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Amol was appointed the BBC's first Media Editor, leading its journalism on media and technology globally, in 2016. Clarence House denied it, unconvincingly. But like the rest of us she is prone to bad moods and bad breath, and doesn't look her best on a hangover. Meanwhile, his 'world exclusive' interview with tennis star Novak Djokovic earlier this year was attacked for airing the Serbian ace's anti-vax views. Veteran broadcaster Paxman, 72, announced he was due to step down from the long-running quiz show after nearly three decades earlier this week. I wont stop thinking today about my late, beloved Dad, whose devotion to education brought him to England, whose love of knowledge I imbibed as a kid, and whose belief in the noble challenge of university so shaped my life. He seems to doubt anyone watching could have even the vaguest grasp not only of the basics of journalism, but of the English language itself. 'It's really annoying,' he said, adding he felt tired most of the time. And he said he "deeply regrets" his incendiary words. Hes so awful, he really is. Decades of absolute obsequiousness from Witchell, and this is what he gets for it. The broadcaster confirmed Rajan, 39, would be his replacement and begin filming in 2023. "However, too often it is overblown and unfounded claims from unnamed sources that are presented as facts and it is disappointing when anyone, including the BBC, gives them credibility.". Amol Rajan also branded Prince Philip a 'racist buffoon'. What you get is an idol, not a person. But it was claimed at the time of the interview that insiders at the corporation were concerned by the interview, including Rajan's apparent 'chumminess' with Djokovic. That's just not on.". The journalist and broadcaster Amol Rajan has been announced as the new host of University Challenge, taking over from Jeremy Paxman. . attracted criticism from the royal households. In 2013 he was promoted to editor of The Independent, which, at the age of 29, made him the youngest editor of a broadsheet title in Britain. He said: Being asked to host my favourite TV programme is dream-come-true territory. During his time at the publication he held a number of roles, including news reporter, columnist, sports reporter and editor of the title's comment section, Independent Voices. Follow the Daily podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker. She is a COLUMNIST, he says, of Platell. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 17/01/2022. "In reference to very reasonable questions about some foolish commentary from a former life, I want to say I deeply regret it," Rajan wrote on Twitter. Ive loved working with the fab team who seem to love me & just narrated a UC documentary thats going out on BBC2. The New Statesmans weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. What weve seen so far includes moments of huge tension, flashes of genius, and brilliant starters and bonuses that will have viewers joining in and shouting at their screens., BBC Commissioning Editor for Entertainment and Comedy, Pinki Chambers added: The competition is fierce, the questions are harder and Amol has taken to the programme in an instant. For he was given full rein on the show to plug his latest guest, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates. While there is a new a set and presenter, everything else remains: the perfect title music; the peerless voice of Roger Tilling; the fiendish questions; and above all the remarkable students, some of whom come this year from universities competing for the first time. The modernised staging has replaced hulldailymail.co.uk - Mike Bedigan, PA, Lorna Hughes 9h Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. But no one from the BBC has spoken to me yet about taking over. Rajan has worked variously as the BBC's media editor and presenter of its Media Show, a Masterchef critic, and the host of the Big Debate on the Asian Network. Of the interview with Bill Gates, the newspaper said: While Rajan deserves credit for refusing to pander to his guest, he may prove to be as divisive as his interlocutor. The Princes and the PressBBC Two, aired Monday 22 November, 9pm; now on BBC iPlayer, This article appears in the 24 Nov 2021 issue of the New Statesman, The Agent of Chaos, Subscribe for the best of our politics, international affairs, culture and business coverage, straight to your inbox. 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Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. To mark the occasion, a special documentary will air on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on Monday August 29 at 9pm. Amol Rajan, 39, is a journalist who is currently the BBC's media editor, though he will step down from this position to host University Challenge. Ahmed, who previously won an unequal pay claim against the BBC, said she had approached the production team about the job, having worked on the show as a stand-by presenter for the past year. Paying tribute to former hosts, he said:'I am very conscious that in the late, great Bamber, and that giant of British culture, Jeremy, I have vast shoes to fill. None of this is likely to rattle Rajan, who was born in Kolkata in India, came to South London with his family aged three, attended state schools and went on to study English at Cambridge which, he says, changed his life for ever. For he revealed that on the eve of his debut appearance, hed had a full-on panic attack, drunk three massive rums and managed only an hours sleep before appearing for the show at 3.45am. Rajan made his 'brick joke' in response to a tweet by his Independent colleague Rebecca Armstrong, on September 23, 2012. Amol Rajan, who presented the controversial Beeb documentary The. Jeremy Paxman largely facilitated that environment. Kim Kardashian wears jaw-dropping pearl dress as she joins pregnant Rihanna, Princess Anne holds bombshell interview on eve of King Charles' coronation as she says slimmed down monarchy Supermarkets pull THOUSANDS of Cadbury dessert products over food poisoning fears. His posting made Fleet Street history as Rajan became the first non-white editor of a mainstream national newspaper. Whatever it is, they can all be seen enjoying themselves mightily in Amol Rajans new documentary series, The Princes and the Press. I'm fashionably late, baby! ", Another, posted the day before Prince Philip's 90th birthday, read: "The Duke of Edinburgh, for all his faults, is also c**p at doing a tie knot. The presenter will . That the newspapers many of whose royal correspondents appears as on-camera interviewees in Rajan's documentary are now going in hard on it with stories of the Monarchy's "displeasure" and claims that in the words of The Daily Mail "Meghan's mouthpieces" were privileged over the "rest of the Royals" is just . Apologising today, the 38-year-old journalist insisted the comments were "foolish" and "immature". It has emerged the host of Radio 4's flagship Today programme described the Duke of Edinburgh as a "racist buffoon", the Prince of Wales as "scientifically illiterate" and said events to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee were "little more than the industrialisation of mediocrity". Everyone has views, and its pathetic of so-called free speech nuts to pretend that they havent; he certainly didnt push them in the programme. BBC man at centre of royal show storm attacked Kate and William as 'total frauds'. His apology referred to comments he had made while writing for The Independent back in 2012 - and was later extended to the tweets. before their wedding in 2018. 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Ill devote my first starter for 10 to him and to the millions of quiz fiends who, like me, love those rare occasions when they know the answer before the students do., Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The rave reviews went on and on and on. Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning. I'm completely committed to impartiality and hope our recent programmes can be judged on their merits. Call this healthy? He went on to share that he was conscious of following in the footsteps of the late great Bamber Gascoigne,who died last year after a short illness, and Paxman, who fronted the programme for 28 years. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Published: 22:01 BST, 7 February 2023 | Updated: 13:51 BST, 8 February 2023. Jeremy Paxman, who has presented University Challenge since 1994, will film his last episode this autumn, while his final series will air on BBC Two from August 29 through to summer next year, Paxman with his partner Jillian Taylor in 2019 at a performance of The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 the Musical. A trivial point, perhaps, but one, say some colleagues, wholly in keeping with the character of the man. Rajan has also been involved in other controversies. Your new guide to the best writing on ideas, politics, books and culture each weekend - from the New Statesman. It is not the first time Rajan has been the focus of royal controversy. 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I approached University Challenge myself months ago Ive loved working with the fab team who seem to love me and just narrated a UC [University Challenge] documentary thats going out on BBC Two. Amol Rajan [1] (born 4 July 1983) is an Indian-born British journalist and broadcaster who was the BBC 's Media Editor from December 2016 [2] to January 2023, [3] and has been a presenter on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 since 2021. Earlier this week, Lillian Crawford shared how she had originally been excited to see former standby presenter Samira Ahmed, 54, as the new host. Rajan was also a restaurant critic for The Independent on Sunday, leading to occasional guest appearances on BBC One cooking show MasterChef. I have watched University Challenge obsessively for years, addicted to its high standards, glorious title music, and inspirational contestants, he said. 'Other royals, particularly Prince Philip and the scientifically illiterate Prince Charles, who champions policies that would lead to the murder by starvation of millions of Africans, I dislike.'. His appointment to the University Challenge job has attracted some controversy around the hiring process. He became a presenter of Newsnight in 1989, a position he would hold until June 2014 during which time he interviewed high-profile figures from politics and culture. A BBC journalist was today slammed for joking about throwing a brick at Kate Middleton and Prince William in unearthed tweets. Before joining the BBC, Rajan was the final editor of the print edition of the Independent, having been appointed to the role aged 29 in 2013 by the owner, Evgeny Lebedev. This past week's standout has been the full-spectrum warfare unleashed by the tabloids on the BBC's Amol Rajan for having the temerity to make a documentary about Princes William and Harry -. Rajan, a former editor of The Independent, was forced to apologise after making incendiary remarks about the royals in articles written for the newspaper in 2012. It said: "A free, responsible and open press is of vital importance to a healthy democracy. As Rajan sombrely notes, royal reporting is not scripture, by which he means, I suppose, that it is basically gossip, as delivered by a servant. 'I've been lucky enough to work with an amazing team and to meet some of the swottier brains in the country. The Beeb said: The podcast is still in production", adding it will now be launched as a boxset all at once instead. Even accounting for their long-term interest in attacking the BBC, we have to wonder why the enemies of cancel culture are trying to cancel him for it. [See also: Prince Harrys attack on the tabloids ignores the real media pirates]. After playing excerpts from the interview, Rajan said: And if that isnt enough for you, the whole series, which has got interviews with the likes of Greta Thunberg stop laughing, Justin Billie Jean King and Ian McKellen thats a good one is on BBC Sounds . Mr Rajan, who used to edit the paper, reportedly called Prince Philip a "racist buffoon" in one column while describing Wills' and Kate's public role "a total fraud" in an open letter to the couple. However too often overblown and unfounded claims from unnamed sources are presented as facts and it is disappointing when anyone, including the BBC, gives them credibility., News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. The BBC said she had 'no intention to mislead the court on this'. He will now step down from his Media Editor role andbegin filming early next year and be seen on screen from autumn 2023. BBC appoints Amol Rajan as Radio 4 Today programme presenter. The second part of the doc was titled 'Sussexit'- after Harry said the term 'Megxit' was a misogynistic term that was "created by a troll [and] amplified by royal correspondents". It comes after it was announced on Tuesday that Paxman is stepping down as the host of University Challenge after 28 years - ending his reign as the longest-serving current quizmaster on UK TV. He did not detract from that when he objectively praised the writing style, her honesty in talking about her own experiences of domestic and sexual abuse, and the bravery required to express a viewpoint knowing it will lead to further online abuse.. Ahmed herself also commented on Paxmans departure this week by confirmed she had not been spoken to by the BBC about taking over. Rajan, 39, will combine the role with his other jobs presenting episodes of Radio 4s Today programme and his own television interview series. Furious neighbourhood row over iconic gardens near set of 'Notting Hill': Homeowner is 'threatened with Birdwatchers capture extremely rare Grey-headed lapwing on camera for the first time in the UK. In an interview with the Mails Jan Moir in 2021, Rajan after careful thought decided his greatest virtue was . It did take someone like me, says Dan Wootton, about the decision, when he was at the Sun, to break ranks with the palace specialists and tell readers all about the Queens bollocking of stroppy Harry (or was it stroppy Meghan?) "His tweets show Amol Rajan's bias, @BBCNews should be ashamed," one person wrote. A crown? Sitting with one arm nonchalantly slung behind his seat, his slightly brash, familiar tone may prove to be as distracting as it is disarming., Rajan in an interview with the Daily Mail's Jan Moir in 2021. MORE : Jeremy Paxman walks red carpet with a cane ahead of being honoured at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, MORE : Jeremy Paxman, 72, was rushed to hospital twice in 24 hours. 11 Mar 2021. Amol Rajan is a 39-year-old journalist and broadcaster. University Challenge returns to BBC Two and iPlayer later this year. And Ive loved helping set a few questions for this series too. A trivial point, perhaps, but one, say some colleagues, wholly in keeping with the character of the man whose reputation at the Beeb is hardly that of a shrinking violet. I am very conscious that in the late, great Bamber, and that giant of British culture, Jeremy, I have vast shoes to fill. She explained how she had worked on making casting more diverse, with more female, non-binary and queer students on the programme the ever before, as well as a significant number of neurodiverse students. Rajan said today: 'Being asked to host my favourite TV programme is dream-come-true territory. 'It's the best possible antidote to cynicism about young people, allowing millions of us to test our wits against the best minds of a new generation, and annoy and impress our families by barking answers from the sofa.'. But to summarise: if THEY are overheard calling you awful, YOU get punished. Are you excited for University Challenge to return? For other inquiries, Contact Us. Apologising today, the 38-year-old journalist wrote on Twitter: "In reference to very reasonable questions about some foolish commentary from a former life, I want to say I deeply regret it. I cant help feeling something rather similar is happening with the continuing saga of the Rajan documentary, in which the behaviour of the royal households and some newspapers will ultimately be found to be the fault of the BBC. One hopes he was being ironic. University Challenge first aired in 1962 hosted by Bamber Gascoigne and this year celebrates its 60th anniversary as Britain's longest running TV quiz show. Amol Rajan was behind the microphone and it was his name that got the first mention. "All BBC current affairs output is required. Amol Rajan became the youngest editor of a broadsheet newspaper in Britain when he took the helm of The Independent in 2013, but now the BBC's media editor faces an entirely new challenge as he gears up to quiz some of the smartest young minds in the country. What is it about Rajan that has so enraged some sections of the press? Amol Rajan today apologised for comments he made in The Independent years ago. He also presents Radio. Amol Rajan will be new host of University Challenge. However, he admitted to the newspaper that he didn't think he had Parkinson's, because he thought the disease only manifested through body tremors. . After the newcomers name was announced, she revealed she believed it was worse than the name who she was originally told would replace Paxman. (Not that hes interested in gossip; no, he is preoccupied only with how or why narratives emerge.). . Amol is a journalist (Picture: John Phillips/Getty Images for Advertising Week) Originally from Calcutta, India, he moved to London. But he did say he would donate his brain to Parkinson's UK after his death to help their research into the condition. Agony and ecstasy for Generation Covid after biggest ever 'I was hoping for B,B,Cit's D,D,C': Awkward moment teen EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: How Roger Moore mistakenly greeted Do not sell or share my personal information. A truly vintage week for hypocrisy in an industry I simply cannot take seriously: the newspaper industry. "I wrote things that were rude and immature and I look back on them now with real embarrassment, and ask myself what I was thinking, frankly I would like to say sorry for any offence they caused then or now. You know the sort of thing EXCLUSIVE: Diana thinks Kate is perfect but doesnt believe Meghans the one: confidante reveals the princess still speaks to her from beyond the grave (and even told her to vote for Brexit). Huge thanks to the tireless standards-upholders at MailOnline. But the presenter, who has three grown-up children with ex partner Elizabeth Clough, said he refused to be 'beaten down' by the condition and said he hoped it would not totally incapacitate him. Chris Cooper, an electronic engineering. The spectacle of tabloid journalists ANY journalists demanding the royal family get shown an entire documentary before it airs, so they can approve it, is hardcore through-the-looking-glass stuff. Rajan has previously been criticised over a number of comments he made about members of the royal family during his time at The Independent. (Getty) Amol Rajan is a journalist and broadcaster who has worked for the BBC since 2016, when he was appointed as media editor.

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