University Challenge - The Professionals - 2004
The new series began on 19th April, Monday's at 8:30, with gaps for the Chelsea Flower Show and Olympics, culminating in the final on the 6th September. Unlike the first series, only the four highest scoring teams from the first round were selected to progress to the semi-finals.
| First round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/04/2004 | Crossword Compilers | 80 | 180 | British Library |
| 26/04/2004 | CBI | 100 | 95 | Royal Opera House |
| 10/05/2004 | Public Relations | 180 | 105 | Zoological Society of London |
| 17/05/2004 | Home Office | 85 | 185 | Foreign Office |
| 21/06/2004 | The Army | 115 | 140 | Journalists |
| 28/06/2004 | Scottish Parliament | 115 | 70 | Welsh Assembly |
| 05/07/2004 | Actors | 125 | 55 | Soroptimists International |
| 12/07/2004 | Oxford University Press | 180 | 75 | House of Lords |
| 19/07/2004 | Halle Orchestra | 105 | 150 | Crown Prosecution Service |
| 26/07/2004 | Royal Society of Literature | 105 | 110 | Jodrell Bank |
| 02/08/2004 | Eden Project | 115 | 170 | Paleontological Association |
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 09/08/2004 | British Library | 210 | 70 | Public Relations |
| 30/08/2004 | Foreign Office | 145 | 250 | Oxford University Press |
| Final | ||||
| 06/09/2004 | British Library | 220 | 160 | Oxford University Press |
The winning team from the British Library comprised Colin Wight, Kathryn Johnson (previously a contestant for St Hugh's, Oxford in the 1979 series), Bart Smith, and Ron Hogg and each received a trophy, a flat, framed, engraved stainless steel representation of the new opening titles, from author Fay Weldon.
