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Why we still love BBC's University Challenge as show celebrates 60th anniversary

Jeremy Paxman Bamber Gascoigne University Challenge Helen Worth Stephen Fry TV Amol Rajan Cambridge Miriam Margolyes

Starter for 10... no conferring... which ridiculously successful quiz show is about to celebrate 60 years on the box next month?

A clue: Thousands of students have faced the trickiest of questions.

Stars to appear in quiz specials include the likes of Helen Worth, alias Coronation Street ’s Gail Platt. And it inspired the coming of age movie Starter For 10, starring James McAvoy and Dominic Cumberbatch.

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