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== Host == | == Host == | ||
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== Broadcast == | == Broadcast == | ||
| - | BBC Home Service, 30 March 1967 to 16 July 1968 ( | + | BBC Home Service South and West, 11 November?<!--Regional listings partly missing for late 1966, but going on the admittedly speculative assumption that the regional series would be a 7-episode run.--> to 23 December 1966 |
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| + | BBC Home Service / Radio 4, 30 March 1967 to 16 July 1968 (30 episodes in 2 series) | ||
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BBC Radio's answer to [[University Challenge]], with teams from institutions of higher education competing in a knockout format. The pun would have worked better if they'd put it on the Third Programme instead of the Home, but it's too late to do anything about it now. | BBC Radio's answer to [[University Challenge]], with teams from institutions of higher education competing in a knockout format. The pun would have worked better if they'd put it on the Third Programme instead of the Home, but it's too late to do anything about it now. | ||
| - | Not to be confused with National Lottery format [[The Third Degree]]. | + | Not to be confused with National Lottery format [[The Third Degree]] or the more recent academic quiz [[The 3rd Degree]]. |
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[[Category:Radio]] | [[Category:Radio]] | ||
[[Category:Academic Quiz]] | [[Category:Academic Quiz]] | ||
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Current revision as of 08:06, 26 October 2022
Host
Broadcast
BBC Home Service South and West, 11 November? to 23 December 1966
BBC Home Service / Radio 4, 30 March 1967 to 16 July 1968 (30 episodes in 2 series)
Synopsis
BBC Radio's answer to University Challenge, with teams from institutions of higher education competing in a knockout format. The pun would have worked better if they'd put it on the Third Programme instead of the Home, but it's too late to do anything about it now.
Not to be confused with National Lottery format The Third Degree or the more recent academic quiz The 3rd Degree.
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