Jeremy Paxman "have always struck me as cranks." In 2017, Paxman's interviews of Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May for the upcoming general election were labelled 'embarrassing'. Journalist Michael Deacon opined that his pugilistic style of questioning had become tired, claiming that he had been 'doing an impression of himself'. Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is a British broadcaster, journalist, author, and the quizmaster of "University Challenge", having succeeded Bamber Gascoigne at the time the programme was revived in 1994. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate
BBC Radio Norfolk and the programme organiser. He remained Managing Editor of BBC Radio Norfolk for thirteen years, until his retirement in 1995. Tim Bishop had a background in local newspapers in Norfolk, having worked on the "Eastern Daily Press" and been the news editor for the "Norwich Evening News", before joining the BBC in 1994. Immediately prior to becoming the Managing Editor of BBC Radio Norfolk, Bishop had been the Education Correspondent for "Look East". He subsequently returned to the television side of BBC East's operations, and then became the Head of Regional and Local Programmes for the area in 2002. David