Editing University Challenge (section)

===Specials===
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!Year
!Special Event
!Winners
!Runners Up
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|1978
|College Bowl-University Challenge World Championship<ref>This was played under [[College Bowl]] rules, with [[Art Fleming]] hosting</ref>
|University Challenge "all-stars"
|[[Stanford University]]
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|1979
|College Bowl-University Challenge World Championship
|[[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]]
|[[Davidson College]]
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|1984
|1984 Christmas special
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|1986
|International best of three series
|Great Britain ([[Jesus College, Oxford]], 1985)
|New Zealand ([[University of Auckland]], 1985)
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|1987
|International best of three series
|Great Britain ([[Keble College, Oxford]], 1986)
|New Zealand ([[University of Otago]], 1986)
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|1992
|Pro-Celebrity match
|Celebrity Past Contestants <small>([[Alastair Little]], [[John Simpson (journalist)|John Simpson]], [[Stephen Fry]], [[Charles Moore (journalist)|Charles Moore]])</small><small>(Appropriately enough, all the celebrities studied at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge colleges]] making this an [[Oxbridge]] match.)</small>
|Keble College, Oxford <small>(A team of current students from the college, as they were the "defending champions", having won the last series of the show, back in 1987.)</small>
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|1997
|College Bowl Challenge
|[[University of Michigan]]
|Imperial College London, 1996
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|1997
|Mastermind Challenge
|Magdalen College, Oxford, 1997
|The last 4 [[Mastermind (TV series)|Mastermind]] finalists from the [[Magnus Magnusson]] era: Claire Ockwell, Andrea Weston, Colin Cadby (Captain) and Anne Ashurst (series champion)
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|1997
|College Bowl Challenge
|USA
|UK
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|1998
|Champions' Challenge
|Magdalen College, Oxford, 1997
|Imperial College London, 1996
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|1998
|Universe Challenge
|''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Fans: <small>(Darryl Ball, Kaley Nichols, Steve Rogers [Chairman of the Official ''Red Dwarf'' Fan Club], Pip Swallow, Sharon Burnett [Co-author of ''The Red Dwarf Quiz Book''])</small>
|''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Cast: <small>([[Robert Llewellyn]], [[Danny John-Jules]], [[Chris Barrie]], [[Chloë Annett]], [[Craig Charles]])</small>
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|1998
|Challenge
|Magdalen College, Oxford, 1998
|Leicester, 1963
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|1999
|Journalists Special
|Tabloids <small>([[Jane Moore]], [[Peter Hitchens]], [[Ann Leslie]], [[Tony Parsons (British journalist)|Tony Parsons]])</small>
|Broadsheets <small>([[Decca Aitkenhead]], [[Libby Purves]], [[Boris Johnson]], [[Richard Ingrams]])</small>
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|2002
|University Challenge: Reunited
|Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 1979
|Keele, 1968
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|2003
|[[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]] match
|The Townies <small>([[Jeremy Beadle]], [[Gina Yashere]], [[Danny Baker]], [[Johnny Vaughan]])</small>
|The Gownies <small>([[David Baddiel]], [[Frank Skinner]], [[Stephen Fry]], [[Clive Anderson]])</small>
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|2003
|University Challenge: The [[Professional]]s
|[[Inland Revenue|The Inland Revenue]]
|[[Royal Meteorological Society]]
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|2004
|International "Grand Final": UK vs India
|[[Sardar Patel College of Engineering]] (SPCE), Mumbai: <small>(Nirad Inamdar, Bharat Jayakumar, Nishad Manerikar, Shrijit Plappally)</small>
|[[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]]: <small>(Laura Ashe, Darren Khodaverdi, Lameen Souag, Edward Wallace)</small>
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|2004
|University Challenge: The Professionals
|[[British Library]]
|[[Oxford University Press]]
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|2004
|Christmas Special 1
|Television <small>([[Monty Don]], [[Martha Kearney]], [[Andrew Neil]], [[Clare Balding]])</small>
|Radio <small>([[Henry Blofeld]], [[Jenni Murray]], [[Ned Sherrin]], [[Roger Bolton (producer)|Roger Bolton]])</small>
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|
|Christmas Special 2
|Critics <small>([[Waldemar Januszczak]], [[Russell Davies]], [[Brian Sewell]], [[Andrew Graham-Dixon]])</small>
|Theatre <small>([[Adrian Noble]], [[Harriet Walter]], [[Tim Rice]], [[Ken Campbell]])</small>
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|
|Christmas Specials: Final
|Critics
|Television
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|2005
|[[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]] 2005 Match
|The South <small>([[Sarah Alexander]], [[Hugh Grant]], [[Stephen Fry]], [[Omid Djalili]])</small>
|The North <small>([[Colin Murray]], [[John Thomson (comedian)|John Thomson]], [[Armando Iannucci]], [[Neil Morrissey]])</small>
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|2005
|University Challenge: The Professionals
|[[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council Office]]
|[[Romantic Novelists' Association]]
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|2005
|Christmas Special 1
|News <small>([[Kate Adie]], [[Nick Robinson (journalist)|Nick Robinson]], [[Michael Buerk]], [[Bridget Kendall]])</small>
|Politics <small>([[Mark Oaten]], [[Diane Abbott]], [[Tim Yeo]], [[Stephen Pound]])</small>
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|Christmas Special 2
|Writers <small>([[Tony Marchant (playwright)|Tony Marchant]], [[Andrew Davies (writer)|Andrew Davies]], [[Iain Banks]], [[Jimmy McGovern]])</small>
|Actors <small>([[Robert Powell]], [[Samuel West]], [[Janet Suzman]], [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]])</small>
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|Christmas Specials: Final
|Writers
|News
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|2006
|University Challenge: The Professionals
|[[Bodleian Library]]
|[[Royal Statistical Society]]
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|2008
|University Challenge: The Professionals
|[[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Justice]]
|[[National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)|National Physical Laboratory]]
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|2011
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[Trinity College, Cambridge]] <small>([[University Challenge 1994–95|Robin Bhattacharyya]], [[Daisy Goodwin]], [[John Lloyd (producer)|John Lloyd]], [[Edward Stourton (journalist)|Edward Stourton]])</small>
|[[University of Warwick]] <small>([[Vadim Jean]], [[Daisy Christodoulou]], [[Christian Wolmar]], [[Carla Mendonça]])</small>
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|2012
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[New College, Oxford]] <small>([[Rachel Johnson]], [[Patrick Gale]], [[Kate Mosse]], Yan Wong)</small>
|[[University of East Anglia]] <small>([[John Boyne]], [[Razia Iqbal]], [[David Grossman (journalist)|David Grossman]], [[Charlie Higson]])</small>
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|2013
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]] <small>([[Quentin Stafford-Fraser]], [[Helen Castor]], [[Mark Damazer]], [[Lars Tharp]])</small>
|[[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] <small>([[Hugo Rifkind]], [[Mary-Ann Ochota]], [[Simon Singh]], [[Rory McGrath]])</small>
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|2014
|Champion of Champions
|[[University of Manchester]] <small>([[University Challenge 2008–09|Henry Pertinez]], [[University Challenge 2005–06|Gareth Aubrey]], [[University Challenge 2011–12|Tristan Burke]], [[University Challenge 2012–13|Adam Barr]])</small>
|[[Magdalen College, Oxford]] <small>([[University Challenge 2010–11|Matthew Chan]], [[University Challenge 2003–04|Freya McClements]], [[University Challenge 1996–97|Jim Adams]], [[University Challenge 1997–98|Sarah Healey]])</small>
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|2014
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]] <small>([[Tom James (rower)|Tom James]], [[Emma Pooley]], [[Adam Mars-Jones]], [[Dan Starkey (actor)|Dan Starkey]])</small>
|[[University of Hull]] <small>([[Rosie Millard]], [[Malcolm Sinclair (actor)|Malcolm Sinclair]], [[Jenni Murray]], [[Stan Cullimore]])</small>
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|2015
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[Magdalen College, Oxford]] <small>([[Robin Lane Fox]], [[Heather Berlin]], [[Louis Theroux]], [[Matt Ridley]])</small>
|[[University of Sheffield]] <small>([[Sid Lowe]], [[Nicci French|Nicci Gerrard]], [[Adam Hart]], [[Ruth Reed]])</small>
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|2016
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[St Hilda's College, Oxford]] <small>([[Fiona Caldicott]], [[Daisy Dunn]], [[Val McDermid]], [[Adèle Geras]])</small>
|[[University of Leeds]] <small>([[Louise Doughty]], [[alt-J|Gus Unger-Hamilton]], [[Kamal Ahmed (journalist)|Kamal Ahmed]], [[Steve Bell (cartoonist)|Steve Bell]])</small>
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|2017
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[Keble College, Oxford]] <small>([[Paul Johnson (economist)|Paul Johnson]], [[Frank Cottrell-Boyce]], [[Katy Brand]], [[Anne-Marie Imafidon]])</small>
|[[University of Reading]] <small>([[Anna Machin]], [[Martin Hughes-Games]], [[Sophie Walker]], [[Pippa Greenwood]])</small>
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|2018
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[Peterhouse, Cambridge]] <small>([[Dan Mazer]], [[Mark Horton (archaeologist)|Mark Horton]], [[Michael Howard]], [[Michael Axworthy]])</small>
|[[University of Bristol]] <small>([[Philip Ball]], [[Laura Wade]], [[Misha Glenny]], [[Iain Stewart (geologist)|Iain Stewart]])</small>
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|2019
|[[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]] 2019 Match
|Team Freeman <small>([[Luisa Omielan]], [[Robert Rinder]], [[Martin Freeman]], [[Kerry Godliman]])</small>
|Team Manford <small>([[Darren Harriott]], [[Vick Hope]], [[Jason Manford]], [[Emily Atack]])</small>
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|2019
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[University of Leeds]] <small>([[Jonathan Clements]], [[Henry Gee]], [[Richard Coles]], [[Timothy Allen]])</small>
|[[Wadham College, Oxford]] <small>([[Jonathan Freedland]], [[Tom Solomon (neurologist)|Tom Solomon]], [[Anne McElvoy]], [[Roger Mosey]])</small>
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|2020
|[[Children in Need]] 2020 Match
|Team BBC <small>([[Dane Baptiste]], [[Anita Rani]], [[Dara Ó Briain]], [[Steve Pemberton]])</small>
|Team ITV <small>([[Iain Stirling]], [[Charlene White]], [[Fay Ripley]], [[Joel Dommett]])</small>
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|2020
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[The Courtauld Institute of Art]] <small>([[Tim Marlow]], [[Lavinia Greenlaw]], [[Jacky Klein]], [[Jeremy Deller]])</small>
|[[University of Manchester]] <small>([[David Nott]], [[Juliet Jacques]], [[Ade Edmondson]], [[Justin Edwards (actor)|Justin Edwards]])</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2020/christmas-university-challenge-line-up|title = Christmas University Challenge announces line up}}</ref>
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|2021
|[[Children in Need]] 2021 Match
|Team BBC <small>([[Angela Barnes]], [[Mishal Husain]], [[Rick Edwards]], [[Jon Culshaw]])</small>
|Team ITV <small>([[Russell Kane]], [[Denise Welch]], [[Kaye Adams]], [[Ranj Singh]])</small>
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|2021
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[University of Edinburgh]] <small>([[Catherine Slessor]], [[Thomasina Miers]], [[Miles Jupp]], Phil Swanson)</small>
|[[Hertford College, Oxford]] <small>([[Soweto Kinch]], [[Elizabeth Norton]], [[Adam Fleming (journalist)|Adam Fleming]], [[Isabelle Westbury]])</small>
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|2022
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[Balliol College, Oxford]] <small>([[Elizabeth Kiss]], [[Andrew Copson]], [[Martin Edwards (author)|Martin Edwards]], Martin O'Neill)</small>
|[[University of Hull]] <small>(Katharine Norbury, [[James Graham (playwright)|James Graham]], [[Sian Reese-Williams]], Graeme Hall, Sarah Peverley)</small>
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|2023
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[Middlesex University]] <small>(David Heathcote, [[Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey|Lola Young]], [[Heather Phillipson]], [[David Hepworth]], [[Dan Renton Skinner]])</small>
|[[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]] <small>([[Francesca Happé]], [[Michael Cockerell]], [[Alex Bellos]], [[Steve Waters]])</small>
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|2024
|Christmas University Challenge
|[[Durham University]] <small>([[Liz James]], [[Tracey MacLeod]], [[Carla Denyer]], [[Sophia Smith Galer]])</small>
|[[Queens' College, Cambridge]] <small>([[John Zarnecki]], [[Stephanie Merritt]], [[Jenny Kleeman]], [[Richard K. Morgan]])</small>
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<small>Some information from this table was obtained from the web pages listed in {{cite web|title=Special Series|url=http://www.blanchflower.org/uc/results.html|publisher=Sean Blanchflower|access-date=26 February 2008}}</small>