Jeremy Paxman
Author, Broadcaster, Journalist
About Jeremy
Jeremy Paxman is an award-winning journalist, author and television presenter. He has worked for the BBC since 1977 and is the presenter of Newsnight and University Challenge. He has presented BBC documentaries on various subjects including Victorian art and Wilfred Owen.For three years in the mid-seventies, Jeremy Paxman was based in Northern Ireland, where he covered the Troubles for the BBC. In 1977, he joined the Tonight programme, for which he was a roving reporter. This was followed by five years as a reporter on Panorama, where assignments took him frequently to Africa, the Americas and the Middle East.
Since 1989 he has anchored Newsnight. For several years, he also presented Start The Week on BBC Radio Four, and he became chairman of University Challenge in 1994.
Testimonials
"Jeremy was utterly fantastic today and went down an absolute storm with our audience. He was as charming as ever and had the audience in gales of laughter once again, he's a delight to work with." Association of Corporate Treasurers
Publications
A Higher form of Killing(with Robert Harris);
Through the Volcanoes: A Central American Journey;
Friends in High Places: Who Runs Britain?;
Fish, Fishing and the meaning of Life;
The English: A Portrait of a People;
The Political Animal: An Anatomy;
On Royalty;
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Jeremy Paxman was born in Yorkshire in 1950, educated at Malvern College in Worcestershire and received his degree (in English) from St Catharines College, Cambridge.For three years in the mid-seventies, Jeremy Paxman was based in Northern Ireland, where he covered the Troubles for the BBC. In 1977, he joined the 'Tonight' programme, for which he was a roving reporter. This was followed by five years as a reporter on 'Panorama', where assignments took him frequently to Africa, the Americas and the Middle East.
Since 1989 he has anchored Newsnight (nightly, BBC2). For several years, he also presented Start The Week on BBC Radio Four. He became chairman of University Challenge in 1994.
He has written widely for newspapers and magazines. Documentaries include Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale. A documntary series on Victorian painiting is in preparation for transmission in 2009.
He is an honorary fellow of St Catharine's Clollege, Cambridge, and a Fellow by Special Election of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
His charitable interests include homelessness, mental health and education. In his spare time, he goes fly-fishing.