Editing Jeremy Paxman (section)

==Awards and honours==
In 1996 Paxman received [[BAFTA]]'s [[Richard Dimbleby]] Award for "outstanding presenter in the factual arena." Two years later he won the [[Royal Television Society]]'s Interviewer of the Year Award for his ''Newsnight'' interview (see above) with [[Michael Howard]], as well as the Broadcasting Press Guild's award for best "non-acting" performer. He gained another Richard Dimbleby Award in 2000 and was nominated for the award in 2001 and 2002. In total, Paxman has won five [[Royal Television Society]] awards. He won the award for International Current Affairs in 1985, and TV journalism interviewer/presenter of the year four times (1997, 1998, 2001 and 2008).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.personallyspeakingbureau.com/speaker/jeremy-paxman/ |title=Jeremy Paxman – Personally Speaking Bureau |access-date=12 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001634/http://www.personallyspeakingbureau.com/speaker/jeremy-paxman/ |archive-date=4 March 2016  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/feb/21/television1 |title=Royal television Society Television Journalism Awards: the winners Media The Guardian |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=21 February 2008 |access-date=12 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006203706/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/feb/21/television1 |archive-date=6 October 2014  }}</ref>

Paxman was given an honorary doctorate by the [[University of Leeds]] in the summer of 1999 and in December that year received an honorary degree from the [[University of Bradford]].<ref>{{cite news|title=University Honours Paxman and Birt|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/558355.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=10 December 1999|access-date=15 April 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908143758/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/558355.stm|archive-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> In 2006 he received an honorary doctorate from the [[Open University]]. Among those at the ceremony were three members of the Open University's 1999 ''University Challenge'' team. Paxman is a [[Oxbridge Fellow|Fellow]] by special election of [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]], and an Honorary Fellow of his ''alma mater'', [[St. Catharine's College, Cambridge]]. In July 2016, Paxman was awarded an honorary degree from the [[University of Exeter]] for achievements in the field of broadcasting and journalism.