University Challenge Special. ITV vs BBC Children in Need 2020

[@lidbass]

Love the fact that Steve Pemberton is worried about being there and then promptly answers all the first questions.

[@zeniafoldager193]

Ripley and Dommett: I think ITV is hangry Baptiste: I think the word you're looking for is H-uneducated 🤣 Goddamn, that burn 🙈

[@aseemsharma4964]

Now this version is more my level

[@gporto.]

Dara feels so cool every time he answers a question, he has a swagger to him! It's adorable haha

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

I can't understand a word he says

[@FrankieBoi3000]

"When are the adverts" 😂😂 lands so well

[@masterdcdcdc9038]

"And the team BBC"

[@ananonymoususer4698]

Fun fact: Uni Challenge was originally on ITV (1962-1987).

[@RFC-3514]

4:22 - That's Dara Ó Briain playing Kyle MacLachlan playing Oscar Wilde.

[@aseemsharma4964]

Playing Ed Byrne

[@helenswan705]

Alarmingly I think that early pic of Dara looks a bit like Dominic Cummings! Thanks Ovid for the upload

[@mpdirigent]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this! EXACTLY what's needed this evening!!!!!

[@SundaraRamanR]

Enjoyed that more than I thought I would! Felt like it was over in five minutes, and left me wanting more.

[@kurisensei]

Mr Pemberton got the Grange Hill theme just on the dates of the show given in the question... But perhaps also because it was used as a stripper's music in LoG 😂

[@AH-te5gs]

Dara really looked like John Cleese in that picture, but without the facial hair.

[@johnking5174]

I am amazed they managed to produce this special edition, as this was filmed in the middle of the pandemic. So no studio audience, only the production team there clapping along. Social distancing and testing of everyone.

[@johnmmxii]

22:42 Did Stirling bump his knee into something when he pulled his chair back under the desk?

[@lewiscox3414]

Great spot!

[@xtrapolis954m]

Jeremy Paxman’s let himself go... 😂

[@jazzhonk21]

Thanks for this, Ovid.

[@Maazin5]

I always thought bae was just short for baby. Didn't know it was an acronym.

[@KAF128]

me too!

[@TequilaToothpick]

The acronym came after it was commonly used.

[@accountnamewithheld]

backronym

[@samsamm1402]

taking the piss out of dara's appearance it really does feel right

[@humaniamnot6089]

This entire episode is just one massive joke. With Huneducated as the punch line and everything before as a set up.

[@theoroberts533]

This would be way better if asked them normal UC questions and had a genuine competition.

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

Then it would be a normal show and not entertainment as such for the reason that they're having it

[@dbs1013]

What you want is the Christmas Specials, then.

[@NichaelCramer]

Thank you, thank you for posting this.

[@Myzelfa]

I expected BBC to win, but this was a bit of a bloodbath.

[@thegastrotraveler]

That was a giggle. Thanks for posting.

[@BlueInk912]

Thank You for uploading💞

[@alexroy4264]

the 'I think you mean uneducated' burn was sooo good

[@simeondermaats]

Iain's energy at 25:27 is actually brilliant.

[@varoonnone7159]

He calls out the name live? I thought they recorded the names once and pressed on a button everytime a contestant wants to answer

[@dionysusnu3881]

Nope, the names are live. You can hear it in the real show, Roger Tilling sometimes gets quite excited when shouting out the names at the end of a close match.

[@varoonnone7159]

@@dionysusnu3881 That adds an element of human "error". If you have a long complicated name, you lose precious microseconds with real live name calling

[@dionysusnu3881]

@@varoonnone7159 not really, the name would be longer if pre-recorded too. On the other hand, it gives you that little extra time on early buzzes (helpful on calculation or logic starters)

[@kkaur9620]

Voldemort with hair, I'll never look at Dara the same again!

[@gnomevoyeur]

Is it just me, or did the young Dara look much more like Feargal Sharkey.

[@danielredmond6101]

As a Northern Irish man I should have instantly thought Feargal Sharkey but my first thought was River Phoenix.

[@dreambakes6007]

Roger Tilling being an absolute lad

[@goldenpony822]

I barely know anything about Brittish TV but this ongoing theme about the ITV guys being a bit thick and the BBC guys being "the better ones" is just killing me.

[@thehammersmithcrumpetradar]

Steve Pembertons roast: “I’m reading Will Iain win? Written by Betty Won’t” Oof that burn.

[@ArcusLibri]

The reaction to when Iain knows bae 😂😂😂

[@Annie1962]

6:00 questions start

[@geoffpollock6892]

I have just got there. There should have been a spoiler to say skip the first six minutes!!!

[@geoffpollock6892]

Perhaps I misread the tone of the show!

[@emmacassidy8482]

She said Pudsey was named after the town he came from then asked it as a question...

[@SundaraRamanR]

Every time the host said "very well done, BBC", I'm reminded of the meme of Obama giving himself a medal 😄

[@rprebel]

Roger looks like Alexander Armstrong's stunt double.

[@HELLutek]

So I was happy for another comedian filled show... then I saw Steve Pemberton. And I got even happier, despite knowing the ending to the show :)

[@raybeeze5522]

was there no little interview with baptiste?

[@exessex3522]

Great stuff but not long enough!

[@Mubashir_AK]

Jeremy Paxman should've hosted this.

[@azimuthchaos8942]

Would ve never guessed that ending... 😜

[@KAF128]

Lovely show, and great to see Roger!!

[@charlie-mz5hp]

this was hilarious, thankyou 🤣

[@spakkakiwi1]

The music round omg. Those songs are played to DEATH on the radio stations in nz

[@daenerystargaryen]

This is a local shop for local people!

[@dbs1013]

I wonder if they're gearing up K Wark as Paxo's replacement 🤔

[@thedanieljamesjeff]

Roger was a beast

[@helenswan705]

Kirsty was brilliant! Well, they all were.

[@TS50ER]

'Universally Challenged'

[@seanspawn7805]

It's so shameful for a country like the UK that their children need charity just to feed them.

[@RIXRADvidz]

poverty is Everywhere, no one is immune. shutter your indignation

[@seanspawn7805]

@@RIXRADvidz you're right, poverty is everywhere meaning every country, but no, whatever shutter your indignation means, l dont think so. Rich countries should not need charities to feed some of their children.

[@seanspawn7805]

@Wubba Wubba u from Wagga Wagga?

[@seanspawn7805]

@alphadawn2015 lennon No.

[@toracabey93]

@@RIXRADvidz Don't argue stupid, you never win.

[@skyr1447]

Holy cow it's Iain from CBBC's Iain and Hacker! 😍

[@lucash741]

That drop really got me

[@lurivas7984]

Why did they substitute Paxman?

[@reasonablyserious]

Only watching for Dara Edit: No, I'm not.

[@lisaskogsrud4155]

A few lights for Stirling, please.

[@celestialteapot309]

My god this is painful

[@thoskel1]

Kirsty did a great job. She should be the next presenter of UC if and when Paxman leaves

[@JohnSheppard1]

Someone from the Newsnight crew seems a shoo-in, all right. I'd prefer Emily Maitlis.

[@marella-yoplaitlimited7745]

27:21 The Rank Organisation spoof

[@Gajoobles]

I was expecting a fight to the death.

[@kamenanew9867]

'featuring shaggy and jaslene' hmm, dj flea does not translate well to these closed captions I nearly died when i saw this, i mean the whole thing is amazing in and of itself but dj flea aka jaslene is now something i hope lives in my brain for eternity. I wanna be dead a hundred years from now in the afterlife and just chuckle so hard and some spirit will ask what's up and I'll just be like you remember dj flea, aka Jaslene, and theyll be like why do i hang out with you ima go haunt someone

[@emmacassidy8482]

Gru and Megabus man will be jealous

[@sammeredith5983]

Low down on the list this one

[@vinrock123]

If team itv chose to bring one of the chasers from the chase then they would have been better

[@youkeepwalking]

They really dumbed down the Qs for the "kids"

[@derekspitz9225]

Is Anita Rani on drugs?

[@KAF128]

Usually! Love her! LOL!

[@djb1317]

shes always a blatant fake

[@seanspawn7805]

Fair play Dara you brought some intellectual integrity/ pride back home after the appalling performances of Catherine our great? and Delamere our spare on Ozmans house of horrors this fortnight. Though l did notice you were a bit lost without the help of smartie panse from England, Pemberton. Still.

[@gpan62]

Winnie was named after Winnipeg. I have no idea where pooh came from 😂

[@lcflngn]

Wait up, BBC got team answers even though they lost the starter? Ok, the whole thing is silly fun, and that’s fine.

[@ClipCrew]

After some Googling, equinology is actually the right answer...

[@bungaIowbill]

You should have done more Googling

[@ChimpingBulldog]

How much did they spend on that ridiculous set?

[@pygiana16]

I don’t any of the team ITV and only half of team BBC.

[@TequilaToothpick]

That's more on you though.

[@bencaspar]

this was fun!

[@SvobodovaEva]

How the hell do you make "meeyorka" from Mallorca?

[@raffitz]

Well, that's how it's pronounced, so...

[@Annie1962]

ll in Spain is pronounced Y , They're probably wondering why the B in doubt is silent.. they could go on to.. lol

[@DrDespicable]

By saying it with a Dublin accent.

[@SvobodovaEva]

@@raffitz It's pronounced ma-yorka

[@nelsonricardo3729]

The Brits and Irish don't do foreign. They just shout in English to be understood.

[@humaniamnot6089]

25:43 Ignore this its for me

[@lordmusea]

Ian Stirling showing off his Taskmaster-style competitiveness…funnier here than it was by week 8 of TM.

[@NBM397]

Dara looks so uncomfortable!

[@josephleishman1982]

Because it is just so horribly forced

[@emmacassidy8482]

He can't work without Hugh Dennis.

[@djb1317]

because hes sitting next to anita rani, poor guy

[@RickRubinesque]

They recoup £6million in production costs before they pay a penny to charity.

[@tommyb7318]

Yes, that's how most charities work! Still means that there was 31 million left over for charity. If they didn't recoup the costs, then it would technically be the licence fee payers paying for the production costs and you would no doubt complain about that as well.

[@RickRubinesque]

@@tommyb7318 they have no right to say as they do that "every penny you donate goes BBC Children In Need" When they don't mention the wage bill. Also the charity of Children In Need is a separate company to the BBC with a CEO on +£200k

[@benwilo2398]

@@RickRubinesque no one forces you to donate, I don't donate, infact alot of people clearly don't donate, I think most charities are scammers to be honest, so I agree with you, however obviously they have production costs to pay for its a massive production to put on.

[@paddybpaddyb9940]

And your starter for ten is; what mindless rubbish will be on ITV & BBC tonight which has a panel? No, I'm sorry you're both wrong it's every channel every night, all the time.

[@Diddysaville]

Of course have to get a woman to host because you know diversity

[@arcuscotangens]

It is shocking how much more sympathetic British light entertainers are compared with German ones. At the very least the British ones might not be laughed out off an elementary school.

[@MrBlackACT]

Wow students having isolation parties? Do you think they are partying at 10 downing street? I hear its were all the hip conservatives and public servants go

[@usercarefree44]

Domett is no comedian...😅😅

[@TheMaryaBell]

Bring back Paxman --- or this programme's finished.

[@neonwired4978]

didn't quite manage to mention every tory prime minister.

[@josefv1154]

I had to mute and type this comment during the Tiktok round. It was absolutely horrendous for me. Other people might enjoy it but it's just not for me. And old people trying to "get on with the times" is just unpalatable for me.

[@singhalarjun19]

Hasn't Marcus Rashford done enough already !!!!!

[@HK_Musician]

They've dumbed these questions down for the celebs, jesus

[@varoonnone7159]

If they can't answer any question, will it be fun?

[@varoonnone7159]

Dommet is hot and funny This has been fun to watch

[@RIXRADvidz]

when you put a 'T' into , ''O'Briain'' you get o' Britain. now you know why an Irish man has such a weird name.

[@porcupineinapettingzoo]

O'Briain is the Irish for O Brien, meaning descendant of Brian, you'd think the British would at some stage get tired of Anglicising everything they found weird but obviously in your case no..

[@nealjroberts4050]

@@porcupineinapettingzoo is that real outrage from ignorance or fake outrage at an obvious joke? 😋

[@porcupineinapettingzoo]

@@nealjroberts4050 What are you suggesting I am ignorant of?

[@nealjroberts4050]

@@porcupineinapettingzoo you've suggested the British anglicise everything they find weird and that they still do. While use of "British" implies it's something than non British English speakers don't do.

[@asylumkid100]

Blimey!

[@curiousuranus810]

Oh, Paxman's had a sex change..? I'm still nursing a semi.

[@Fleeto2006]

A challenging wank

[@jimmym9967]

Celebrities

[@raybeeze5522]

i don't feel so bad as an american. they have trouble understanding the dialects as well.

[@mrsmith9031]

I am glad BBC won, Fay Ripley is a horrible person, so yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@ewancullens9633]

Naive to think that there are other ways of making a fairer world than giving away free food.

[@zhazhagab0r]

You should work toward those ends. I agree that this is not the best possible option, but it IS actually happening. What are you doing to make the world better? Pissing and moaning? Nothing gets done until someone DOES it instead of just whingeing about it.

[@ewancullens9633]

@@zhazhagab0r Bravo! Your aggressive, ignorant, judgemental tweet corresponds perfectly with your choice of USA Patriot as a handle.

[@fossseseptique]

H uneducated….

[@badninja1971]

I’m betting backstage beforehand, they were all “ Lovie like” hugging & kissing. Cameras on, Perspex screens & social distancing. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@badninja1971]

Don’t forget to look up the wages payed to the staff of said charities before you donate. 👍

[@arnoldhardie4318]

This is awful

[@rgwholt]

one Englishman on the BBC team , representative of the UK demographic ?

[@varoonnone7159]

I guess you meant, ethnic English But you've got a point. What about the presenter?