Leeds 2014-12-25

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Se-0 Ep-47. Christmas 2014 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v Balliol College, Oxford 2014-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-48. Christmas 2014 - York v Surrey 2014-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-49. Christmas 2014 - Manchester Metropolitan v Goldsmiths 2014-12-30

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Se-0 Ep-50. Christmas 2014 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Hull 2014-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-51. Christmas 2014 - Edinburgh v Trinity Hall, Cambridge 2015-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-52. Christmas 2014 - Final: Hull v Trinity Hall, Cambridge 2015-01-02

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Se-0 Ep-53. Christmas 2015 - UCL v Birmingham 2015-12-20

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Se-0 Ep-54. Christmas 2015 - Oriel, Oxford v Trinity, Cambridge 2015-12-21

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Se-0 Ep-55. Christmas 2015 - Manchester v UEA 2015-12-22

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Se-0 Ep-56. Christmas 2015 - Christ's, Cambridge v Essex 2015-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-57. Christmas 2015 - Exeter v Magdalen, Oxford 2015-12-24

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Se-0 Ep-58. Christmas 2015 - Aberdeen v Sheffield 2015-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-59. Christmas 2015 - Durham v LSE 2015-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-60. Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 1 2015-12-30

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Se-0 Ep-61. Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 2 2015-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-62. Christmas 2015 - The Grand Final 2016-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-63. Christmas 2015 - UCL v Birmingham 2015-12-20

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Se-0 Ep-64. Christmas 2015 - Oriel, Oxford v Trinity, Cambridge 2015-12-21

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Se-0 Ep-65. Christmas 2015 - Manchester v UEA 2015-12-22

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Se-0 Ep-66. Christmas 2015 - Christ's, Cambridge v Essex 2015-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-67. Christmas 2015 - Exeter v Magdalen, Oxford 2015-12-25

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Se-0 Ep-68. Christmas 2015 - Aberdeen v Sheffield 2015-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-69. Christmas 2015 - Durham v LSE 2015-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-70. Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 1 2015-12-30

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Se-0 Ep-71. Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 2 2015-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-72. Christmas 2015 - The Grand Final 2016-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-73. Christmas 2016 - Manchester v St Anne's, Oxford 2016-12-19

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Se-0 Ep-74. Christmas 2016 - Kent v Sussex 2016-12-20

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Se-0 Ep-75. Christmas 2016 - City v Newcastle 2016-12-21

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Se-0 Ep-76. Christmas 2016 - Soas v Leeds 2016-12-22

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Se-0 Ep-77. Christmas 2016 - Edinburgh v St Catharine's, Cambridge 2016-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-78. Christmas 2016 - Magdalene, Cambridge v St Hilda's, Oxford 2016-12-25

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Se-0 Ep-79. Christmas 2016 - Bristol v Nottingham 2016-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-80. Christmas 2016 - Semi-Final 1 2016-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-81. Christmas 2016 - Semi-Final 2 2016-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-82. Christmas 2016 - The Grand Final 2016-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-83. Christmas 2017 - Durham University v Keble College, Oxford 2017-12-24

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Se-0 Ep-84. Christmas 2017 - Selwyn College, Cambridge v St Andrews University 2017-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-85. Christmas 2017 - University of York v University of Southampton 2017-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-86. Christmas 2017 - University of Leicester v UCL 2017-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-87. Christmas 2017 - St John's College, Cambridge v St Edmund Hall, Oxford 2017-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-88. Christmas 2017 - Queen Mary College, London v Cardiff University 2018-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-89. Christmas 2017 - Brunel University v Reading University 2018-01-02

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Se-0 Ep-90. Christmas 2017 - Semi-Final 1 2018-01-03

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Se-0 Ep-91. Christmas 2017 - Semi-Final 2 2018-01-04

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Se-0 Ep-92. Christmas 2017 - The Grand Final 2018-01-05

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Se-0 Ep-93. Christmas 2018 - Brasenose, Oxford v Bristol 2018-12-24

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Se-0 Ep-94. Christmas 2018 - Westminster University v University of East Anglia 2018-12-25

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Se-0 Ep-95. Christmas 2018 - Pembroke College, Cambridge v King's London 2018-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-96. Christmas 2018 - Exeter University v Birmingham University 2018-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-97. Christmas 2018 - St Catherine's, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge 2018-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-98. Christmas 2018 - Sheffield University v Manchester University 2018-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-99. Christmas 2018 - Edinburgh University v LSE 2019-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-100. Christmas 2018 - Semi-Final 1 2019-01-02

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Se-0 Ep-101. Christmas 2018 - Semi-Final 2 2019-01-03

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Se-0 Ep-102. Christmas 2018 - The Grand Final 2019-01-04

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Se-0 Ep-103. Christmas 2019 - Leeds University v Clare College, Cambridge 2019-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-104. Christmas 2019 - Birmingham City University v Wadham College, Oxford 2019-12-24

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Se-0 Ep-105. Christmas 2019 - Guildhall School of Music and Drama v UCL 2019-12-25

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Se-0 Ep-106. Christmas 2019 - Liverpool v Hull 2019-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-107. Christmas 2019 - Royal Holloway v Sussex 2019-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-108. Christmas 2019 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v St Peter's College, Oxford 2019-12-30

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Se-0 Ep-109. Christmas 2019 - Warwick v Imperial 2019-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-110. Christmas 2019 - Semi-Final 1 2020-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-111. Christmas 2019 - Semi-Final 2 2020-01-02

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Se-0 Ep-112. Christmas 2019 - Final 2020-01-03

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Se-0 Ep-113. ITV vs BBC Children in Need 2020 2020-10-28

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Se-0 Ep-114. Christmas 2020 - Christ's Cambridge v St John's Oxford 2020-12-21

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Se-0 Ep-115. Christmas 2020 - Manchester v Queen's Belfast 2020-12-22

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Se-0 Ep-116. Christmas 2020 - Courtauld v Goldsmiths 2020-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-117. Christmas 2020 - Nottingham v Sheffield 2020-12-24

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Se-0 Ep-118. Christmas 2020 - Central Lancashire v Loughborough 2020-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-119. Christmas 2020 - Durham v Downing Cambridge 2020-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-120. Christmas 2020 - New College Oxford v Reading 2020-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-121. Christmas 2020 - Semi-Final 1 2020-12-30

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Se-0 Ep-122. Christmas 2020 - Semi-Final 2 2020-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-123. Christmas 2020 - Grand Final 2021-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-124. ITV v BBC Children in Need 2021 2021-10-28

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Se-0 Ep-125. Christmas 2021 - Edinburgh v Leicester 2021-12-20

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Se-0 Ep-126. Christmas 2021 - Winchester v Bradford 2021-12-21

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Se-0 Ep-127. Christmas 2021 - Bristol v King's, Cambridge 2021-12-22

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Se-0 Ep-128. Christmas 2021 - LSE v Hertford, Oxford 2021-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-129. Christmas 2021 - Corpus Christi, Cambridge v St Anne's, Oxford 2021-12-24

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Se-0 Ep-130. Christmas 2021 - Birkbeck, London v Portsmouth 2021-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-131. Christmas 2021 - Kent v Goldsmiths, London 2021-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-132. Christmas 2021 - Semi-Final 1 2021-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-133. Christmas 2021 - Semi Final 2 2021-12-30

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Se-0 Ep-134. Christmas 2021 - Grand Final 2021-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-135. University Challenge at 60 2022-08-29

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Se-0 Ep-136. Christmas 2022 - SOAS University of London v Balliol College, Oxford 2022-12-19

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Se-0 Ep-137. Christmas 2022 - University College, Oxford v University of Glasgow 2022-12-20

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Se-0 Ep-138. Christmas 2022 - Durham University v University of York 2022-12-21

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Se-0 Ep-139. Christmas 2022 - Exeter College, Oxford v Queen Mary University of London 2022-12-22

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Se-0 Ep-140. Christmas 2022 - University of Hull v University of the West of England 2022-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-141. Christmas 2022 - UCL v University of Aberdeen 2022-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-142. Christmas 2022 - University of Bristol v University of Cardiff 2022-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-143. Christmas 2022 - Semi-Final 1 2022-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-144. Christmas 2022 - Semi-Final 2 2022-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-145. Christmas 2022 - Grand Final 2022-12-30

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Se-0 Ep-146. Christmas 2023 - Episode 1 2023-12-18

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Se-0 Ep-147. Christmas 2023 - Episode 2 2023-12-19

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Se-0 Ep-148. Christmas 2023 - Episode 3 2023-12-20

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Se-0 Ep-149. Christmas 2023 - Episode 4 2023-12-21

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Se-0 Ep-150. Christmas 2023 - Episode 5 2023-12-22

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Se-0 Ep-151. Christmas 2023 - Episode 6 2023-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-152. Christmas 2023 - Episode 7 2023-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-153. Christmas 2023 - Episode 8 2023-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-154. Christmas 2023 - Episode 9 2023-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-155. Christmas 2024 - Warwick v Durham 2024-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-156. Christmas 2024 - Worcester College, Oxford v Bristol 2024-12-24

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Se-0 Ep-157. Christmas 2024 - Manchester Metropolitan v Brighton 2024-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-158. Christmas 2024 - Leeds Trinity v Nottingham 2024-12-27

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Se-0 Ep-159. Christmas 2024 - Southampton v Churchill College, Cambridge 2024-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-160. Christmas 2024 - Emmanuel College, Cambridge v Queens' College, Cambridge 2024-12-30

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Se-0 Ep-161. Christmas 2024 - St Andrews v LSE 2024-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-162. Christmas 2024 - Semi-Final 1 2025-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-163. Christmas 2024 - Semi-Final 2 2025-01-02

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Se-0 Ep-164. Christmas 2024 - Final 2025-01-03

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Se-0 Ep-165. Christmas 2025: Durham v Manchester 2025-12-22

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Se-0 Ep-166. Christmas 2025: UCL v Leeds 2025-12-23

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Se-0 Ep-167. Christmas 2025: Keble College, Oxford v Hull 2025-12-24

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Se-0 Ep-168. Christmas 2025: Trinity College, Cambridge v Bristol 2025-12-26

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Se-0 Ep-169. Christmas 2025: Exeter College, Oxford v Trinity Hall, Cambridge 2025-12-28

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Se-0 Ep-170. Christmas 2025: St Hilda's College, Oxford v Edinburgh 2025-12-29

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Se-0 Ep-171. Christmas 2025: Middlesex v Lancaster 2025-12-30

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Se-0 Ep-172. Christmas 2025: Semi-Final 1 2025-12-31

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Se-0 Ep-173. Christmas 2025: Semi-Final 2 2026-01-01

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Se-0 Ep-174. Christmas 2025: Final 2026-01-02

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