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- Release Date: 2006
- Runtime: 59 min
- Genre: Documentary
- Starring: Caroline Quentin, Stephen Fry, Ian Hislop, Bamber Gascoigne ... see all
- Director: Maire Tracey, Jane Littlewood
- Plot: A look at the history of "University Challenge" (1962), with contributions from famous former contestants. Includes coverage of its origin and development, memorable incidents and the new film _Starter for... Read more
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| Feb 23, 2009Digital Spy
She could easily win University Challenge on her own, but I get the feeling she may well celebrate alone as well," another blogger said. ... Full Review
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Why University Challenge star Gail Trimble has a lot to learn from Jade Goody
mirror.co.uk –
2009-03-06
Not since John Major ran away from the circus to become an accountant has there been such a scandal. Sort of. Spiky-haired Sam Kay ran away from Oxford to join an accountancy firm - and cost Corpus Christi college the... ... Full Article
Gail Trimble, 26, is playing down the excitement surrounding her team's victory in the annual University Challenge TV quiz this week, but the nation is abuzz at her polymath performance on the quiz, a favourite on British TV for nearly... ... Full Article
The intellectual powerhouse that is Gail Trimble, captain of Corpus Christi's all-conquering University Challenge team, has divided the nation like no other figure since Margaret Thatcher. ... Full Article
'Challenge' star offered 'Nuts' shoot
digitalspy.co.uk –
2009-02-24
The winning captain on this year's series of University Challenge has been asked if she would pose for a "tasteful" shoot for Nuts , it has emerged. ... Full Article
A week or so ago, the world awoke to news of a new literary martyr. The Observer journalist Geraldine Bedell has written a novel about one of the Emirates, shortly to be released. ... Full Article
A N Wilson: The Victorians' grand designs were the work of shameless monsters
independent.co.uk –
2009-02-15
Should Jeremy Paxman's new TV series on The Victorians have been banned? It is obviously much more likely to upset delicate sensibilities than rude jokes by Jonathan Ross or Carol Thatcher. ... Full Article