University Challenge 2024–25

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The 54th series of University Challenge began on 12 August 2024 on BBC Two. [1]

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Results

First round

Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Queen's University Belfast 240125 University of Liverpool 36512 August 2024
The Open University 190175 University College London 36519 August 2024
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 80325 University of Bristol 40526 August 2024
University of Warwick 275125 University of East Anglia 4002 September 2024
St Catharine's College, Cambridge 120180 Wadham College, Oxford 3009 September 2024
Imperial College London 31075 University of Manchester 38516 September 2024
University of Reading 100240 University of Exeter 34023 September 2024
Darwin College, Cambridge 205110 Birkbeck, University of London 31530 September 2024
Oriel College, Oxford 200165 Durham University 3657 October 2024
Exeter College, Oxford 110205 Christ's College, Cambridge 31514 October 2024
University of St Andrews 145200 Cardiff University 34521 October 2024
University of Leeds 125175 University of Edinburgh 30028 October 2024
London School of Economics 235100 University of Leicester 3354 November 2024
School of Oriental and African Studies 155195 St Edmund Hall, Oxford 35011 November 2024

Highest scoring losers play-offs

Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University College London 215105 University of St Andrews 32018 November 2024
Durham University 150145 School of Oriental and African Studies 29525 November 2024

Second round

Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University College London 25555 London School of Economics 3102 December 2024
Durham University 115180 The Open University 2959 December 2024
University of Exeter 35290 University of Bristol 32516 December 2024
Darwin College, Cambridge 155125 University of Edinburgh 2806 January 2025
Wadham College, Oxford 25345 Imperial College London 37013 January 2025
Christ’s College, Cambridge St Edmund Hall, Oxford 20 January 2025 [2]
Cardiff University Queen's University Belfast 27 January 2025 [3]

Spin-off: Christmas Special 2024

A spin-off Christmas series has been aired since 2011, featuring distinguished alumni.

First round

Out of seven first-round winners, only the top four highest-scoring teams progress to the semi-finals.

Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University of Warwick 35265 Durham University 30023 December 2024
Worcester College, Oxford 155105 University of Bristol 26024 December 2024
Manchester Metropolitan University 110135 University of Brighton 24526 December 2024
Leeds Trinity University 100115 University of Nottingham 21527 December 2024
University of Southampton 125150 Churchill College, Cambridge 27529 December 2024
Emmanuel College, Cambridge 95175 Queens' College, Cambridge 27030 December 2024
University of St Andrews 13065 London School of Economics 19531 December 2024

Semi-finals

Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Durham University 12085 Worcester College, Oxford 2051 January 2025
Churchill College, Cambridge 95105 Queens' College, Cambridge 2002 January 2025

Final

Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Durham University 125120 Queens' College, Cambridge 2453 January 2025

Having taken the lead on the final starter question, the winning Durham University team consisted of Liz James, Tracey MacLeod, Carla Denyer, and Sophia Smith Galer, who beat Queens' College, Cambridge and their team of John Zarnecki, Stephanie Merritt, Jenny Kleeman and Richard K. Morgan.

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References

  1. "University Challenge returns on BBC Two and iPlayer this August with Amol Rajan back at the helm". BBC . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. "BBC Two - University Challenge, Series 31, Episode 22". BBC Online . Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. "BBC Two - University Challenge, Series 31, Cardiff v Queen's, Belfast". BBC Online . Retrieved 15 January 2025.