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University Challenge was introduced in 1962 when Granada Television launched their new intellectual quiz show onto our screens. Perhaps contributing to its success, the show was traditional, compared to other embelished game show formats of the time.
University Challenge aired for 913 episodes on ITV from 21 September 1962 to 31 December 1987, presented by quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne. The BBC revived the programme on 21 September 1994, the programme's 32nd anniversary, with Jeremy Paxman as the quizmaster.
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Mar 30, 2021 · 30 March 2021. Network: CTV Television Network. Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1971. Broadcast Medium: Television. U.S. producer Don Reid created a very successful game show called College Bowl, in which American universities competed against one another in a general knowledge quiz.
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University Challenge was conceptualised from Granada Television, an ITV franchise, whose officials believed a British adaptation of American quiz show College Bowl could prove viable. With its first episode having aired on 21st September 1962, the format has seldom changed. Two teams, both consisting of four students representing a single universit...
According to Kaleidoscope, all BBC episodes of University Challenge have been preserved, in addition to every episode of the original ITV show from 1981 onwards. In total, 992 ITV episodes were produced; thanks to Granada Television's archiving policy, which saw the near-full preservation of shows like Coronation Street, over half the episodes rema...
University Affairs, October 1967. The signal event of the 1966-67 year was a change in the financing of postsecondary education. The federal government ceased making direct grants to universities, through the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada [now Universities Canada, publisher of University Affairs].
Jul 15, 2013 · The history of Canadian education also includes the establishment in the 19th century of separate schools for blacks in Ontario and Nova Scotia and special regulations for Asians in BC. Such discrimination is no longer official policy in Canada, but more subtle and informal racism is still apparent in some educational programs and textbooks.
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