By Alasdair Glennie Jeremy Paxman has been scolded by the boss of Radio 1 after claiming the station’s music made travelling in BBC lifts ‘hell’. The Newsnight presenter was told he should ‘take the stairs’ if he did not like tunes from the youth music station piped into elevators. In a terse email fired off by Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper, the 63-year-old was also asked to keep his outspoken views under control. Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman, who has been scolded by the boss of Radio 1 after claiming that listening to the station's music while he was in the lift was 'hell'
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Jeremy Paxman said listening to Radio 1 music made travelling in lifts 'hell'
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Radio 1 boss Ben Cooper emailed Newsnight present inviting him to 'take the stairs'
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Station chief also asked 63-year-old to keep outspoken views under control
Just in case Paxman was in any doubt as to how much he had angered senior management, Mr Cooper – who said he is a fan of @placeholder – added: ‘If all this falls on deaf ears then my only other suggestion is to take the stairs.’