Over the past 28 years, I’ve watched Jeremy Paxman urge on literally thousands of nervous University Challenge contestants with his weary catchphrases: “Oh, come on” or “That’s pretty basic”. But when BBC Two screens his last recorded appearance this evening, eight people will rack their brains frantically in front of one of TV’s scariest quiz masters – and I’ll be one of them.
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