2025/26
(2025)
Overview
Amol Rajan asks the questions as students from across the UK face fiendish tests.
Cast
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Narrator
Episodes
Sheffield v Warwick 0.0
July 14, 2025
The series kicks off with a match between students from Sheffield and Warwick. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
UCL v SOAS 0.0
July 21, 2025
The first round of the competition continues. Students from UCL take on a team from next-door neighbours SOAS. Amol Raj…
Bath v Southampton 0.0
July 28, 2025
The University of Bath faces the University of Southampton in another first-round match. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Newcastle v Edinburgh 0.0
August 4, 2025
Another two teams of students put fingers on buzzers for the first time, representing Newcastle University and the Univ…
Manchester v New College, Oxford 0.0
August 11, 2025
The University of Manchester plays New College, Oxford for a place in the second round. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Cardiff v Bristol 0.0
August 18, 2025
The first round of the 2025/26 competition continues with a Severnside derby as Cardiff University faces the University…
Trinity College, Cambridge v Linacre College, Oxford 0.0
August 25, 2025
In another first-round heat, students from Trinity College, Cambridge take on a team from Linacre College, Oxford. Amol…
Lincoln v Lancaster 0.0
September 1, 2025
The University of Lincoln makes its debut in the competition against a team from Lancaster University. Amol Rajan asks …
Green Templeton College, Oxford v Darwin College, Cambridge 0.0
September 8, 2025
In another first round match, competition debutants Green Templeton College, Oxford face a team from Cambridge’s Darwin…
Trinity Hall, Cambridge v LSE 0.0
September 15, 2025
The first round of the competition continues. Trinity Hall, Cambridge and the London School of Economics are the teams …
Durham v Merton College, Oxford 0.0
September 22, 2025
The heats continue with a match between Durham University and Merton College, Oxford. A place in round two awaits the w…
Harper Adams v Strathclyde 0.0
September 29, 2025
Harper Adams University makes its first ever appearance in this competition. Their opponents are from the University of…
Imperial v Churchill College, Cambridge 0.0
October 6, 2025
In this first-round match, two institutions specialising in science go head-to-head - Imperial College London and Churc…
Magdalen College, Oxford v Robinson College, Cambridge 0.0
October 14, 2025
The first round of the competition concludes with a match between Magdalen College, Oxford and Robinson College, Cambri…
SOAS v Imperial 0.0
October 20, 2025
Two of the highest-scoring losing teams from the heats get a second chance to qualify for the second round. Amol Rajan …
Sheffield v New College, Oxford 0.0
October 27, 2025
Two more of the highest-scoring losing teams from the heats compete for the final second round place. Amol Rajan asks t…
Magdalen College, Oxford v Darwin College, Cambridge 0.0
November 3, 2025
The second round of the competition begins. Two teams of students go head-to-head for a place in the quarter-finals. Am…
Sheffield v Strathclyde 0.0
November 10, 2025
Round two of the competition continues. Two more teams of students battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Amo…
Southampton v Imperial 0.0
November 17, 2025
Two more student teams return to play a second-round match. A place in the quarter-finals awaits the winner. Amol Rajan…
Bristol v Warwick 0.0
November 24, 2025
The round of sixteen continues. Two more teams of students return to play for a second time, hoping to earn themselves …
LSE v Manchester 0.0
December 1, 2025
The second round continues. Two more teams of students put fingers on buzzers for a second time, with a place in the qu…
Trinity College, Cambridge v Edinburgh 0.0
December 8, 2025
The round of 16 continues as another two teams of students set out to secure themselves a place in the quarter-finals. …
Lincoln v UCL 0.0
December 15, 2025
Two more teams of students compete for a place in the quarter-finals in the penultimate match of round two. Amol Rajan …
Churchill College, Cambridge v Merton College, Oxford 0.0
January 5, 2026
It’s the final match in the second round. Who will take the last spot in the quarter-finals? Amol Rajan asks the questi…
Manchester v Edinburgh 0.0
January 12, 2026
The double-elimination quarter-final stage begins. Two of the eight remaining teams play their first of up to three mat…
UCL v Merton College, Oxford 0.0
January 19, 2026
The first round of quarter-finals continues. Two more teams are hoping to pick up the first of the two wins they need t…
Darwin College, Cambridge v Sheffield 0.0
January 26, 2026
Two more teams of students play their first of at least two matches in this double-elimination quarter-final. Amol Raja…
Imperial v Warwick 0.0
February 2, 2026
The last two quarter-finalists play their first of up to three matches in this round. A win will see them half-way to t…
Edinburgh v Merton College, Oxford 0.0
February 23, 2026
The second round of quarter-finals begins. The winner of this match becomes the first team through to this year’s semi-…
Manchester v UCL 0.0
March 2, 2026
Two teams return to play a second quarter-final. Having both lost their first, they need to win this one to stay in the…
Sheffield v Imperial 0.0
March 9, 2026
The quarter-final stage continues. Having won one match already, the teams know that if they can win again here, they’l…
Episode 32 0.0
March 16, 2026
The quarter-finals continue with another elimination match. Both teams lost their first quarter-final and can’t afford …