Jeremy Paxman is to be honoured for his contribution to broadcasting at the 49th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
Jeremy Paxman is to be honoured for his contribution to broadcasting at the 49th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
The 72-year-old star will receive the prestigious Harvey Lee Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting at the awards lunch at Royal Horseguards Hotel in Whitehall, London, on Friday (24.03.23).
The accolade celebrates Jeremy's 50 years of broadcasting, including his work on 'Newsnight', 'Panorama', 'Breakfast Time' and 'University Challenge', and started with his first job as a graduate trainee at BBC Radio Brighton back in 1972.
BPG’s chairman Grant Tucker said: "As an organisation of journalists, the BPG holds Jeremy Paxman in very high esteem for his broadcasting record which has meant remarkable longevity, a unique authenticity, and a fierce desire to hold some people’s feet to the fire.
"We loudly applaud Jeremy’s famous interview interrogations of the powerful and his dedication to the journalistic craft, which provides the very best for his viewers, listeners and readers."
Jeremy's May 1997 interview with then-Home Secretary Michael Howard is remembered as one of the most memorable political interviews of all time, after he asked the same question of the minister 12 times.
During his 15 years on 'Newsnight', from 1989 to 2014, he also interviewed former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Theresa May, US President George Bush, Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, and UK party leaders Ed Miliband and Charles Kennedy, as well as stars David Bowie, Dizzie Rascal and Russell Brand, among many others.
Jeremy is also known for presenting 'University Challenge', which he will step down from at the end of the current 52nd series after 29 years at the helm, and he has appeared as himself in the political comedy 'The Thick Of It'.
The BPG Television, Streaming and Audio Awards are highly prized by programme-makers because they are selected independently by journalists who write about TV, radio, streaming and podcasts – correspondents, critics and previewers.
The BPG awards lunch will be attended by award winners, BPG members, and leading broadcasting executives.
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