In 1994 the show was resurrected by the BBC with Jeremy Paxman as the new quizmaster.

The show, and the catch phrase used Gascoigne ( and later Paxman ) before each toss-up question, " Your starter for 10 ," was the inspiration for the novel Starter for 10, and the subsequent film.

Paxman was born in Leeds.

His mother, Joan McKay ( née Dickson ), born 1920, was a housewife, and his father, Arthur Keith Paxman, worked in industry.

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

Howard, having given evasive answers, was asked by Paxman the same question " Did you threaten to overrule him?

Referring to Oona King, whom Galloway had just defeated, Paxman asked more than once whether he was proud of having got rid of " one of the very few black women in Parliament.

Paxman was praised by academics and figures in the publishing industry for acknowledging Hegarty's substantial contribution.

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.

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?

Paxman was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Leeds in the summer of 1999 and in December that year received an honorary degree from the University of Bradford.

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 ".

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.

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.

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

It was eventually revived in 1994 by the BBC, although still produced by Granada Television, using the original format with minor differences and presented by Jeremy Paxman.

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?

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 network was in discussions to unveil a weekly news program fronted by Newsnight host Jeremy Paxman.

Her meeting with Mike Paxman in 1975 was a turning point and they began to collaborate.

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.

In 2004 Paxman raised the subject again with Howard, by then leader of the Conservative Party.

In 2004 Paxman raised the subject again with Howard, by then leader of the Conservative Party.

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

In April 2006 The Sun claimed that Paxman earned £ 800, 000 for his Newsnight job and £ 240, 000 for presenting University Challenge, bringing his TV earnings to a yearly total of £ 1, 040, 000.

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 ).

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.

Paxman presented the flagship BBC Radio 4 show Start the Week from 1998 to 2002.

Charlie Brooker once opined in his Screen Burn columns that one of his new policies for the BBC were he put in charge would be to " let Paxman actually hit people ", describing this as " self-explanatory ".

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

* BBC ' Newsnight ' biography of Jeremy Paxman

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

A Higher Form Of Killing, a study of chemical and biological warfare, was written with fellow BBC journalist and close friend Jeremy Paxman.

In a BBC interview with Jeremy Paxman, she admitted that she had not raised the matter with staff counsellors as she " honestly didn't think that would have had any practical effect.

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.

On the night of the 2010 Election, Dimbleby hosted the BBC coverage, along with Jeremy Vine, Jeremy Paxman, Nick Robinson, and Emily Maitlis.

Famous ex-editors include the BBC news presenters Jeremy Paxman and David Frost, film director Michael Winner, the late television presenter Richard Whiteley, Financial Times editor Andrew Gowers, novelist Robert Harris, novelist and biographer Graham Lord, historian Jonathan Spence, Factory Records founder Tony Wilson and BBC1's EastEnders executive producer Matthew Robinson.

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.

( Includes: excerpt from the book ; a hyperlinked RealPlayer or Windows Media Player News Player Newsnight clip of interview with Joseph C. Wilson, conducted by Jeremy Paxman, on BBC Two, on November 3, 2005 ; and a clip of an earlier interview with former Ambassador Wilson, conducted on Newsnight, by Martha Kearney, on November 3, 2003.

* Anjem Choudary interviewed by Jeremy Paxman Newsnight, BBC