University Challenge

University Challenge results, 1995

This was the first series when the show was revived after an eight year break, and the first to appear on the BBC. It was shown on Wednesdays at 20:30 on BBC2 between 21 September 1994 and 29 March 1995. The winners of each of the twelve first-round shows progressed to the second round, as did the four highest-scoring losing teams. From the second round onwards only the winners progressed.

First round
21/09/1994	Birmingham	170	205	Aberdeen
28/09/1994	New, Oxford	145	115	North London
05/10/1994	Liverpool	150	100	Sheffield
12/10/1994	Brasenose, Oxford	185	190	Trinity, Cambridge
19/10/1994	UMIST	95	185	Edinburgh
26/10/1994	Open	135	150	St Benet's Hall, Oxford
02/11/1994	Sussex	120	210	Robinson, Cambridge
09/11/1994	Robert Gordon, Aberdeen	75	225	Bristol
16/11/1994	Queen's, Belfast	160	215	Birkbeck, London
23/11/1994	Hull	130	265	Keble, Oxford
30/11/1994	Lampeter	170	120	King's Coll Med&Dent, London
07/12/1994	Jesus, Cambridge	80	290	St Andrews
Second round
14/12/1994	Aberdeen	325	145	Brasenose, Oxford
21/12/1994	Open	235	180	Bristol
28/12/1994	Trinity, Cambridge	300	215	Queen's, Belfast
04/01/1995	St Andrews	255	120	Birkbeck, London
11/01/1995	New, Oxford	200	175	St Benet's Hall, Oxford
18/01/1995	Birmingham	230	150	Lampeter
25/01/1995	Edinburgh	255	130	Keble, Oxford
01/02/1995	Robinson, Cambridge	255	105	Liverpool
Quarter-finals
08/02/1995	Aberdeen	225	155	Open
15/02/1995	Trinity, Cambridge	335	155	St Andrews
22/02/1995	New, Oxford	175	165	Birmingham
01/03/1995	Edinburgh	230	185	Robinson, Cambridge
Semi-finals
15/03/1995	Aberdeen	235	245	Trinity, Cambridge
22/03/1995	New, Oxford	260	220	Edinburgh
Final
29/03/1995	Trinity, Cambridge	390	180	New, Oxford

The champions, Trinity College, Cambridge, were Sean Blanchflower, Kwasi Kwarteng, Robin Bhattacharyya, and Erik Gray, students of Maths, Classics, Maths, and English, respectively. The series winners' trophy was presented to Trinity by Bamber Gascoigne, the show's presenter for 25 years.

Winners are given in bold, and the four highest scoring first round losers in italics. An italicised score indicates that the result was decided by a tie-break.