PAXIT [merged]

[Norton Canes]

Jeremy Paxman steps down as University Challenge host

[dontpaintyourteeth]

DID YOU THREATEN TO OVERRULE HIM

[Attila]

I was just looking through a Twitter thread on this, and some of the suggestions for his replacement...no, no, and no.

Stephen Toast, sure. Victoria Coren -- good God, no.

[Norton Canes]

Ralf Rangnick as interim host

[Mobbd]

The Dark Destroyer

[Mobbd]

In all seriousness, I've wondered for some time what Paxo's plan would be concerning UC. Either he'd ride it out until the end of the BBC or do the right thing and regenerate into Reeta Chakrabarti.

[Twit 2]

Who gonna replace Paxo now the reaper's leaning in? Sandi Toksvig? Ron?

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

This dunce?

[Glebe]

[Gurke and Hare]

Gravy? He's not called Jeremy Bistman is he?

[Kankurette]

Sam Allardyce leaves the thread, not disappointed.

[The Pink Chunk Jazz Band]

He won't be chomping any more ghosts :(

[Twit 2]

Gravy? He's not called Jeremy Bistman is he?

Oh fuck I've confused stuffing and gravy again.

[dontpaintyourteeth]

did you threaten to overrule him

[shoulders]

Scatman John

[jamiefairlie]

Can't believe he did UC for longer than Bambi

[Glebe]

[Shaky]

Noel Fielding's an obvious choice.

[Jittlebags]

The obvious candidate is Dappy from N'Dubz.

[beanheadmcginty]

The show was never the same after Gascoigne stopped presenting it. So my suggestion is Gascoigne. Obviously Bamber's dead now, so the only logical choice is Paul.

[kalowski]

"Lovely Linda Lusardi. Not much up top but then who wants to shag Bamber Gascoigne? Not even Mrs Gascoigne."

[Ferris]

Hell yes he's tough enuss.

[dontpaintyourteeth]

did you threaten to overrule him?

[Ferris]

Hell yes he's tough enuss

[dontpaintyourteeth]

did you threaten to overrule him

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

I'm glad he's decided to stop doing it, the Parkinson's was making him get words wrong all the time. If he'd carried on for another couple of years he'd have ended up like Patrick Moore on The Sky At Night, who towards the end of his life spoke a garbled incomprehensible mess.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Samira Ahmed seems pissed off it might not be her:

I think you should all know: I approached University Challenge myself months ago. I've had an amazing time rehearsing & being a standby presenter for it this year. I've loved working with the fab team who seem to love me & just narrated a UC documentary that's going out on BBC2.

And I've loved helping set a few questions for this series too.
But no one from the BBC has spoken to me yet about taking over. I've always been happy to go through an honest fair process and be judged on my merits.

I still am.

The production team & I hope the BBC know exactly why I would love to present UC and why I think I'm the right person. I also got the encouragement of the lovely Bamber Gascoigne who gave me  his advice some years ago on what it needed. That's what I wanted you all to know.

https://twitter.com/SamiraAhmedUK/status/1559519045380198400

[Sebastian Cobb]

Seemed like the other thread intended to speculate who's next but it looks like Samira Ahmed wants the job/is a bit miffed she hasn't been given it.

I think you should all know: I approached University Challenge myself months ago. I've had an amazing time rehearsing & being a standby presenter for it this year. I've loved working with the fab team who seem to love me & just narrated a UC documentary that's going out on BBC2.

And I've loved helping set a few questions for this series too.
But no one from the BBC has spoken to me yet about taking over. I've always been happy to go through an honest fair process and be judged on my merits.

I still am.

The production team & I hope the BBC know exactly why I would love to present UC and why I think I'm the right person. I also got the encouragement of the lovely Bamber Gascoigne who gave me  his advice some years ago on what it needed. That's what I wanted you all to know.

https://twitter.com/SamiraAhmedUK/status/1559519045380198400

[shoulders]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50599080

Is she going to litigate again if she doesn't get it?

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

Corbyn doesn't do anything now, does he?