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The University of Derby

Episode 3 of 6

Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as three students from the University of Derby take on their professors. From 2017.

A funny and dynamic quiz show hosted by Steve Punt - this week from the University of Derby with specialist subjects including Education Studies, Forensics and Theatre Studies and questions ranging from cannibalistic beetles to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with a passing nod to Olivia Newton-John and orbital mechanics.

The programme is recorded on location at a different University each week, and it pits three Undergraduates against three of their Professors in an original and fresh take on an academic quiz.

The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the Highbrow and Lowbrow round cunningly devised to test not only the students' knowledge of current affairs, history, languages and science, but also their Professors' awareness of television, sport, and quite possibly Justin Bieber. In addition, the Head-to-Head rounds see students take on their Professors in their own subjects, offering plenty of scope for mild embarrassment on both sides.

Other Universities featured in this series include Roehampton, Hull, Liverpool, Queen's University Belfast and St John's College Cambridge.

Produced by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for 大象传媒 Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2017.

28 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 Sep 2021 04:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Steve Punt
Producer David Tyler

Broadcasts

  • Mon 5 Jun 2017 15:00
  • Sat 10 Jun 2017 23:00
  • Tue 30 Oct 2018 16:00
  • Wed 31 Oct 2018 04:00
  • Tue 21 Sep 2021 16:00
  • Wed 22 Sep 2021 04:00