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Reading v Exeter
In another first round match, Reading take on Exeter for a place in the second round. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Writing:
Release Date:
Fri, Sep 21, 1962
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 30
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 30
Amol Rajan
Self - Host
Roger Tilling
Self - Narrator
Season 54:
![Queen's, Belfast v Liverpool](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kzchL71uDppj9Yupwr376Qk0e5d.jpg)
The 2024-25 series of University Challenge begins with Queen’s University Belfast taking on Liverpool for a place in the second round, with Amol Rajan asking the questions.
![Open University v UCL](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lLHzyKiGA8J8CQV3aNMjV3beHYd.jpg)
The first round continues with a match between the Open University and UCL. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Bristol](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rrMzjWRxt4yXYOqg06pnyxfGHac.jpg)
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge take on the University of Bristol, with a place in the second round at stake. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Warwick v UEA](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fkdCxR3w2RhaWRXdNVP4ZRV9K0o.jpg)
Teams from the University of Warwick and the University of East Anglia prepare to face their first starter for ten. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Wadham College, Oxford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mvm1364gZ0yHqlr3nVQofBqriUj.jpg)
St Catharine's College, Cambridge and Wadham College, Oxford go head-to-head in another first round heat. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Imperial v Manchester](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oSVYghhOjvediAWOPG3QzgROSG1.jpg)
Imperial College London begin their title defence with a match against the University of Manchester. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Reading v Exeter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ivcJrZSZrC0RaNBfQKn5UiHwVkQ.jpg)
In another first round match, Reading take on Exeter for a place in the second round. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Darwin College, Cambridge v Birkbeck](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/k24aI1fNfbmEodtmniQWXCjqrlT.jpg)
In another first round match, Darwin College, Cambridge take on Birkbeck for a place in the second round. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Oriel College, Oxford v Durham](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/baBqiFHG2Jr751y2dR4cpUKuWkm.jpg)
Oriel College, Oxford plays Durham University for a place in the second round of the competition. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Exeter College, Oxford v Christ's College, Cambridge](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eS0mLcFQzkL133aUft70cQLuvyb.jpg)
In another first-round match, teams from Exeter College, Oxford and Christ's College, Cambridge put fingers on buzzers for the first time. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![St Andrews v Cardiff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8ledQNThaQplXebW9jNCNc8rYWl.jpg)
Teams of students from St Andrews and Cardiff University compete for a place in round two. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Leeds v Edinburgh](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ptQShQdrSS8PhRutbR7cC3mHTsk.jpg)
The University of Leeds plays the University of Edinburgh for one of the few remaining places in round two. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![LSE v Leicester](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gTGQviS01NO6mIL3a8TZMNiTfba.jpg)
The London School of Economics faces the University of Leicester in the penultimate first round heat. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![SOAS v St Edmund Hall, Oxford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bCEWaWvjGJSMGeUCZ8tJLh7oKzp.jpg)
Round one concludes with a match between SOAS, University of London and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![UCL v St Andrews](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5iLoYyrO14li4VqD9W3eLZ44Hwv.jpg)
With the first round of matches complete, two of the highest-scoring losing teams have a second chance to qualify for round two. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Durham v SOAS](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rtnZPn1MP4GILE9qdupSMdutp5p.jpg)
Two more of the highest-scoring losing teams from round one go head-to-head for the final place in the second round. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![UCL v LSE](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5XJpzTcCLNU1SeQ3KrLVyusFP5.jpg)
The second round begins tonight. Two of the 16 remaining teams are putting fingers back on buzzers for a place in the quarter-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Durham v Open University](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ui7hXSAkFGsZnYTpoWWQoi0t22w.jpg)
The second round of the competition continues, with two more teams returning to compete for a place in the quarter-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
![Exeter v Bristol](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3PTuX3kJ5htOpF2vsaPYB46cohW.jpg)
Amol Rajan asks the questions as two more student teams return to play a second-round match, with a place in the quarter-finals at stake.
![Episode 20](assets/images/no-backdrop-w130.jpg)
Two more teams of students go head-to-head for a place in this year's quarter-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions.