Quizmaster Paxman has answers for retirement

Jeremy Paxman has said has plans to do a PHD in Renaissance art, join a choir and finish his wine appreciation course after his retirement from University Challenge.

The former Newsnight presenter, 72, announced earlier this year he would step down as host of the BBC quiz show after 29 years in the role.

Paxman wrote in Saga Magazine, where he is a columnist, that he has now finished his last episodes of the BBC student quiz programme.

He wrote: “So this is it: retirement in all its many facets of pleasure and terror. What is to be done with all the free time?”