College Bowl surpise, Lafayette College retired undefeated in fall 1962 after beating the University of California, Berkeley for its fifth victory, a David and Goliath event. The show licensed and spun off three other academic competitions in the U.S.: A British version of the televised College Bowl competition was launched as "University Challenge" in 1962. The program, presented by Bamber Gascoigne, produced by Granada Television and broadcast across the ITV network, was very popular and ran until it was taken off the air in 1987. In 1994 the show was resurrected by the BBC with Jeremy Paxman as the new quizmaster. It
The Big Allotment Challenge nine pairs of gardeners competed in "The Big Allotment Challenge" 2014. Only one team could win and after each episode, one team left the series. In Oxfordshire, nine gardeners competed in "The Big Allotment Challenge" 2015. The winner was Rob Smith, a 35-year old from Sheffield, who works as a cabin crew member for Virgin Atlantic. The Big Allotment Challenge The Big Allotment Challenge is a British game show that has aired on BBC Two between 15 April 2014 and 17 February 2015. It is hosted by Fern Britton and is about gardening in Britain. The three judges are Jim