The University Challenge host revealed his diagnosis last year, saying that he was \u201creceiving excellent treatment\u201d and suffering with \u201ccurrently mild\u201d symptoms.<\/p>\n
The upcoming documentary, titled Paxman: Putting Up with Parkinson\u2019s, will follow the broadcaster as he chats to other celebrities living with the illness as well as the leading experts in that area of medicine.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\u201cFor the very first time, Jeremy Paxman will allow camera into his life as he reflects on how Parkinson\u2019s is impacting him,\u201d ITV has said.<\/p>\n
Paxman: Putting Up with Parkinson\u2019s will also follow the presenter as he takes part in an English National Ballet therapy dance class, learns to play bowls and speaks to President of Parkinson\u2019s UK, Jane Asher.<\/p>\n
The hour-long special will also see Paxman explore some of the myths around the illness, given that one in 37 people in the UK will be diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s in their lifetime.<\/p>\n
Despite his recent diagnosis, Paxman has said that he plans to continue broadcasting and writing \u201cfor as long as they\u2019ll have me\u201d, according to The Guardian.<\/a><\/p> The BAFTA winner is best known for hosting shows such as Newsnight, Channel 4\u2019s Alternative Election Night, Panorama and University Challenge, which he has fronted since 1994 on BBC Two.<\/p>\n ITV has also commissioned factual content from John Bishop, who\u2019ll be exploring the realities of hearing loss with his son Joe in the documentary Joe & John Bishop: Life After Deaf, and Jimmy Akingbola, who\u2019s presenting Handle with Care: Jimmy Akingbola \u2013 a documentary about the English care system.<\/p>\n Looking for more to watch? Check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 02 August 2022 at 12:00 am Jeremy Paxman is set to present a new documentary about his Parkinson\u2019s disease diagnosis for ITV, the channel has announced. The University Challenge host revealed his diagnosis last year, saying that he was \u201creceiving excellent treatment\u201d and suffering with \u201ccurrently mild\u201d symptoms. The upcoming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":19610,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/jeremy-paxman-reflects-on-life-with-parkinsons-in-new-documentary-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/jeremy-paxman-reflects-on-life-with-parkinsons-in-new-documentary-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/jeremy-paxman-reflects-on-life-with-parkinsons-in-new-documentary-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/jeremy-paxman-reflects-on-life-with-parkinsons-in-new-documentary-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/jeremy-paxman-reflects-on-life-with-parkinsons-in-new-documentary-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/jeremy-paxman-reflects-on-life-with-parkinsons-in-new-documentary-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/jeremy-paxman-reflects-on-life-with-parkinsons-in-new-documentary-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 02 August 2022 at 12:00 am Jeremy Paxman is set to present a new documentary about his Parkinson\u2019s disease diagnosis for ITV, the channel has announced. The University Challenge host revealed his diagnosis last year, saying that he was \u201creceiving excellent treatment\u201d and suffering with \u201ccurrently mild\u201d symptoms. The upcoming…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/19609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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