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Why I Love...University Challenge
- Posted at 10:13am
- 28 September 2006
- by RhodriMarsden-RT
The gong to mark the end of the opening episode of University Challenge was first thumped some 44 years ago.
While the first incarnation of the show, presented by the benign figure of Bamber Gascoigne, was an impressive demonstration of general knowledge by young adults, the shows since 1994 have been injected with anfascinating mixture of impatience and barely concealed contempt, thanks to the presence in the chair of Jeremy Paxman.
University Challenge is supposed to be a battle of minds between two teams of four students, but far more intriguing is the battle between all eight students...
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