The 72-year-old explained that a fall while walking his dog is what led to his Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d gone straight down on my hooter, which, as you can see, is not small. Cuts all over the place. I was a real mess. And when I was in A&E, a doctor walked in and said, \u2018I think you\u2019ve got Parkinson\u2019s.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Paxman went on to explain that the doctor had been watching University Challenge, and had \u201cnoticed that my face had acquired what\u2019s known as the Parkinson\u2019s mask\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t as effusive and exuberant as normal. I had no idea,\u201d Paxman said.<\/p>
Paxman left University Challenge<\/a> in August after 28 years on the job. Before him, Bamber Gascoigne presented the series for 25 years.<\/p>\n Samira Ahmed<\/a>, who had served as a stand-by presenter during Paxman\u2019s last season, and Louis Theroux were some of the names floated as Paxman\u2019s replacement. Ultimately, the job went to the BBC\u2019s former Media Editor, Amol Rajan<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI have watched University Challenge obsessively for years, addicted to its high standards, glorious title music, and inspirational contestants,\u201d Rajan said in a statement following the announcement he would be taking over from Paxman.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking for something to watch? Check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news.<\/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> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Tuesday, 04 October 2022 at 12:00 am Former University Challenge host Jeremy Paxman has revealed his doctor first noticed symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s while he was presenting the show. Speaking of the diagnosis, the former presenter told The Guardian: \u201cWell, it was completely out of the blue.\u201d The 72-year-old explained that a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":23107,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/jeremy-paxmans-doctor-noticed-parkinsons-symptoms-on-university-challenge.jpg",2333,1555,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/jeremy-paxmans-doctor-noticed-parkinsons-symptoms-on-university-challenge-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/jeremy-paxmans-doctor-noticed-parkinsons-symptoms-on-university-challenge-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/jeremy-paxmans-doctor-noticed-parkinsons-symptoms-on-university-challenge-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/jeremy-paxmans-doctor-noticed-parkinsons-symptoms-on-university-challenge-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/jeremy-paxmans-doctor-noticed-parkinsons-symptoms-on-university-challenge-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/jeremy-paxmans-doctor-noticed-parkinsons-symptoms-on-university-challenge-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 Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Tuesday, 04 October 2022 at 12:00 am Former University Challenge host Jeremy Paxman has revealed his doctor first noticed symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s while he was presenting the show. Speaking of the diagnosis, the former presenter told The Guardian: \u201cWell, it was completely out of the blue.\u201d The 72-year-old explained that a…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/23106"}],"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\/23107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Amol-Rajan-28620da.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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