A screenshot from BBC TV show ’University Challenge’ showing the four UCL contestants.
A screenshot from BBC TV show 'University Challenge' showing the four UCL contestants. UCL has competed in University Challenge since the show's debut in 1962. We speak to next season's team, who will compete in the first series without the inimitable Jeremy Paxman. We discussed the journey from viewing to competing, the pressures of selection, and preparation. UCL's team in 2022-23 reached the quarter finals (from left to right; Rachel Collier, Michael Fleetwood-Walker, James Salmon (c), Louis Collier). University Challenge has been a staple of British television for over sixty years. Known for its often-bewildering questions, as well as its presenters' catchphrases - fingers on buzzers, please - to this day, it attracts a couple of million viewers to its Monday evening slot on BBC Two.
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