University Challenge 1994–95 University Challenge 1994–95 Series 24 of University Challenge ran between 21 September 1994 and 29 March 1995. This was the first series of the show for eight years and aired on BBC Two for the first time, having previously been broadcast on ITV. Jeremy Paxman took over as presenter from Bamber Gascoigne, who had presented the show from its inception in 1962 through until 1987. The series was won by Trinity College, Cambridge, who defeated New College, Oxford 390–180 in the final. The members of the winning team - Sean Blanchflower, Kwasi Kwarteng, Robin Bhattacharyya, and Erik Gray - were
University Challenge the House of Commons team, who scored 25 in 2003. In the 2014 "Christmas University Challenge" series, a team of alumni from Newcastle University also finished with 25. A all-time record low score for the series was achieved in the final of the 2017 "Christmas" series, when Keble College, Oxford, beat the University of Reading 240-0. The previous year in the "Christmas University Challenge" series in 2016, a team of notable alumni from The University of Nottingham scored 75, five points more than the alumni from Bristol University. Both teams conferred excessively and gave incorrect bonus answers. University College, Oxford,