‘So goodnight from me. Goodnight’: Jeremy Paxman departs University Challenge, gentle at last

  • 📰 GuardianAus
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 24 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 98%

Australia Headlines News

Australia Latest News,Australia Headlines

After decades of savage put-downs, Paxo poignantly bows out of the quiz show amazed at the students’ knowledge, not their stupidity

’s abrupt two-stage implosion at ITV meant that he hosted his final editions of This Morning, Dancing On Ice and the British Soap Awards without knowing they were the last.

Online are montages of Paxo’s harshest put-downs: ‘Completely useless answer! … No! Very wrong! … Only 600 years out!’ Consideration was surely given to going out on a celebrity spinoff, but it felt fitting that Paxman’s 967th appearance as question master was business as usual, or at least as has recently been so. In his first two decades, Paxman deliberately differentiated himself from his predecessor, Bamber Gascoigne, who fronted the quiz from 1962 to 1987.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 1. in AU

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Do Not Go Gentle review – a profound exploration of ageing and dementiaRoslyn Packer theatre, SydneyPatricia Cornelius’s co-opts Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the south pole to follow a band of adventurers who are actually in an aged care home
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »

David Koch departs Sunrise after 21 yearsDavid Koch will step away from the Sunrise desk in two weeks as the longest-serving breakfast television host in Australian history.
Source: theage - 🏆 8. / 77 Read more »

Primoz Roglic set to win Giro d’Italia after seizing lead from Geraint ThomasGeraint Thomas’s Giro d’Italia challenge evaporated on the steep slopes of Monte Lussari as Primoz Roglic won the time trial by 40sec
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »

PM's speech will urge Australians to 'do one better' and back VoicePrime Minister Anthony Albanese will invoke the 1967 referendum and challenge Australians to "do one better" in a speech tonight aimed at boosting support for the Voice to Parliament.
Source: 9NewsAUS - 🏆 10. / 72 Read more »

PM's speech will urge Australians to 'do one better' and back VoicePrime Minister Anthony Albanese will invoke the 1967 referendum and challenge Australians to "do one better" in a speech tonight aimed at boosting support for the Voice to Parliament.
Source: 9NewsSyd - 🏆 23. / 51 Read more »

Cabinet Office may take legal action to deny Covid inquiry Boris Johnson materialSuch a challenge over Lady Hallett’s request for unredacted diaries and messages would be seen as unprecedented
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »