Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on August 16, 2022, 02:26:26 PM
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29 years!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62561558
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It's now a daily thing that I'm realising I'm entering into the 'old' bracket. I thought Paxman only took over about a decade ago, it's almost like he's still sort of an imposter after Bamber Gascoigne, but nearly thirty years? How the hell did that happen?
Not a disparagement on him, just my confusion about my recollection of the sequence of events in my life!
O.
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To be replaced by Amol Rajan apparently.
I think I would have preferred Samira Ahmed, who was up for it afaik.
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I'm with Outrider on this, the distortion of time is most unsettling.
Plus, I'm not seeing Amol Rajan as a suitable replacement. Don't really know why but it doesn't feel like a good fit for me.
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Who the flipping flippety-flip is Amol Rajan?
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Who the flipping flippety-flip is Amol Rajan?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amol_Rajan
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I'm with Outrider on this, the distortion of time is most unsettling.
Plus, I'm not seeing Amol Rajan as a suitable replacement. Don't really know why but it doesn't feel like a good fit for me.
One effect of the time distortion is if you had asked me before I read the article how long UC was off the air I would have said about 15 years
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My husband really enjoys UC, and is sorry Paxman is having to step down. Amol Rajan is one of the presenters on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, he seems like a nice guy, but somehow I can't see him being a replacement for Paxman and his predecessor Bamber Gascoigne
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Tbh I much prefer Only Connect to UC.
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It's now a daily thing that I'm realising I'm entering into the 'old' bracket. I thought Paxman only took over about a decade ago, it's almost like he's still sort of an imposter after Bamber Gascoigne, but nearly thirty years? How the hell did that happen?
Not a disparagement on him, just my confusion about my recollection of the sequence of events in my life!
O.
Ditto!
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I still like UC - unlike Mastermind, it remains a quality show, and hasn't dumbed down.
Regardless of who presents it, I hope the questions still remain challenging.
I like Only Connect as well, and, of course, Round Britain Quiz and Brain of Britain on Radio 4.
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I find Only Connect to be rather contrived and Victoria Coren a little annoying. University Challenge just the retains the excellence it has demonstrated since Granada imported it from the USA 60 years ago. I wonder if I shall miss Jeremy Paxman in the way that I miss Bamber Gascoigne?
Of other tv quizzes, I don't like The Chase and Pointless is rather ... pointless (an ego-fest for it two presenters).
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Re. time dilation (or do I mean contraction?) in old farts: I thought that BG had done it for much longer than Paxo, and that the gap between his version ending and Paxo's starting was well over a decade, but in fact BG's version lasted 25 years, while Paxo will have done 29 years when he hands over, and the gap between the two versions was only seven years.