Jeremy Paxman stepping down from University Challenge

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Jeremy Paxman is stepping down as the host of University Challenge after 28 years, the BBC has announced

He has presented the quiz show since 1994 and will film his last episode in autumn, with his final series of the programme airing on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 29 August through to summer 2023.

The journalist and broadcaster, 72, said:"I've had a blast hosting this wonderful series for nearly 29 years. "I've been lucky enough to work with an amazing team and to meet some of the swottier brains in the country. It gives me hope for the future."Kate Phillips, the BBC's director of Unscripted, said:"Since the BBC revived University Challenge in 1994 Jeremy has been at the front and centre of the show's success and is without doubt one of the world's finest, and most formidable quizmasters.

"We are hugely grateful to Jeremy for his dedication to the programme for an incredible 28 years, he will be much missed by us all and the show's millions of viewers."Paxman revealed in May 2021 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

 

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Too male and stale.?

No Paxo = no life.

Let's hope the new person is less snarky and patronising...

Bamber Gascoigne was far better

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