University Challenge Therefore, the lowest score officially achieved against eligible opponents under quizmaster Jeremy Paxman was by Lincoln College, Oxford, who totalled 30 in a semi-final against the eventual series champions the University of Manchester, in an episode televised on 9 February 2009. This was also matched in the grand final by St John's College, Oxford, against Peterhouse, Cambridge, on 18 April 2016. Before these matches, the lowest score was 35, reached by New Hall, Cambridge, 1997. This score would have been lower if all fines for incorrect interruptions had been applied. The lowest score during the "Professionals" series was achieved by
Criticism of the BBC claim that global temperatures had not risen in the past decade on BBC Radio 4's "Today Programme" (which the organisation acknowledged breached its editorial guidelines) and in 2018, Carbon Brief released an internal notice sent by Fran Unsworth, BBC director of news and current affairs, arguing that the BBC's coverage of climate change often went against its own guidelines on accuracy and created a false balance with regard to impartiality stating: "Manmade climate change exists: If the science proves it we should report it. … To achieve impartiality, you do not need to include outright deniers of climate change in