Memorably, he was interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on the election night prior to the calling of his own seat and was stumped by the question of " Are we seeing the end of the Conservative Party as a credible force in British politics?

When interviewed on election night television by Jeremy Paxman, Hughes suggested that the fall in his vote might reflect the unpopularity of Southwark Council, which has been controlled by the Liberal Democrats since 2002.

* Anjem Choudary interviewed by Jeremy Paxman Newsnight, BBC

* Horn maintenance at Paxman, compiled with the assistance of Simon de Souza

Paxman is the eldest of four children and has two brothers, one of whom, Giles, is the British Ambassador to Spain ( having previously been ambassador to Mexico ), and a sister, Jenny, a producer at BBC Radio.

While at Cambridge, Paxman was briefly a member of the Labour Club.

Paxman later made a taped guest appearance on the Celebrity Big Brother reality TV show challenging Galloway to a follow-up session " with or without your leotard " ( Galloway, a Big Brother contestant at the time, had in an earlier much-publicised stunt during the show dressed up in a leotard ).

This was seen at the time as coded criticism of Paxman himself and of his BBC colleague John Humphrys.

On 24 August 2007 Paxman delivered the MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.

Speaking of prime minister Tony Blair's criticism of the mass media at the time he left office, Paxman asserted that often press and broadcasting may be " oppositional " in relation to the government of the day this could only benefit democracy.

Twenty Scottish Members of Parliament signed a House of Commons motion in March 2005 condemning him for comparing supposed Scottish dominance at Westminster to British rule in India: a " Scottish Raj " was running the UK, said Paxman.

* Biography of Jeremy Paxman, member of the BBC's Press Office, at the official website of the BBC.

* Profile of Jeremy Paxman at Speaker's Associates

* Paxman questioned by fellow-journalists at London's Frontline Club, February 2008

His mannerisms — and, particularly, his physical appearance in the pilot episode — suggests that his character is at least loosely based on that of Jeremy Paxman, and there are echoes of Michael Buerk's style of delivery ( most notable in the ' Genutainment ' section of episode 1 ).

BTH ( the main contractor ) provided electrical equipment, Paxman supplied the power units, and Clayton supplied bogies and superstructure, with the frame construction and final assembly taking place at Yorkshire Engine's Sheffield works.

Another Paxman engined locomotive was PVH1, built in 1953 as ' Paxman Voith Hydraulic 1 ' ( hence the identity ) for the Emu Bay Railway, Tasmania, and survives today preserved at the Derwent Valley Railway ( Tasmania ).

Over the years many famous authors have signed at Hatchards including J. K Rowling, Alexander McCall-Smith, Peter Ackroyd, Margaret Thatcher, Lauren Bacall, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Paxman, Joanne Harris, the late Alec Guinness, David Attenborough, Michael Palin, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, Peter Mandelson, Hilary Mantel, Sebastian Faulks, and Howard Jacobson.

Technically, Ruston & Hornsby Ltd existed at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows in Merseyside until 2002, which was known as Ruston Diesels ( former Ruston Paxman Diesels ).

To power the HST at up to, each power car had a new diesel engine, the 12-cylinder Paxman Valenta, running at 1, 500 rpm and developing.

D830 Majestic was equipped with two Paxman YJXL Ventura engines rated at each as a potential showcase of an alternative British engine which might prove superior to the German Maybach.

Thus, these locomotives could operate either from a third rail supply at 650 V DC ( Eastern & Central sections ), 750 V DC ( Western section ) or from their Paxman 6YJXL ' Ventura ' diesel engine, pressed to just 650 hp-well within the engine's stress curve and thus greatly extending service intervals.

The programme generated much publicity prior to its transmission by displaying the usually pitiless Paxman teary-eyed on camera when informed that his impoverished great-grandmother Mary Mackay's poor relief had been revoked because she'd had a child out of wedlock.

Paxman questioned the apparent change in her views on fuel duty.

Paxman has presented the weekly TV programme review Did You See ?, You Decide and, most notably, since 1994, University Challenge, bringing him the distinction of " longest-serving current quizmaster on British TV.

Paxman stated that since all television is a " collaborative exercise ", it was " rather silly for this book-which accompanies a television series-to appear with only one name on the cover.

While this is not illegal in the UK if employees live in, Paxman, known for grilling interviewees on workers ' rights issues, was criticised when his employees went public, claiming to have been paid " the bare minimum ".

Paxman has been widely condemned as disrespectful when commented in an absurd way the possible exit of Greece from the Eurozone (' like bad kebab vomiting ") on 31 May 2012 edition of Newsnight.

Similarly, Graeme Garden suggested on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue in 1994 that one way to increase Newsnight < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s ratings would be to " arm Jeremy Paxman ".

In November 2004, Newsnight again concentrated on Howard with coverage of a campaign trip to Cornwall and an interview with Jeremy Paxman.

Paxman returned to his question from 1997, and Howard was surprised, remarking: " Oh come on Jeremy, are you really going back over that again?

The BBC revived the programme in 1994 under quiz master Jeremy Paxman, transmitting it on BBC Two.

The 1992 show was fronted by a puppet Robin Day, a puppet Jeremy Paxman filling the role in the episodes broadcast on 14 November 1993 and 12 December 1993.

The track, which was co-written by Tzuke with Mike Paxman, became a Top 20 hit in the UK in the summer of 1979 and a # 1 hit in Australia and was featured on Tzuke's 1979 debut album, Welcome to the Cruise, which was also a Top 20 hit.

Each episode is brought to an interrupted ending with just enough time to quickly overview the following day's newspapers ( a parody of Jeremy Paxman on BBC2's Newsnight ) printed with absurd headlines such as Lord Mayor's pirouette in fire chief wife decapitation, and a final humorously misused video.

In a live interview on Newsnight during the Ron Davies scandal of 1998, he famously told interviewer Jeremy Paxman that there were two gay members of the then current Labour Cabinet, one being Peter Mandelson.

While the Class 15s also suffered problems with the Paxman engines, these were worse on Class 16 because inadequate ventilation resulted in frequent engine seizures.

Jeremy Paxman goes round the country on a moped playing the early arcade game Pacman.

is a frequent guest on a wide variety of television and radio shows throughout Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and North America, including National Public Radio's " All Things Considered ," Morning Edition ," " Weekend Edition ," " Fresh Air with Terry Gross ," and " The Connection ," NBC Nightly News, CBS Nightly News, Fox TV News, Court TV, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN News and " Crossfire ," " Voice of America ," and the BBC's " Start the Week ' with Jeremy Paxman " and " Outlook.

** Jeremy Paxman, interviewer on the BBC's Newsnight.

In July 2007 in interview with Jeremy Paxman on BBC Two's " Newsnight " programme, it was reported that Hunter had pledged to donate a further £ 1 billion to charity.

The second section is an analysis of a BBC2 Newsnight programme on 19 October 1999 hosted by Jeremy Paxman with Charles Thomson attacking that year's Turner Prize and artist Brad Lochore defending it.