Christmas University Challenge
Since 2011 there has been an annual "Christmas University Challenge" series over the Christmas period. The shows comprise famous alumni and academic staff of various universities in a slightly more light-hearted version of the student series.
Years
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
| 19th-27th December 2011 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| York | 120 | 125 | Manchester |
| Durham | 60 | 135 | Edinburgh |
| Magdalen, Oxford | 130 | 85 | University, London |
| Warwick | 225 | 50 | Sheffield |
| Trinity, Cambridge | 225 | 80 | St Andrews |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Edinburgh | 35 | 265 | Warwick |
| Magdalen, Oxford | 105 | 160 | Trinity, Cambridge |
| Final | |||
| Warwick | 60 | 235 | Trinity, Cambridge |
For Christmas 2011, a short series with ten teams of famous alumni competing, with the four highest-scoring winners advancing to the semi-finals. The teams were:
York: Chris Dye, Zoe Lyons, Steve Richards, Richard Hollingham
Manchester: Tom Bloxham, Liv Boeree, Waldemar Januszczak, Steve Hewlett
Durham: Caroline Atkins, James Wilby, Richard Adams, Minette Walters
Edinburgh: Kirsty McCabe, David Steel, Sally Magnusson, George McGavin
Magdalen, Oxford: Luke Johnson, Sarah Healey, Alan Hollinghurst, Harry Mount
University, London: Lucy Jones, Trevor Lock, Fiona Armstrong, Michael White
Warwick: Vadim Jean, Daisy Christodoulou, Christian Wolmar, Carla Mendonca
Sheffield: Graham Stringer, Fay Simpson, George Ergatoudis, Stuart Palmer
Trinity, Cambridge: Robin Bhattacharyya, Daisy Goodwin, John Lloyd, Edward Stourton
St Andrews: Crispin Bonham-Carter, James Blitz, Hazel Irvine, Barney White-Spunner
| 17th December 2012 - 4th January 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 135 | 140 | Leeds |
| Newcastle | 120 | 110 | Loughborough |
| New, Oxford | 240 | 160 | LSE |
| Liverpool | 165 | 140 | Cardiff |
| Newnham, Cambridge | 155 | 110 | Nottingham |
| Exeter | 125 | 165 | Glasgow |
| Birmingham | 115 | 195 | UEA |
| Semi-finals | |||
| New, Oxford | 220 | 125 | Liverpool |
| Glasgow | 115 | 150 | UEA |
| Final | |||
| New, Oxford | 205 | 110 | UEA |
The 2012 series of Christmas University Challenge comprised fourteen teams of famous alumni and academic staff of various universities, with the four highest-scoring winners progressing to the semi-finals. The teams were:
Bristol: Steve Leonard, Ruth Lea, Tony Juniper, Tim Corrie
Leeds: David Adam, Libby Wiener, Alistair McGowan, Jay Rayner
Newcastle: Tristan Gooley, Peter Gibbs, Heather McGregor, Tony Wadsworth
Loughborough: John Schofield, Lawrie Sanchez, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Nigel Wood
New, Oxford: Rachel Johnson, Patrick Gale, Kate Mosse, Yan Wong
LSE: Tim Lott, Jackie Ballard, Loyd Grossman, Meghnad Desai
Liverpool: Maurice McGinty, Frank Duckworth, Stephen Bayley, Frances Crook
Cardiff: Phillip Cashian, Jean Lambert, Bill Turnbull, Richard Sambrook
Newnham, Cambridge: Diane Abbott, Frances Wood, Rosemary Leonard, Deborah Chancellor
Nottingham: John Timpson, Mike Dilger, Oliver James, Brian Moore
Exeter: Martin Crewe, Christine Allison, John O'Farrell, John Crace
Glasgow: Harry Burns, Susan Calman, Neil Oliver, Lynn Faulds Wood
Birmingham: Barry Cockcroft, Jed Mercurio, Anna Soubry, Henry Chapman
UEA: John Boyne, Razia Iqbal, David Grossman, Charlie Higson
| 20th December 2013 - 3rd January 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 85 | 185 | Emmanuel, Cambridge |
| Kent | 100 | 160 | Lancaster |
| Keele | 140 | 95 | Aberystwyth |
| Gonville and Caius, Cambridge | 255 | 65 | Christ Church, Oxford |
| St Hugh's, Oxford | 125 | 95 | Stirling |
| Leicester | 125 | 60 | Sussex |
| King's, London | 105 | 185 | Southampton |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Emmanuel, Cambridge | 185 | 105 | Southampton |
| Lancaster | 145 | 180 | Gonville and Caius, Cambridge |
| Final | |||
| Emmanuel, Cambridge | 140 | 175 | Gonville and Caius, Cambridge |
The 2013 series of Christmas University Challenge saw fourteen teams of famous alumni of various universities, and the four highest-scoring winners progressed to the semi-finals.
Reading: Cornelia Parker, John Simpson, Joan Smith, Jay Wynne
Emmanuel, Cambridge: Hugo Rifkind, Mary Ann Ochota, Simon Singh, Rory McGrath
Kent: Rebecca Lenkiewicz, James Wong, Fi Glover, Robert Wade
Lancaster: Brian Clegg, Ranvir Singh, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Matthew Fort
Keele: Francis Beckett, Maggie Atkinson, Ian Moncrieff, Steve Jackson
Aberystwyth: Dan Jarvis, Elfyn Llywd, Timothy Brain, Chris Leek
Gonville and Caius, Cambridge: Quentin Stafford-Fraser, Helen Castor, Mark Damazer, Lars Tharp
Christ Church, Oxford: Michael Dobbs, Adam Boulton, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Mehdi Hasan
St Hugh's, Oxford: Liz Forgan, Alex Hibbert, Suzy Klein, Rowan Pelling
Stirling: John McLellan, Muffy Calder, Paul Lewis, Richard Lochhead
Leicester: Heather Couper, Nigel Henbest, Sue Cook, Natalie Bennett
Sussex: Rob Bonnet, Alice Arnold, Simon Fanshawe, Claudia Hammond
King's, London: Arthur Butt, Susan Hill, Rory Bremner, Anne Ashworth
Southampton: Jason Cowley, Claire Tyler, Stefan Buczacki, Matthew Taylor
| 20th December 2014 - 3rd January 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | 195 | 45 | Warwick |
| Hull | 205 | 25 | Newcastle |
| King's, Cambridge | 160 | 150 | Royal Holloway, London |
| Edinburgh | 235 | 45 | Leeds |
| Trinity Hall, Cambridge | 195 | 120 | Balliol, Oxford |
| York | 135 | 110 | Surrey |
| Manchester Metropolitan | 145 | 75 | Goldsmith's |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | 145 | 175 | Hull |
| Edinburgh | 135 | 165 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Final | |||
| Hull | 65 | 215 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
The 2014 series of Christmas University Challenge again saw fourteen teams of distinguished alumni do battle, with the four highest-scoring winners progressing to the semi-finals.
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford: Michelle Paver, Philip Hensher, Cathy Newman, Samuel West
Warwick: Bob Kerslake, Jonathan Coe, Simon Calder, Simon Bailey
Hull: Rosie Millard, Malcolm Sinclair, Jenni Murray, Stan Cullimore
Newcastle: John Yorke, Giles Fraser, Kate Adie, Alastair Reynolds
King's, Cambridge: David Walker, Martin Bell, Noreena Hertz, Thomas Ades
Royal Holloway, London: Norman Baker, Valerie Vaz, Francis Wheen, Tori James
Edinburgh: Judith Miller, Allan Little, Philippa Gregory, Quentin Cooper
Leeds: David Baulcombe, Jacqui Oatley, James Mates, Julian Dutton
Trinity Hall, Cambridge: Tom James, Emma Pooley, Adam Mars-Jones, Dan Starkey
Balliol, Oxford: Ewan Birney, Charlotte Higgins, Alan Beith, Roger Cohen
York: Philip Lawson, Helen Geake, Michael Dixon, Adam Hart-Davis
Surrey: Michael Price, Susan Blackmore, Jim Al-Khalili, Odaline de la Martinez
Manchester Metropolitan: Eddie Morland, John Thomson, Bernard Hill, Gordon Taylor
Goldsmith's: Fiona Ray, Neil Innes, Corrie Corfield, Shazia Mirza
| 20th December 2015 - 1st January 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| University, London | 155 | 80 | Birmingham |
| Oriel, Oxford | 135 | 140 | Trinity, Cambridge |
| Manchester | 195 | 35 | UEA |
| Christ's, Cambridge | 90 | 140 | Essex |
| Exeter | 130 | 220 | Magdalen, Oxford |
| Aberdeen | 90 | 185 | Sheffield |
| Durham | 140 | 130 | LSE |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Manchester | 105 | 160 | Sheffield |
| University, London | 100 | 195 | Magdalen, Oxford |
| Final | |||
| Sheffield | 60 | 230 | Magdalen, Oxford |
The 2015 series of Christmas University Challenge again saw fourteen teams of distinguished alumni compete, with the four highest-scoring winners progressing to the semi-finals.
University, London: Vivienne Parry, Adam Rutherford, Lynne Truss, Tom Dyckhoff
Birmingham: Emma Darwin, Joanna Gosling, John Hammond, Pamela Relph
Oriel, Oxford: John Nunn, Camilla Wright, Jon Bentley, Peter Harness
Trinity, Cambridge: Timothy Gowers, Zoe Heron, Faisal Islam, Bee Wilson
Manchester: Lucy Porter, Jesse Armstrong, Christine Burns, Robert Rinder
UEA: Andy Stanford-Clark, Erica Wagner, Caroline Flint, Tim Bentinck
Christ's, Cambridge: Kieran West, Nina Gold, Natalie Haynes, James Reynolds
Essex: Richard Bartle, Rupert Maas, Dotun Adebayo, Nick Dear
Exeter: George Stiles, Hannah Kendall, Nick Baker, Barnaby Edwards
Magdalen, Oxford: Robin Lane Fox, Heather Berlin, Louis Theroux, Matt Ridley
Aberdeen: Richard Klein, Nicky Campbell, Ian Boyd, Kezia Dugdale
Sheffield: Sid Lowe, Nicci Gerrard, Adam Hart, Ruth Reed
Durham: Richard Ovenden, Tim Willcox, Monica Grady, Tim Smit
LSE: Bob Neill, Justin Webb, Martin Lewis, James O'Brien
| 19th - 29th December 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 55 | 185 | St Anne's, Oxford |
| Kent | 245 | 35 | Sussex |
| City, London | 145 | 35 | Newcastle |
| School of Oriental & African Studies | 85 | 175 | Leeds |
| Edinburgh | 115 | 60 | St Catharine's, Cambridge |
| Magdalene, Cambridge | 65 | 225 | St Hilda's, Oxford |
| Bristol | 70 | 75 | Nottingham |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Kent | 130 | 140 | Leeds |
| St Anne's, Oxford | 75 | 165 | St Hilda's, Oxford |
| Final | |||
| Leeds | 55 | 160 | St Hilda's, Oxford |
The 2016 series of Christmas University Challenge repeated its now well-established format, with the four highest-scoring winners progressing to the semi-finals.
Manchester: Philip Craven, Sarfraz Manzoor, Simon Armitage, Erica McAlister
St Anne's, Oxford: Rebecca Morelle, Janina Ramirez, Mary Archer, Jacky Rowland
Kent: Jeremy Wade, Shiulie Ghosh, Paul Ross, Jamie Angus
Sussex: Timothy O'Shea, Hattie Hayridge, Dermot Murnaghan, Alex Bailin
City, London: Ramita Navai, Brendan Barber, Samira Ahmed, Tiff Needell
Newcastle: Charlie Webster, Wilko Johnson, Helen Scales, Neil Astley,
School of Oriental & African Studies: David Warren, Gus Casely-Hayford, Dom Joly, Minna Salami
Leeds: Louise Doughty, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Kamal Ahmed, Steve Bell
Edinburgh: Steve Jones, Hermione Cockburn, Rachael Stirling, Helen Pidd
St Catharine's, Cambridge: Peter Wothers, Joanne Harris, Matthew Price, Ivana Gavric
Magdalene, Cambridge: Stefan Wolff, Clemency Burton-Hill, Chris Lintott, Mike Newell
St Hilda's, Oxford: Fiona Caldicott, Daisy Dunn, Val McDermid, Adele Geras
Bristol: Miranda Krestovnikoff, Kate Quilton, Will Hutton, Julie Myerson
Nottingham: David Florence, Nick Miller, Chris Hawkins, Frances Spalding
| 24th December 2017 - 5th January 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | 35 | 220 | Keble, Oxford |
| Selwyn, Cambridge | 145 | 90 | St Andrews |
| York | 70 | 150 | Southampton |
| Leicester | 45 | 175 | University, London |
| St John's, Cambridge | 155 | 40 | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
| Queen Mary, London | 110 | 60 | Cardiff |
| Brunel | 45 | 155 | Reading |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Keble, Oxford | 160 | 105 | St John's, Cambridge |
| University, London | 125 | 130 | Reading |
| Final | |||
| Keble, Oxford | 240 | 0 | Reading |
Once again, the four highest-scoring teams progressed to the semi-finals.
Durham: Alexander Talbot-Rice, Caroline Foster, Nick Mohammed, Rod Clements
Keble, Oxford: Paul Johnson, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Katy Brand, Anne-Marie Imafidon
Selwyn, Cambridge: Sophie Wilson, Robin French, David Wilson, Viv Groskop
St Andrews: Michael Hulse, Alistair Moffat, Brian Taylor, Andrew Crumey
York: Catherine West, Tom Service, Kevin Maguire, Simon Webb
Southampton: Simon Evans, Daniel Sandford, John Wilson, Claire Foges
Leicester: Geoff Palmer, Danielle Brown, Pete Lawrence, Adele Parks
University, London: Jeremy Bowen, Julian Baggini, Jane Dacre, Jessica Curry
St John's, Cambridge: Frederick Raphael, Laura Bates, Giles Foden, Jamie Bamber
St Edmund Hall, Oxford: Richard Gozney, Dan Abnett, Emma Kennedy, Anna Botting
Queen Mary, London: Marcus Chown, Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Chiles, Ching-He Huang
Cardiff: Laura McAllister, Nicole Cooke, Laura Trevelyan, Rhys Jones
Brunel: Tony James, Iwan Thomas, Eniola Aluko, Shini Somara
Reading: Anna Machin, Martin Hughes-Games, Sophie Walker, Pippa Greenwood
| 24th December 2018 - 4th January 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brasenose, Oxford | 100 | 150 | Bristol |
| Westminster | 130 | 100 | UEA |
| Pembroke, Cambridge | 85 | 150 | King's, London |
| St Catherine's, Oxford | 130 | 135 | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
| Exeter | 110 | 85 | Birmingham |
| Sheffield | 90 | 115 | Manchester |
| Edinburgh | 120 | 160 | LSE |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Bristol | 205 | 100 | King's, London |
| Peterhouse, Cambridge | 215 | 60 | LSE |
| Final | |||
| Bristol | 125 | 190 | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
The four highest-scoring winning teams progressed to the semi-finals.
Brasenose, Oxford: Andrea Brand, Tim Harford, Jessie Burton, Kate Bliss
Bristol: Philip Ball, Laura Wade, Misha Glenny, Iain Stewart
Westminster: Stuart Roy Clarke, Torsten Schmiedeknecht, Danny Wallace, Sophie Scott
UEA: Zeb Soanes, Vicki Pepperdine, Arthur Smith, Darren Bett
Pembroke, Cambridge: Dan Jones, Cath Bishop, Rick Edwards, Emma Johnson
King's, London: Zoe Laughlin, Angela Saini, Anita Anand, Anne Dudley
St Catherine's, Oxford: Susie Boyt, Michael Billington, Peter Knowles, Tim Webber
Peterhouse, Cambridge: Dan Mazer, Mark Horton, Michael Howard, Michael Axworthy
Exeter: Jon Kay, Deborah Ashby, Paul Jackson, Jessica Swale
Birmingham: Nicola Spence, Lizo Mzimba, Chris Addison, Nigel Lindsay
Sheffield: Bryony Page, David Blunkett, Paul Mason, Liz Watts
Manchester: Simon Brodkin, David Edgar, David Aaronovitch, Matt Allwright
Edinburgh: JJ Chalmers, Joanna Cherry, Mitch Benn, Gavin Francis
LSE: Jagjit S. Chadha, Maya Jaggi, Ekow Eshun, Simon Garfield
| 23rd December 2019 - 3rd January 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 205 | 55 | Clare, Cambridge |
| Birmingham City | 75 | 160 | Wadham, Oxford |
| Guildhall School of Music & Drama | 120 | 165 | University, London |
| Liverpool | 75 | 150 | Hull |
| Royal Holloway, London | 70 | 130 | Sussex |
| Trinity Hall, Cambridge | 180 | 85 | St Peter's, Oxford |
| Warwick | 80 | 115 | Imperial, London |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Trinity Hall, Cambridge | 25 | 215 | Wadham, Oxford |
| Leeds | 205 | 45 | University, London |
| Final | |||
| Wadham, Oxford | 130 | 235 | Leeds |
The four highest-scoring winning teams progressed to the semi-finals.
Birmingham City: Bunny Guinness, Carole Boyd, Ian Skelly, Jim Crace
Clare, Cambridge: Elin Manahan Thomas, Marcel Theroux, Amanda Spielman, Allison Pearson
Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Catherine Bott, Bob Barrett, Monica Dolan, Charles Edwards
Hull: Matthew Halsall, Tracy Borman, Lucy Beaumont, Joanna Nadin
Imperial, London: Judith Hackitt, Kenan Malik, Brendan Walker, Martin Bland
Leeds: Jonathan Clements, Henry Gee, Richard Coles, Tim Allen
Liverpool: Emma Jane Unsworth, Roger Bolton, Anna Maxwell Martin, Beverley Hunt
Royal Holloway, London: Jackie Hunter, Emma Bridgewater, Fern Riddell, Lucy Hughes-Hallett
St Peter's, Oxford: Gordon Corera, Felicity Cloake, Afua Hirsch, Paul Ayers
Sussex: Mark D'Arcy, Zoe Strimpel, Kim Newman, Perdita Barran
Trinity Hall, Cambridge: Philip Dawid, Sophie Winkleman, Laura Mangan, Tony Palmer
University, London: Pen Hadow, Poppy Sebag-Montefiore, Maryam Moshiri, Hugh Griffiths
Wadham, Oxford: Jonathan Freedland, Tom Solomon, Anne McElvoy, Roger Mosey
Warwick: Liam Halligan, Tom Goodman-Hill, Ritula Shah, Jonathan Bell
| 21st December 2020 - 1st January 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ's, Cambridge | 50 | 180 | St John's, Oxford |
| Manchester | 175 | 30 | Queen's, Belfast |
| Courtauld Institute of Art, London | 150 | 100 | Goldsmith's, London |
| Nottingham | 145 | 70 | Sheffield |
| Central Lancashire | 60 | 170 | Loughborough |
| Durham | 90 | 65 | Downing, Cambridge |
| New, Oxford | 110 | 60 | Reading |
| Semi-finals | |||
| St John's, Oxford | 135 | 180 | Courtauld Institute of Art, London |
| Manchester | 140 | 70 | Loughborough |
| Final | |||
| Courtauld Institute of Art, London | 150 | 90 | Manchester |
The four highest-scoring winning teams progressed to the semi-finals.
Central Lancashire: Richard Frediani, Richard Askam, Kate Pankhurst, Mark Tattersall
Christ's, Cambridge: Lachlan Goudie, Sathnam Sanghera, Steve Palmer, Helen Mort
Courtauld Institute of Art, London: Tim Marlow, Lavinia Greenlaw, Jeremy Deller, Jacky Klein
Downing, Cambridge: Amol Rajan, Professor Sir John Pendry, Dharshini David, Louise Dean
Durham: Sarah Keith-Lucas, Ed Gamble, Hugh Pearman, Rebecca Smethurst
Goldsmith's, London: Dave Myers, David Dibosa, Helen Cross, Rachel Cowgill
Loughborough: Kate Fox, Monty Panesar, Caitlin McClatchey, Naomi Dattani
Manchester: Adrian Edmondson, Justin Edwards, Juliet Jacques, David Nott
New, Oxford: Lucy Cooke, Christopher Hampton, Michael Crick, Charlotte Mendelson
Nottingham: Levison Wood, Colin Matthews, Melanie Hopkins, Helen Roy
Queen's, Belfast: Kate Devlin, Alan Jones, Miriam Gamble, Alan Finlayson
Reading: Stephen Smith, Paul Barnes, Rhianna Dhillon, Amoret Whitaker
Sheffield: Val Gibson, Kylie Pentelow, Professor Claire McGourlay, Michael Deacon
St John's, Oxford: John Lanchester, Paul Franklin, Usha Goswami, Simon Jack
| 20th December 2021 - 31st December 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | 160 | 125 | Leicester |
| Winchester | 95 | 130 | Bradford |
| Bristol | 95 | 125 | King's, Cambridge |
| LSE | 75 | 130 | Hertford, Oxford |
| Corpus Christi, Cambridge | 130 | 145 | St Anne's, Oxford |
| Birkbeck, London | 125 | 30 | Portsmouth |
| Kent | 115 | 95 | Goldsmith's, London |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Edinburgh | 145 | 125 | Bradford |
| Hertford, Oxford | 155 | 95 | St Anne's, Oxford |
| Final | |||
| Edinburgh | 235 | 95 | Hertford, Oxford |
The four highest-scoring winning teams progressed to the semi-finals.
Birkbeck, London: Shabnam Nasimi, Simon Ings, Jolyon Maugham, Eliane Glaser
Bradford: Anthony Finkelstein, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Martin Roberts, David Cowling
Bristol: Lucrezia Millarini, Camilla Pang, Aasmah Mir, Mark Ravenhill
Corpus Christi, Cambridge: Hazel Moore, Helen Oyeyemi, Robert McCrum, Philippe Sands
Edinburgh: Catherine Slessor, Thomasina Miers, Miles Jupp, Phil Swanson
Goldsmith's, London: Laura Coryton, Mark Wallinger, Sarah Gillespie, Simon Toyne
Hertford, Oxford: Soweto Kinch, Adam Fleming, Elizabeth Norton, Isabelle Westbury
Kent: Jackie Clune, Yolanda Brown, Peter White, Judith Blake
King's, Cambridge: Mike Braddick, Tom Shakespeare, Shahidha Bari, Kate Whitley
Leicester: Dallas Campbell, Sian Lloyd, Andrew Shepherd, Jeffrey Boakye
LSE: Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, Fatima Manji, Robert Elms, Oliver Cook
Portsmouth: Poppy Jaman, Tayo Oguntonade, Nira Chamberlain, Christine Helen Foyer
St Anne's, Oxford: Sarah Gristwood, Roma Agrawal, John Robins, Adam Parsons
Winchester: Nicole Farley, Mike Bushell, Shappi Khorsandi, Dirk Maggs
| 19th December 2022 - 30th December 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School of Oriental & African Studies | 75 | 155 | Balliol, Oxford |
| University, Oxford | 75 | 110 | Glasgow |
| Durham | 45 | 200 | York |
| Exeter, Oxford | 150 | 70 | Queen Mary, London |
| Hull | 135 | 35 | UWE |
| University, London | 85 | 115 | Aberdeen |
| Bristol | 125 | 105 | Cardiff |
| Semi-finals | |||
| York | 100 | 155 | Hull |
| Balliol, Oxford | 215 | 125 | Exeter, Oxford |
| Final | |||
| Hull | 70 | 165 | Balliol, Oxford |
The four highest-scoring winning teams progressed to the semi-finals.
Aberdeen: Margaret McCartney, Neil Fachie, Jon Baird, Loma Dawson
Balliol, Oxford: Elizabeth Kiss, Andrew Copson, Martin Edwards, Martin O'Neill
Bristol: Nigel Marven, Georgie Twigg, Dominic Waghorn, Nizar Ibrahim
Cardiff: Rachel Burden, Heather Knight, Adam Price, Dan Saladino
Durham: Gillian Foulger, Simon Parson, Chris Terrill, Emma Chapman
Exeter, Oxford: Alex Watson, Sanchia Berg, Reeta Chakrabarti, Andy Anson
Glasgow: Helen Smith, Alana Vincent, Chris Brookmyre, Tamara Galloway
Hull: Katharine Norbury, James Graham, Sian Reese-Williams, Graeme Hall; (James Graham was replaced by Sarah Peverley in the final)
Queen Mary, London: Nighat Arif, Lynsey Hanley, Lucy Siegle, George Parker
School of Oriental & African Studies: Alys Tomlinson, Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Emma Dabiri, Sherelle Jacobs
University, London: Jess French, Ken Follett, Ria Lina, Susan Collins
University, Oxford: Sophie Solomon, Owen Jones, Paul Gambaccini, Ivo Graham
UWE: Ita O’Brien, Rebecca Salter, Victoria Gill, Seyi Rhodes
York: Vanessa Kind, David Conn, Tom Scott, Sophie Woodward
| 18th December 2023 - 29th December 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| King's, London | 155 | 120 | City, London |
| Royal Holloway, London | 170 | 95 | UEA |
| Dundee | 75 | 185 | Bangor |
| Corpus Christi, Oxford | 265 | 80 | Edinburgh |
| Imperial, London | 110 | 80 | Liverpool |
| Middlesex | 175 | 115 | Leeds |
| Semi-finals | |||
| Royal Holloway, London | 160 | 180 | Corpus Christi, Oxford |
| Bangor | 85 | 195 | Middlesex |
| Final | |||
| Corpus Christi, Oxford | 80 | 175 | Middlesex |
Bangor: Juno Dawson, David Neal, Andy Clements, Hywel Williams
City, London: Zing Tsjeng, Joe Crowley, Martha Spurrier, Sebastian Payne
Corpus Christi, Oxford: Michael Cockerell, Alex Bellos, Francesca Happe, Steve Waters
Dundee: Holly Hamilton, Susan Philipsz, Saleyha Ahsan, Keith Harris
Edinburgh: Ruth Davidson, Olly Smith, Freddy McConnell, Malcom Fraser
Imperial, London: Helen Arney, Mark Silcox, Anjana Ahuja, Susannah Maidment
King's, London: Lucy Powell, Ayshah Tull, Chibundu Onuzo, Ali Ansari
Leeds: Claire Cashmore, Kunle Barker, Kenton Cool, Mike Begon
Royal Holloway, London: Joby Talbot, Tahmima Anam, Kayo Chingonyi, Liz Sayce
Liverpool: Ian Ritchie, Joyce Tyldesley, Ann Limb, Jim Woodcock
Middlesex: Lola Young, David Hepworth, Heather Phillipson, Dan Skinner; (Dan Skinner was replaced by David Heathcote in semi-finals and final)
UEA: Bendor Grosvenor, Mohammed Hanif, James Scudamore, Karen Duff