University Challenge Christmas Specials | Preview (BBC Two)

Christmas 2025 sees the fifteenth year of University Challenge's seasonal spin-off series for distinguished alumni, and to celebrate this milestone we've invited one eye-catching team from each of the past fourteen years to return to the studio and compete once more, pitting themselves against the type of questions we throw at the UK's smartest students.

Expect to see plenty of famous faces hitting those buzzers, with frantic conferring, furrowed brows and, more often than not, surprisingly smart answers as they compete for nothing more than the glory of being declared Christmas Series Champions.

Christmas University Challenge begins Monday 22nd December on BBC Two.