After nearly 30 years at the helm of University Challenge, host Jeremy Paxman is stepping down in the autumn, the BBC has announced.
The famously waspish – and sometimes downright grumpy – host, now 72, has delighted viewers for almost three decades with his regular barks of ‘hurry up’ and sighs of despair when Britain’s student brainboxes have fallen short in the BBC2 academic quiz.
The former Newsnight star, who has presented the show since 1994, will film his last