Voice actor, broadcaster and voiceover for
#UniversityChallenge
and other things on the telly and elsewhere. Voice agent: voices
@hobsons
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I was terrified when I first met Jeremy Paxman in 1997, when I first joined
#UniversityChallenge
. Since then, we’ve had many laughs and put the world to rights many times! After 29 years at the helm, it’s Jeremy’s final episode tonight 8.30. You’re a legend, Mr P!
#jeremypaxman
We reach the Grand Final of
#UniversityChallenge
tonight 20.30
@BBCTwo
and
@BBCiPlayer
.
@amolrajan
has brought his warmth and character to the show. The students come into the studio excited, relaxed and enthusiastic. Amol's persona is a breath of fresh air.
My giddy aunt! What a close match down to a tie!! And that was just the first episode!! I told you this new series was going to be great - a tense tournament right down to the last second. I love this job!
#UniversityChallenge
A brilliant
#UniversityChallenge
final – congrats
@durham_uni
. An elegant farewell from Jeremy Paxman and inspiring words from Jung Chang: “I want to congratulate them for their brilliant brains, and I do hope that they would use their brains to make our world a better place”
That was the last you’ll see of that box that houses Amol's monitor. We will find
@amolrajan
a hammer at some point so that he can happily “delete” it!
#UniversityChallenge
will return with a new series this summer – we’re working on it at the moment!
It’s the University Challenge final tonight at 8.30
@BBCTwo
. The series ends with the same teams we had in episode one:
@BristolUni
vs
@durham_uni
! And there were only ten points in it in that first episode so this could be a real nail-biter! Good luck teams!
#UniversityChallenge
As Jeremy Paxman's final series of
#UniversityChallenge
nears the end, I miss the elastic band fights we used to have, until they moved our positions in the studio further apart for health and safety! I will miss my "TV Dad!" He was a great shot...
My word!!! A tie break final! Another tense
#UniversityChallenge
tournament right down to the last second! Congratulations to
@BirkbeckUoL
and commiserations to
@UniOfYork
- it really couldn’t have been closer! And "Birkbeck McMillan" wearing out our buzzers!! 😆
Ah, here we go!! The
#UniversityChallenge
2023-24 Grand Final is starting right now on
@BBCTwo
and
@BBCiPlayer
NOW! NOW! NOW! NOW!
YES – NOOOOWWW!!!!! (in my best furniture commercial voice...)
After a six-month filming hiatus due to COVID we are back in the studio at
@dock10
this week filming
#UniversityChallenge
! It’s great to be back at last! 🥳
Every
#UniversityChallenge
show we film, we have eight contestants really looking forward to the contest and that's because of
@amolrajan
's warmth. It should be fun for everyone who takes part, and it is. So if you're a Uni student, just GO FOR IT!! 😀
About 130 teams were tested. 28 have made it to the series. Over 37 matches they will amaze you with their knowledge! The brand new series of
#UniversityChallenge
with the maestro
@amolrajan
starts tonight 20:30 on
@BBCTwo
!
So my “TV dad” is standing down from presenting
#UniversityChallenge
(he hates me calling him that, so I do it within our shared sense of humour). I will miss our camaraderie after 25 years. And may I say “Paxo” is the greatest. Much love x
Never meet your heroes UNLESS one of them is rock legend BRUCE DICKINSON from
@IronMaiden
. Down-to-earth superstar and ace pilot. He joined us and boldly represented my university
@QMUL
on Christmas
#UniversityChallenge
. (And he brews his own beer.)
This series has been amazing! All our student contestants have been absolutely wonderful! And now it’s down to just two great teams!
Tonight's
#UniversityChallenge
Grand Final will be a corker!! Join us and cheer on
@ucl
and
@imperialcollege
at 20.30 on
@BBCTwo
and
@BBCiPlayer
!
What a great start to the 60th anniversary series of
#UniversityChallenge
! Durham and Bristol are so well matched. I was jumping out of my voiceover seat!
What an honour to be working with the doyenne of Dictionary Corner - Countdown’s
@susie_dent
! We share the same television studio for
#UniversityChallenge
and therefore never usually meet!
Wow! So much to play for there!! I’m lost for words!
Which is just as well because I’m told off if I give away a spoiler for those still to catch up on
@BBCiPlayer
(I won’t spoil a thing, I promise!!) But we’re all ready for the
#UniversityChallenge
FINAL next Monday night! 🎓
Tune into
@bbctwo
/
@bbciplayer
NOW... if only to watch the best voice in the business -
@rogertilling
- bellow "AKARAPONGPISAKDI" flawlessly under high and escalating pressure
Spoiler alert. He nails it every time. No retakes with the Mighty Roger
#UniversityChallenge
The Paxmaster General and Yours Truly on the
#UniversityChallenge
set in studio 8 at Granada TV Studios back in 2001: "the clash of the beige chinos"!
Good luck to
@unisouthampton
and
@Newnham_College
tonight in the last quarter-final match!
We make our lovely teams work hard at this stage!!!
@BirkbeckUoL
and
@sheffielduni
return for a second quarter-final! Only the winners stay in the contest. No pressure, eh?
#UniversityChallenge
2030
@BBCTwo
Chicken impression included. The gift that keeps on giving. Apparently…
I was often the Jeremy Paxman stunt double! Hosting a rehearsal game for our teams prior to filming an episode of
#UniversityChallenge
. Granada TV studio 8, circa 2012.
You can't beat a desk with a walnut finish...
Just testing the equipment in the studio, for quality control purposes naturally! The brand new series of
#UniversityChallenge
with the superb
@amolrajan
starts tomorrow night 20:30 on
@BBCTwo
!
Can I just say that had I known that they would be filming me for
#UniversityChallenge
at 60 that recording block, I would have worn a better jumper! 🤣
At Broadcasting House and quite excited because:
1. I’m recording the
@BBCr4today
#thetodaypodcast
with
@amolrajan
and
@bbcnickrobinson
2. We’re recording in the BBC Radio Theatre with a live audience
3. They are letting me use BBC’s oldest working microphone from the 1930s! 🎙️
I am always LIVE in the studio on
#UniversityChallenge
! Never pre-recorded!! It allows me to speed up as the show speeds up. I'm glad you asked as many people think I am pre-recorded!!! 😀
One place is left in the final! Nobody will have any nails left to bite! It’s the 2nd semi-final: UCL vs Manchester!
8 amazing students, 1 superb quizmaster (and all-round good guy)
@amolrajan
and 29 mins of quiz magic!
#UniversityChallenge
tonight 20.30
@BBCTwo
and
@BBCiPlayer
“Notes from a Small Studio”: Bill Bryson with us as trophy presenter for the 2004 University Challenge final, pictured with our lovely floor manager Lynn Wright, the Paxmaster General and Yours Truly.
Jeremy’s last ever episode is on Monday night 8.30
@BBCTwo
#UniversityChallenge
Who’s going to win the second semi-final of
#UniversityChallenge
and get into the final? It’s too tense to think about! So here’s a calming picture of the lighting gantry in our telly studio!
Here we go – it’s on
@BBCTwo
and
@BBCiPlayer
NOW. NOW. NOW!!!!!!
Off to Broadcasting House after tonight’s grand final to chat about
#UniversityChallenge
and the Jeremy Paxman era on The World Tonight on
@BBCRadio4
between 2200 and 2245 tonight.
I’m currently in Sapporo in Japan, and got quite a shock when I turned on the television at the hotel to see the caption EVACUATE. A 7.6 earthquake and tsunami warning. My thoughts go out to those by the Ishikawa coast further south
#earthquake
#japan
“Who the hell is HE?!!!”
Larking around after filming in the
#UniversityChallenge
studio circa 2012/13. “MANCHESTER GILBERT” is now a producer on the show!