Leicester University stormed to a convincing victory on BBC2's University Challenge tonight.
The Leicester team comprising John O'Doherty, Adam Brown, Robert Greenhill and Nadin Masri, took an early lead but we're chased hard by their opponents, the Open University.
The final score was Leicester 245 and Open 190.
Host Jeremy Paxman said: "It was a pretty good game - a high scoring game."
The team will now progress to the second round. if they go on to win the entire show, it will be the first time Leicester has won since the inaugural show in 1962'
