Jeremy Paxman Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease

THE GUARDIAN: University Challenge host reveals he has been receiving treatment for mild symptoms

Jeremy Paxman has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

The 71-year-old broadcaster and host of BBC Two’s University Challenge said he had been receiving “excellent treatment” and that his symptoms were “currently mild”.

In a statem>ent to the PA Media news agency, Paxman said: “I can confirm I have recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. I am receiving excellent treatment and my symptoms are currently mild.

“I plan to continue broadcasting and writing for as long as they’ll have me and have written about my diagnosis in more detail for the June issue of the marvellous Saga Magazine. I will not be making any further comment.” » | PA Media | Friday, May 21, 2021

Jeremy Paxman Interviews Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn face questions from Jeremy Paxman on the big issues of the 2017 General Election, hosted by Sky News and Channel 4.

Paxman on Clinton, Contempt and Lying B*****ds!

Jeremy Paxman gives his forthright views on Hillary Clinton, contempt and lying b******ds to Adam Boulton on All Out Politics

Paxman Meets Hitchens (RIP) : Full 30-Minute Interview with BBCs Jeremy Paxman (Replay)

BBC Panorama – Paxman on Trump v Clinton: Divided America | BBC Documentary 2016

Panorama BBC 2016 documentary. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two of the most controversial and distrusted presidential candidates ever. As the election approaches, Jeremy Paxman travels to Washington and beyond to understand how America's great democracy has come to face such an unpopular choice. From a life-size naked effigy of Donald Trump, to the stage of Avenue Q and the corridors of power, Jeremy meets political insiders and voters on both sides of the gaping political divide, and casts his unsparing eye over a nation preparing for a historic election.

Hillary Clinton Is Like "Machine Washable Tupperware" – BBC News

Hillary Clinton is "a machine-washable politician who’s come out of some Tupperware catalogue." Well... do you agree with Jeremy Paxman?

Paxman Interviews Anjem Choudary in 2010 (Newsnight Archives)

Anjem Choudary - one of the UK's most notorious radical clerics - has been convicted of inviting others to support so-called Islamic State. Here's an interview with him from our archives, from January 2010. Jeremy Paxman speaks to Anjem Choudary and Maajid Nawaz, the founding chair of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank.

Jeremy Paxman's Best Interview Ever?

Jeremy Paxman in Amazement at EDL Leader Stephen Lennon (Tommy Robinson) Before Luton Demo
Newsnight 1st Feb 2011 Jeremy Paxman interviews Stephen Lennon (Tommy Robinson) before demo in his home town of Luton 5th Feb.

'I Am Part of the Most Selfish Generation in History and We Should Be Ashamed of Our Legacy,' Says Jeremy Paxman
MAIL ONLINE: As it’s revealed today’s young will be 25 per cent worse off than their parents, the Newsnight presenter says he and his fellow Baby-Boomers have bequeathed little worth celebrating...

A few years ago, an American author wrote a book about the men and women who endured the Depression and then fought in World War II. He testified to their courage, vision and resilience by calling his book The Greatest Generation.

If anyone attempted to name their children — those born between about 1945 and 1965 — the so-called Baby-Boomers, they might consider calling them The Worst Generation.

It is now received wisdom that today’s young people may be the first generation in modern history to expect to be poorer than their parents.

Earlier this month, a report suggested the young will be 25 per cent worse off than their parents when they reach the age of 65 — the so-called ‘baby bust’ generation, having accumulated £400,000 less by the time they retire.

This may not be entirely their parents’ fault. But we should certainly take a good share of the blame. Read on and comment » | Jeremy Paxman | Monday, October 31, 2011

Britons Are Just a Bunch of Barbarians!
'Barbarians': Jeremy Paxman speaking at the Hay on Wye Festival. Photo courtesy of MailOnline
MAIL Online: TV presenter Jeremy Paxman says Britons are a 'bunch of barbarians' - for watching so much television.

The Newsnight and University Challenge star made the astonishing attack last night on the very people whose viewing habits provide him with his living.

Appearing at the Hay on Wye Festival, Paxman could not hide his contempt for the British love of TV viewing.

He was at the festival to speak about his passion for Victorian art and it was the final question he received from the audience that sparked off his vitriolic rant.

A woman questioned him about why so few people visit art galleries in Britain these days and asked if he thought fuller explanations of paintings on the walls alongside them would bring in more visitors.

Paxman, who had been telling the audience how hugely popular paintings and art galleries were in Victorian times, replied: 'I think the basic problem is that we are a bunch of Barbarians, really.

'It is immensely depressing. Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in this country now. I find this very depressing. Very depressing indeed. TV Presenter Jeremy Paxman Brands Britons 'Barbarians' for Watching Too Much Television>>> | Sunday, Mail 31, 2009

Peer Turns Fire on BBC Presenter
BBC: A Labour peer turned on a BBC presenter demanding to know how much she was paid during a live interview on MP expenses.

Lord Foulkes clashed with Carrie Gracie on the BBC News Channel after she asked if MPs who had abused their expenses should pay the money back.

He accused the media of ignoring the good work MPs did and demanded to know how much she was paid.

Told it was £92,000 a year, he said she was being paid "nearly twice as much an MP - to come on and talk nonsense".

He added that BBC presenters such as John Humphrys and Jeremy Paxman were paid hundreds of thousands of pounds "to come on TV and sneer at democracy and undermine democracy. The vast majority of MPs are being undermined by you." >>> | Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Paxo Attacks the BBC Again. This Time over Its ‘Fawning’ Royal Coverage
THE GUARDIAN: Jeremy Paxman has accused the BBC of "fawning" over the royal family, claiming that in the past the corporation has seen itself as "a courtier".

Speaking on an edition of Radio 4's The Archive Hour which will air on Saturday October 11, the Newsnight presenter said the BBC did not know whether to "report" or "celebrate" events such as the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations and the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker-Bowles.

"While the BBC does report royal matters pretty straightforwardly, as it should, there is still a fawning taste, a fawning sense to the tone of voice it adopts when dealing with the heir to throne and his family," Paxman said.



"They do not treat them in the way they would treat other members of the public, to which it might equally reply that they are not other members of the public." Jeremy Paxman Attacks BBC’s Royal Coverage >>> Ben Dowell | October 7, 2008

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Paxman Gets Stroppy with John Bolton

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Jeremy Paxman Gives Blairhead a Rather Unusual Grilling!


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