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The Times every day, the Indy and Media Guardian on Monday, the Observer on Sunday and the tabloids in the office. Of sports writers, I like Simon Barnes and Michael Atherton in the Times – I tend to read columns like theirs rather than match reports.
Tags: BBC Radio Five Live, Mark Pougatch, Radio All, United Kingdom, London, Jeremy Paxman, BBC Radio 5 Live, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture, 5 Live Sport
It also comes a week after the BBC said it would not reveal how much stars such as Jonathan Ross and Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman were paid. Today's Newsnight poll said 76% of people believe the BBC is an institution to be proud of, against 22%...
Tags: BBC, United Kingdom, London, Mark Thompson, Newsnight, Terry Wogan, BBC News, Executive compensation, Television in the United Kingdom, Jeremy Paxman, Television licence
BBC to refuse to publish stars' salaries Viewers are not interested in what our presenters earn, says corporation The BBC will not reveal how much stars such as Graham Norton are paid. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images The BBC will reject calls...
Tags: BBC, fee payers, United Kingdom, London, Jeremy Paxman, BBC Trust, Entertainment Culture, Television in the United Kingdom, Executive compensation
When the call came from the BBC asking if I would like to assemble a team from the Idler for a "professionals" series of University Challenge , I was beside myself with excitement. This must surely be the adult equivalent of an appearance on Blue Peter.
Tags: Jeremy Paxman, Rowley Leigh, University Challenge, United Kingdom, London, Franz Kafka
The presenter said the questions had been made tougher, when asked by the Radio Times whether the standard of questions was lower than at any point in its 40 years on air. "For heaven's sake, do you watch the show?" he responded. " I think it proves that...
Tags: United Kingdom, Glasgow, Jeremy Paxman, University Challenge, Entertainment Culture
The BBC is facing claims it cut parts of an extraordinary Newsnight interview which saw Boris Johnson attack Jeremy Paxman over his pay. Sources close to the London Mayor have claimed that key parts of the exchange between the pair were removed when it...
Tags: Jeremy Paxman, Boris Johnson
Arch TV inquisitor Jeremy Paxman has written off the British public as barbarians who are too busy working to find time to appreciate art. In a well-meaning rant, he lamented Britain's modern obsession with TV as he extolled the virtues of our Victorian...
Tags: Jeremy Paxman, Britain
During his time as host of University Challenge , Jeremy Paxman has acted as mediator in countless intellectual jousts featuring some of the brightest young minds in the country. Now the presenter has said he intends to donate his brain to charity when...
Tags: Jane Asher, Jeremy Paxman, Parkinson's Disease Society
Jeremy Paxman’s new series, “Victorians, their Story in Pictures.” The Queen Street mill is the last remaining steam powered textile mill in the world and will feature on the new BBC series on Sunday. Jeremy Paxman visited Burnley last summer to make...
Tags: Jeremy Paxman
Singer Estelle has criticised television presenter Jeremy Paxman for asking Dizzee Rascal if he felt British. The hip-hop artist appeared on the Paxman's Newsnight programme last month, discussing Barack Obama's United States Presidential election victory....
Tags: Jeremy Paxman, Estelle