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Letter: This year the BBC allowed nine Oxbridge colleges out of a total of 28 to compete in University Challenge, and still they did not win, writes Frank Coffield

The Guardian - UK

BBC called to defend ‘elitist’ format of University Challenge

Professor complains that show’s Oxbridge bias is even more pronounced in Christmas specials and calls for public debate

The Guardian - UK

University Challenge special axed over lack of support for disabled contestants

Christmas alumni episode had one blind entrant and another who was neurodivergent, both of whom say they did not get help

The Guardian - UK

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BBC denies octopus mascot on University Challenge was ‘antisemitic’ attack

Blue octopus toy brought by Christ Church, Oxford students sparked fierce online debate

The Independent UK

How to watch University Challenge from anywhere in the world

Here's how you can watch University Challenge online from wherever you happen to be ready for its return on August 12.

WhatToWatch

University Challenge review – Amol Rajan is lighter, kinder and more passionate than Paxman

The new set may resemble something from the Flintstones cartoon, but Rajan clearly takes this quiz gig seriously. If only he looked more comfortable in the chair

The Guardian - UK

Amol Rajan says he will ‘try not to screw up’ role as new presenter on University Challenge

Amol Rajan is taking over the University Challenge questioner role from Jeremy Paxman

Evening Standard

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New host, new set, same fiendish questions: behind the scenes with the all-new University Challenge

Forget the revamp, the quizshow is as tricky as ever. Scott Bryan plays along disastrously, then meets new anchor Amol Rajan to talk nerves, piña coladas and replacing Paxman

The Guardian - UK

Hit BBC quiz show to return to screens in WEEKS with dramatic new look and host

University Challenge will be back on screens in just a number of days and will have a whole new look – as well as a new presenter after Jeremy Paxman stepped down

Daily Mirror

University Challenge: Amol Rajan ‘excited’ to take over from Jeremy Paxman as quiz show’s new host

Paxman presented his final episode after 29 years in May

The Independent UK

University Challenge 2023: release date, new host and everything we know

University Challenge 2023 is also getting a new set and title sequence.

WhatToWatch

BBC shares first clip of Amol Rajan as new University Challenge host

Presenter replaced the outgoing Jeremy Paxman

The Independent UK

University Challenge: Bristol students defeated in historic final

Not only was last night (May 29) the first time that students from the University of Bristol appeared in the final, but it was time to say goodbye to a legend

Bristol Post

Durham University win University Challenge for first time in 23 years as Jeremy Paxman says farewell

The university fought off Bristol in the final to win the competition

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The Guardian - UK

‘So goodnight from me. Goodnight’: Jeremy Paxman departs University Challenge, gentle at last

After decades of savage put-downs, Paxo poignantly bows out of the quiz show amazed at the students’ knowledge, not their stupidity

The Guardian - UK

‘Some of the questions were devastatingly easy!’ – the University Challenge final reviewed by last year’s winners

Even though some starters for ten were painfully basic, this final was a corker – and incredibly poignant too, for Jeremy Paxman’s farewell

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Paxman: memorable lines from a master of the scathing put-down

As the University Challenge host bows out, here is a selection of his most disparaging comments to contestants

The Independent UK

Jeremy Paxman to present his final University Challenge after 29 years hosting

Presenter’s nearly three-decade-long reign comes to an end after a Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2021

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Evening Standard

Jeremy Paxman to bid farewell to University Challenge after almost three decades

His final episode will air on BBC Two on Monday at 8.30pm.

Wales Online

Jeremy Paxman to present final University Challenge after nearly 30 years

The programme airs on Monday evening

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the biggest television event of 2023 is finally here

It’s the last episode of Succession – and time to see who can seize the crown. Plus, Jeremy Paxman’s final University Challenge. Here’s what to watch this evening

Bristol Post

University Challenge: Bristol celebrates 'incredible feeling' after making its first ever grand final

Although some University Challenge episodes and records from the 1970s are lost, it is believed that the University of Bristol has never made it to the final - until now

Manchester Evening News

University Challenge questions to 'get harder' as new look unveiled in Salford

It's a new era for the show that is all filmed in Salford

Bristol Post

Bristol's University Challenge team lambasted for not recognising Elvis Costello's voice

The team smashed through the questions until it came to the popular music round

The Guardian - UK

University Challenge was biased towards Oxbridge when I worked on it, and it still is. But there’s a fix

A third of the teams competing come from just two universities. How can that not be elitist, asks freelance writer Lillian Crawford

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