Jeremy Paxman
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 74 |
| Date of birth | May 11,1950 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Leeds |
| United Kingdom | |
| Height | 191 (cm) |
| Salary | £1,040,000 (2006) per annum |
| Job | Journalist |
| Author | |
| Screenwriter | |
| Television presenter | |
| Education | Charterhouse School |
| Malvern College | |
| Children | Victoria Paxman |
| Jessica Paxman | |
| Jack Paxman | |
| Parents | Joan McKay Paxman |
| Arthur Keith Paxman | |
| Siblings | Giles Paxman |
| Jenny Paxman | |
| James Paxman | |
| Awards | British Academy Television Richard Dimbleby Award |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| St Catharine's College | |
| Cambridge | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 404733 |
Great Britain's Great War
Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British
The Victorians
On Royalty
The Political Animal
The English: A Portrait of a People
Fish, Fishing and the Meaning of Life
Friends in High Places: Who Runs Britain?
Through the Volcanoes: A Central American Journey
A Higher Form of Killing: The Secret History of Chemical and Biological Warfare
Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain
The Victorians
Britain's Great War
Empire
Rivers with Jeremy Paxman
The Thick of It
Christmas University Challenge
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Breakfast Time
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
The Kids Are Alright
J. K. Rowling: The Interview
Have I Got News for You
Det brittiska imperiet
Royal Wives of Windsor
Alternative Election Night
University Challenge
Jeremy Paxman Life story
Jeremy Dickson Paxman is an English retired broadcaster, journalist, author, and television presenter. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate newspaper Varsity.
Early Life
Jeremy paxman was born on 11 may 1950 in leeds. West yorkshire. England to arthur keiht paxman and joan mckay. He was educated at lancing college and then studied english at st catharine s collegec. Ambridge.Career
Following his graduation from cambridge. Paxman worked as a reporter for bbc radio brighton. Before joinign bbc northern ireland in belfast. In joined bbc s flagship current affairs programme. Newsnight. As a reporter. He eventually became the show s main presenter in 1989.Awards
Paxman has won a numebr of awards for his work on newsnight. Including the royal television society s richard dimblbey award in 1999. And the broadcasting press guild award in 2000. He has also been nominated for a bafta in 2005.Author
Paxman is also an author. And has written a number of books. Including the english: a portrait of a people and on royalty (2006).Political Views
Paxman is known for his abrasive interviewing style. Which often results in heated exchanges with politicians. He is seen as a vocal critci of the british political establishment. And is often referred to as a "left-leaning journalist".Controversies
Paxman has been at the centre of a number of controversies. Nicluding the suggestion that newsnight was biased in its coverage of the 2003 iraq war. And accusations of sexism in his interviews with female politicians.Notable Interviews
Paxman has interviewed a number of high porfile individuals. Including prime ministers tony blair and gordon brown. President george w. Bush. And fromer prime minister margaret thatcher.Departure from Newsnight
In 2014. Paxman announcde that he was leaving newsnight after 25 years.Other Work
Paxman is also a frequent presenter of the bbc s university challenge quiz show. Having taken over from bamber gascoigne in 1994. He also presneted a number of documentaries for the bbc. Including a documentary on the life of georeg orwell.Awards
In 2016. Paxman was awarded an honorary doctortae by the university of leeds in ercognition of his contribution to broadcasting.Personal Life
Paxman has been married wtice. And has three children. He curerntly lives in london with his partner. Elizabeth clough.Who is Russell Brand, the comedian and actor accused of rape and sexual assault?
... He guest edited an issue the left-leaning current affairs magazine the New Statesman, appeared on Question Time opposite then-Ukip leader Nigel Farage, and was interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight...
Amol Rajan: Critics warm to University Challenge's new presenter
... Rajan is only the third host in the quiz show s history, following Bamber Gascoigne and Jeremy Paxman...
Mark Mardell reveals he has Parkinson's disease
... Presenter Jeremy Paxman disclosed he had Parkinson s last year...
Bamber Gascoigne: Original University Challenge presenter dies at 87
... It was revived on the BBC in 1994 with Jeremy Paxman as the quiz master...
Graham Norton reflects on 20 years of talk shows
... Keep the chat polite and not pushy, or ask the unpleasant questions, the questions of a hard-news journalists like Jeremy Paxman, perhaps? am I in route down to the hard journalistic Paxman, Norton laughs...
General Election 2019: Is grime still for Jeremy Corbyn?
... Whether it s Gordon Brown saying that he listens to the Arctic Monkeys or Jeremy Paxman inviting Dizzee Rascal on Newsnight, this has always happened, she says...
John Humphrys: I'm very argumentative by instinct'
... Now that both Humphrys and Jeremy Paxman left the BBC, it is a proposal that may have had their combative style of questioning in his day...
Louis Theroux: 'I needed to give more of myself away'
... But it s not about being Jeremy Paxman or David Frost, but being engaging, exciting and interesting and being the best me I can...
Mark Mardell reveals he has Parkinson's disease
Former BBC presenter Mark Mardell has revealed he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
The former Europe and North America editor shared The News on the podcast Beeb Watch, telling ex-colleague Roger Bolton he was " fine and dandy" but his voice was " rather strange and weak".
" I'm getting used to being the quietest person in The Room rather than the loudest, " the 65-year-old joked.
Presenter Jeremy Paxman disclosed he had Parkinson's Last Year .
The University Challenge presenter's diagnosis came just two years after former BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones revealed he had Parkinson's disease, after a neurologist noticed his symptoms during a live broadcast and contacted The Bbc .
Broadcaster Mardell, who also hosted The World This Weekend on BBC Radio 4 , told Bolton he first noticed the symptoms after struggling to open supermarket packaging earlier in the year.
" I started thinking at The Beginning of the year, Waitrose are making their packaging really hard to get into These Days - what's this about? "
" And Then I found my arms suddenly lifting above my head for no particular reason, or at least staying there. "
Mardell. who left The Bbc in 2020 after 30 years at The Corporation , was advised by a friend who is also a physiotherapist to see a doctor in May.
" Generally it's in The Stage of just being annoying rather than anything terrible, " said Mardell, adding that currently his biggest concern was learning that the medication he has been prescribed can make patients act impulsively.
" If I start gambling, you know there's a problem with the pills! "
which attacks the area of The Brain which controls movement.
Comedian Sir Billy Connolly , musician Ozzy Osbourne and actor Michael J Fox have all been diagnosed with the disease which is believed to be the fastest-growing neurological condition in The World .
Charity Parkinson's UK estimates that around 145,000 people in the UK are living with the disease, with that number predicted to grow as Life Expectancy increases.
What is Parkinson's disease?Source of news: bbc.com
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