Paxman appeared as himself in an episode of BBC comedy The Thick of It which aired in January 2007.

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

Paxman took the opportunity to dismiss as " inaccurate " the attribution to himself, which was, in fact, Louis Heren, of the oft-quoted " Why is this lying bastard lying to me?

When, in his twenties, Paxman unsuccessfully applied for the vacant editorship of the venerable Labour-supporting weekly The New Statesman, he said he considered himself a socialist.

Paxman himself has stated:

Oborne was ' chided ' by Jeremy Paxman, chief Newsnight anchor, for ' gratuituous rudeness ' after he himself, given Oborne's ' pace-setting ,' and before Tardio's walk-out, had asked for a response from, ' Mr. Idiot in Brussels.

It's just me, Geoff, Steve R, and Mike Paxman in the studio --- Carl is pretty much all done, Steve H is half done, and returns to the fold after Yes tour.

Jeremy Dickson Paxman ( born 11 May 1950 ) is an English journalist, author and broadcaster.

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.

The programme is chiefly remembered for the fact that Paxman asked Blair if he and U. S. President Bush prayed together.

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.

Paxman is a Fellow by special election of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and an Honorary Fellow of his alma mater, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge.

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 ".

The ending of the programme is signified with Jeremy Paxman saying " It's goodbye from ( name of losing team, who wave and say goodbye ), it's goodbye from ( winning team, likewise ), and it's goodbye from me: goodbye!

" Jeremy Paxman is the sort of person that Americans will just eat up ," Garth Ancier told the Financial Times.

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.

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 ).

As Jeremy Paxman wrote, " the Labour MP Paul Marsden took the unprecedented step of recording the dressing-down ", where he said that he had been confronted with accusations that " those aren't with us are against us ," " war is not a matter of conscience " and " it was people like you who appeased Hitler in 1938 ", infuriating Marsden to going public.

There is some difference over the exact type of engine, it being variously described as a grasshopper engine built by Napiers, and a Cornish boiler by Davey Paxman & Co.

Jeremy Paxman has pointed out that the publication is dominated by people who are active in British public life, including the members of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies, as well as Members of the House of Commons, the Chief Executives of all UK cities and counties, and foreign Ambassadors accredited to London.

Paxman has also calculated that only 8 % of new entrants in 2008 made any reference to marital breakdown, which is far below the national average.

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.

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.

Paxman asks, " So you can say anything is art?

The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway “ Mainline in Miniature ” built by Captain Howey was, and still is, well known for its fleet of engines built by Davy Paxman and based on the locomotives of Nigel Gresley.

Paxman became a focus of media attention in his own right in October 2000 when the stolen Enigma machine, which had been taken from Bletchley Park Museum, was inexplicably sent to him in the post.

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.

The song also featured in an ITV documentary series about recording techniques, where Tzuke and her producers Mike Paxman and Paul Muggleton showed how the song had been constructed using sound bytes of her voice which were transposed into a synthesizer range.

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.

The design shared some similarities with Class 15, both being of the road-switcher layout which was uncommon in the U. K., and both being powered by an Paxman 16YHXL prime mover.

Although the works still produced diesel engines under name Ruston Paxman Diesels Limited, which had been moved from Lincoln, locomotive manufacture finished in 1970.

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 ).

The engine used in the prototype power cars was the Paxman ' Valenta ' 12RP200L, which developed.

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.

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 has denied these claims.

Paxman has been publicly criticised over his and his partner's home help arrangements.

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.

Paxman has been criticised by John Pilger for his involvement with the British-American Project.

Jeremy Paxman has been its main presenter for over two decades.

The Guardian has described him as an " acerbic host ... Ireland's Jeremy Paxman.

He has anchored every general election results programme for the BBC since then: in 1983 and 1987 with Sir Robin Day and Peter Snow ; in 1992 with Peter Snow and Peter Sissons ; in 1997, 2001 and 2005 with Peter Snow and Jeremy Paxman ;, and in 2010 with Jeremy Paxman and Jeremy Vine.