Breakfast with Paxman? - April 04
Frost will no longer be on our screens so we could be breakfasting with Jeremy Paxman.

It’s a scary thought but insiders believe that Jeremy Paxman could be taking over David Frost’s Sunday morning slot in a new political debate show now that the BBC have decided not to renew Frost’s contract. Although the BBC have released no details on the matter it is believed that they plan to put pushy Paxman on our screens while we’re tucking in to our Sunday cereal in order to make their political shows ’feared’ by politicians.

Jeremy Paxman calls for journalists to be ’nicer’ to politicians - 12/11/02
What is our Jeremy up to? He has made his career grilling politicians on Newsnight and making their lives a general misery, but at a fundraising talk for the Newspaper Press fund, he spoke of politicians having to cope with ’serious jobs to be done and responsibilities they have to carry, that those of us in our trade (journalism) do not carry.’

He cited John Major - who has been quoted as saying that he still bears the scars from his time as Prime Minister and said that journalists ’should bear that in mind the next time we throw rocks at them’. So no more asking politicians about their drinking habits then?

12/05/00 "I get away from it all by fishing.
There is nothing like a day on a quiet river bank, trying to deceive some stupid fish, for cleansing your mind of all the usual rubbish." Jeremy Paxman on how he relaxes.

BIOGRAPHY
Jeremy Paxman was born in Leeds in 1950 and studied English at St Catherine’s in Cambridge before he went into journalism.

He started learning about the media world in local radio, before spending three years reporting on the troubles in Northern Ireland. During this time he became the first full-time television current affairs reporter that specialised in investigative journalism, creating a niche for himself. The experience with Northern Ireland got him assigned to Panorama and he covered various trouble spots like Beirut and Zimbabwe. This gave him to confidence to anchor the BBC’s Breakfast Time before he began presenting Newsnight in 1989.

His interviews with the politicians of the day proved him to be a sometimes deadly opponent and as well as Newsnight he begn to present University Challenge and ’Start the Week’ on Radio 4. He writes regularly for the media, is known as a witty after dinner speaker and has wrote a number of books including: ’A Higher Form of Killing’, ’Through the Volcano’s’ ’Who Runs Britain’ and ’The English: Portrait of a People’.

On a lighter side Jeremy is a keen fly-fisher and he has also wrote a book entitled ’Fish, Fishing and The Meaning of Life’ The most recent book - ’A Political Animal’ was received very well. Awards include: Royal Television Society: Award for International Current Affairs - 1985, Voice of the Viewer and Listener: Award for best contribution to Television - 1993 and 1997 BAFTA: Richard Dimbleby Award - 1996, Royal Television Society: Interview of the Year - 1997, 1998 Broadcasting Press Guild: Award for Best TV Performer in a non-acting role. Variety Club: Media Personality of the Year- 1999.