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Once again, tonight’s episode of University Challenge was a largely Monkmanless environment, with no-one of enough character to marvel over with humorously. Okay, we were reunited with Ulster Milliken’s slightly threatening look and the odd comical voiceover from Roger Tiling, but there was still too little going on to really rouse your interest; Paxman was as rude and dismissive as ever, but that’s par for the course when he’s about. See below for my tweets from tonight; hope you enjoy them. Warwick Vs. Ulster (27.11.17) 8:01PM: Jeremy Paxman; oh, so weary. 8:02PM: "I'm from the Welsh borders area"; very vague, Charlotte; what are you hiding? 8:04PM: I'll show you MY French region 8:05PM: I know I said this last time, but...'Milliken'. 8:06PM: "Juno?"; I don't know...do you? 8:09PM: TRIVIA: McDaid's son replaced George Dawes as scorekeeper on Shooting Stars in 2010. 8:11PM: Salter looks ...

After a couple of weeks of gentle, less attention-grabbing characters, it was nice to see a few choice classics crop up on tonight’s University Challenge. Firstly, we had the most likely contender for a mass murderer of the series thus far. Then there was the inevitable man-child, whose face has yet to be graced with such a thing as a five o’clock shadow. We also had the smug, yet maladjusted loner who might possibly get in league with the aforementioned murderer if not kept apart by another stock character: the Victorian gent; what makes it worse is, the four people I’ve mentioned were all in the same team (see if you can work out which). See below for tonight’s UC tweets from me: York Vs. Warwick (21.08.17) 8:02PM: de Sousa hasn't been born yet. 8:04PM: Bindler: MURDERER. 8:05PM: Salter is the lovechild of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and James May. 8:07PM: Bindler wouldn't let you search his lock-u...

Tonight’s University Challenge had a nail-biting, close -to-the-wire finish, with Bristol being pipped to the post b y a last-min ute right answer from Warwick, which turned the final scores on their head. As ever, I covered t on ight's events on social media. See below for tonight’s Twitter critique:  Warwick Vs. Bristol (20.02.17) 8:03pm: I'd rather watch the #UniversityChallenge quarter finals than the first leg of the fifth round of the FA Cup. 8:04pm: To give you an idea of the UC filming schedule, Hobbs arm hasn't had time to heal yet. 8:04pm: Alice Clarke feels disdain, disdain, disdain, disdain, DISDAIN. 8:06pm: Van's surname is also his preferred method of kidnap. 8:07pm: Van's comfy jumper (name for a prog band). 8:10pm: Everything withers in the spotlight of Bristol Clarke's disdainful glare . 8:12pm: Rolleston's name is also his preferred deodorant applicant. 8:14pm: Idea for a musical adaptation of M...

Unfortunately, I missed this week’s University Challenge when it went out as I was out myself, gigging. I couldn’t not (double negative) cover the show, however; not when Bobby Seagull was one of the contestants. He regularly ribs me on Twitter if don’t tweet anything about it, though this time, he must have been furious as he didn't even bother. So this is for you, Bobby Sea. Please, forgive me; I know not what I (didn’t) do. Warwick Vs. Emmanuel - Cambridge (30.01.17)   8:00pm: I like to think the ringing double-bass note in the #UniversityChallenge theme tune is plucked by Roger Tiling, while Paxo holds the instrument.  8:01pm: Don't mention the sling.  8:01pm: Van's voice sounds like it comes from behind him.  8:02pm: "Let's just get on with it". Paxman has somewhere to be. 8:03pm: " Why don't you all f-f-five pence away?"  8:03pm: GO Rudd, with your "......

This time last week, I brought up one of my least attractive habits: my propensity for tweeting along with University Challenge, indirectly berating the contestants. Seven days have passed, with no improvement on my part. See below for this week’s social media bullying. I’m a nice person, really. No. Really. 8:02pm: Look at Gard-Murray. LOOK AT HIM. 8:03pm: Leahy's face hasn't settled yet. 8:04pm: Oxford's Smith and Gard-Murray sound like John Thomson's scientist in The Fast Show. 8:05pm: Kaliski can hear you from there. 8:06pm: Leahy is wearing DeForest Kelley's top from the original series of Star Trek. 8:07pm: Osborn looks like an angry, bearded Art Garfunkel. 8:10pm: Kalisky: son of Pob. 8:12pm: Page's hair. So soft. Not an ounce of product. 8:12pm: Leahy is absolutely sh*tting it. 8:14pm: Leahy regrets the speed he took, pre-episode. ...