Tuesday 18 September 2007

#099 Paxman Vs. the world

Unlike the previous entry, on the more sober nights in when found myself in control of the remote The BBC's flagship news analysis, current affairs and politics show Newsnight did (and still does) end up being the last thing that I watch before retiring to bed. It's certainly a better choice than watching ITV News at 10:30 (more on them later) While on Fridays the arts segment Newsnight review can either be a light relief or as charged as the more serious section. The most entertaining parts of the show usually revolve around Jeremy Paxman. One of his most famous moment, one that established him as a household name outside of the usual Newsnight audience, (Probably what got him his cameo role in Bridget Jones II: The Edge of Reason) is when he interviewed Michael Howard, mere days after he was the Home Secretary. Unfortunately this just falls outside of my time-frame but from the following week's Have I Got News For You "Did you threaten to overrule him?"

But he didn't rest there this is him taking on his own editors, 'Gorgeous' George Galloway, Martin McGuinness, Ann Coulter, Tony Blair, Alex Salmond and John Bolton

But best of all was the occasion when Newsnight editors decided that the market updates would better be replaced with a weather forecast again from HIGNFY

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