University Challenge (also featuring Only Connect and other BBC quiz shows)

christmas alumni contest nightly on bbc4

ah, looks like it's from 2014

so any correct answers would be somewhat tainted

Also all celebrity alumni are pig thick or ordered to play it that way

God bless that little chump getting all over-excited

I can't look at anything else now

walls brutal on OC tonight

higgins seems like less fun than a teammate would ideally be

whatre the rules on nomination i can never work it out

If captain can't figure out how to say the thing they can nominate a teammate to say the thing.

good zing re jesus

Or if it's a popular band/film they don't want to admit they know

celebrity teams manchester polytechnic vs goldsmiths and neil innes is every bit the cunt i expected

jon thomson quite adorably seems to think he needs to use Bernard hills mic

ah these lads are my fave team of all time already

ok rae is p cool i guess

GWAN THE FUCKIN LADS GIVE IT RIGHT UP EM

and finished by paxman dropping london where it counts

best ever episode tbh

ilxor OC posse represent

only connect got bossed

Thanks for not being mean

Thanks for not being mean

i missed it :-(

oh wow, nice one. You were v good on the quick-fire round

Penny's just dropped. Storming performance, ailsa.

Cheers. At some point, we remember to tell Dave not to take all the credit for other people's contributions. That was not that episode :-)

Also, they totes put the missing vowels on telly faster than we get to see them. No way were we as slow or dithery as we seemed.

Great insider knowledge. Even with the extra time there's no way I was getting 'The Richard the Third Visitor Centre'.

Whereas the university challenge ones...

Yeah, I did a little cheer when I saw Ailsa on OC - especially as I've been missing both OC & UC a fair bit in recent times so it was fortuitous I was actually tuned in. Good work.

Was University Challenge ridiculously easy this week or was it just bizarrely focused on things I know about? I did also do pretty well on some Only Connect stuff so maybe it's early rounds or something?

the Slits questions were easy 8)

I feel properly plugged into the matrix when I know what the bonus questions will be about before Paxman says it. "Oh, this is going to be songs featuring whistling"

UC was easy. Was Imago an answer on it too?
Just about to watch OC!

xp also when you know what the songs are going to be

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Wouldn't have clocked it was you, Ailsa! Nice to put a face to a poster.

ooh paw patrol

I am particularly enjoying all the Twitter speculation about how I'm clearly having an affair with my mate Dave because I'm leaning in to confer with him because I'm wanting to touch him with his wife (and one of my best friends) two feet away and a raft of cameras on us and not because (1) I'm a bit hard of hearing and (2) reminding him he's not a one-man team is a bit tricky sometimes :-)

I think we're back on in February - there's a lot of faff and repechage to get through first.

Leo is irritatingly good

doing pronunciations 'n all

theyre a likeable team of eejits

granet a real irritant

OC spoiling UC there, the popular vote question.

gurr a tota-WANKER

future Tory frontbencher and country-destroyer if I ever I've seen one

christmas specials continue on bbc4 guys

nice easy questions for the celebs so get in on it

they're the specials of Christmas past...

this year's ones start on the 24th

i know but ive forgotten a lot of the answers i swear

ooh thanks Number None

honestly, a solid week of besting my nearest and dearest at UC is my favourite part of Christmas