Jeremy Paxman to quit BBC's Newsnight
One of the BBC's biggest stars Jeremy Paxman has announced he is quitting the flagship current affairs show Newsnight.
Paxman asks politician same question 12 times
Jeremy Paxman gained a reputation for never shirking the difficult questions in his interviews with politicians on Newsnight, such in this infamous 1997 grilling of future Tory leader Michael Howard, who was asked exactly the same question several times.
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Jeremy Paxman's most notorious Newsnight grillings
Watch some of the most infamous and uncomfortable encounters politicians and celebrities have had with Newsnight's veteran anchor.
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Newsnight loses most brilliant broadcaster of generation
Jeremy Paxman may not be perfect, but rumours that he jumped ship from Newsnight before he was pushed seem unlikely.