In a bid to place the BBC’s ailing light entertainment reputation in ‘safer hands’ the corporation has announced that irritable news anchor Jeremy Paxman will front its new It’s a Knockout programme, assisted by humourless war correspondent Orla Guerin.
Posted: Feb 17th, 2013
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The ‘moral maize’ will make those who eat it better, kinder, more patient, less prone to anger and more likely to listen to the Today programme, say its producers.
Posted: Jul 3rd, 2012
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The police have warned members of the public to stay indoors after a Jeremy Paxman escaped from his enclosure in the Newsnight studio and is roaming wild in the streets of London.
Posted: Dec 7th, 2011
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Excerpts from the hidden camera footage released today include Jeremy Paxman offering to say ‘Turd’ for £500, ‘Bell-end’ for £1500, and boasting that he would ‘drop the C-bomb for ten grand’.
Posted: Feb 7th, 2011
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‘It began when Iain Duncan Smith gave that ‘Quiet Man’ speech. We thought it’d be funny to see how low we could take the volume on his mic before anyone noticed.’
Posted: Aug 12th, 2010
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