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| Television credits |
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| TONIGHT | BBC1 | reporter 1977-79 |
| THE BEAR NEXT DOOR | BBC tx 4-25/9/1979 (4 pts) | reporter |
| PANORAMA | BBC1 | reporter 1979-84 |
| THE 6 O'CLOCK NEWS | BBC1 | newsreader 1984-86 |
| BREAKFAST TIME | BBC1 tx 13/1/1984 | on-screen participant |
| BREAKFAST TIME | BBC1 | newsreader 1986-11/5/1989 |
| EVERYMAN: Aids - The New Lepers | BBC1 tx 9/11/1986 | reporter |
| SOUTH EAST REPORTS | BBC2 tx 11/3/1986 | reporter, presenter |
| SOUTH EAST REPORTS | BBC2 tx 25/4/1986 | reporter, presenter |
| SOUTH EAST REPORTS | BBC2 tx 2/5/1986 | reporter, presenter |
| EVERYMAN: Fear Thy Neighbour | BBC1 tx 18/1/1987 | reporter |
| CRISIS! | BBC1 tx 4/1/1987 | news reporter |
| TRADES UNION CONGRESS 1988 | BBC tx 5-8/9/1988 | reporter |
| P.S.I. | ITV 22/9/1989 | on-screen participant |
| EVERYMAN: Mission to Kill | BBC1 tx 17/12/1989 | narrator |
| NEWSNIGHT | BBC2 | presenter, 4/10/1989-(continuing) |
| DAVID OWEN: JOURNEY'S END? | BBC tx 8/9/1991 | interviewer |
| DID YOU SEE...? | BBC2 tx 20/9-15/12/1991 (8 pts) | presenter |
| DID YOU SEE..? | BBC2 20/9-13/12/1992 (12 pts) | presenter |
| FOR LOVE OR MONEY | Channel 4 tx 26/1/1993 | on-screen participant |
| CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: Lawless Youth - Villains or Victims? | BBC2 tx 13/6/1993 | presenter |
| RIGHT TO REPLY | Channel 4 tx 22/1/1994 | interviewee |
| ELIZABETH THE LAST; THE RADICAL OPTION | BBC2 tx 30/3/1994 | presenter |
| ELECTION CALL: John Major, M.P. Prime Minister | BBC2 tx 3/6/1994 | presenter |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 1) | BBC2 21/9/1994-29/3/1995 | question master |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 2) | BBC2 1/11/1995-1/5/1996 | question master |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 3) | BBC2 12/11/1996-4/6/1997 | question master |
| YOU DECIDE-WITH PAXMAN | BBC2 11/7-15/8/1995 (6 pts) | presenter |
| YOU DECIDE-WITH PAXMAN | BBC2 15/8-19/9/1996 (6 pts) | presenter |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL: Michigan V Imperial | BBC2 1/1/1997 | question master |
| COMIC RELIEF: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FURRED KIND: University Challenge Challenges Coronation Street | BBC1 14/3/1997 | on-screen participant |
| ELECTION 97 | BBC1 1/5/1997 | interviewer |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 4) | BBC2 10/09/1997-21/4/1998 | question master |
| NEWSNIGHT: Referendum Special | BBC2 23/5/1998 | reporter |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 5) | BBC2 2/9/1998-27/4/1999 | question master |
| PAXMAN INTERVIEWS BILL GATES | BBC2 17/10/1999 | interviewer |
| NEWSNIGHT AT 20 | BBC2 29/1/2000 | introduction |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 6) | BBC2 13/9/1999-9/5/2000 | question master |
| A DAY TO REMEMBER | Channel 4 tx 6/11/1999 | on-screen participant |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 7) | BBC2 4/9/2000-2/4/2001 | question master |
| VOTE 2001 - THE VERDICT | BBC1 8/6/2001 | interviewer |
| ADRIAN MOLE: THE CAPPUCCINO YEARS | BBC1 9/2/2001 | himself |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 8) | BBC2 23/7/2001-11/3/2002 | question master |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE REVISITED | BBC2 25/3-19/8/2002 | question master |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 9) | BBC2 2/9/2002-31/3/2003 | question master |
| PARKINSON | BBC1 tx 9/11/2002 | interviewee |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE - THE PROFESSIONALS (Series 1) | BBC2 7/4-8/9/2003 | question master |
| J.K. ROWLING: THE INTERVIEW | BBC2, 19/6/2003 | interviewer |
| IMAGINE: JOHN MORTIMER - OWNING UP AT 80 | BBC1 30/7/2003 | on-screen participant |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 10) | BBC2 15/9/2003-12/4/2004 | question master |
| TIME SHIFT: Charles Wheeler: Edge of Frame | BBC2 4/3/2004 | on-screen participant |
| THE IF DEBATE | BBC2 tx 10/3/2004 | presenter |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE - THE PROFESSIONALS (Series 2) | BBC2 19/4-6/9/2004 | question master |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 11) | BBC2 2/9/2004-9/5/2005 | question master |
| MY DAD'S THE PRIME MINISTER | BBC1 5/11/2004 | himself |
| THE IF DEBATE | BBC2 16/12/2004 | presenter |
| THE IF DEBATE | BBC2 22/12/2004 | presenter |
| THE IF DEBATE | BBC2 12/1/2005 | presenter |
| THE PAXMAN INTERVIEWS | BBC1 18-22/4/2005 (3 pts) | interviewer |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE - THE PROFESSIONALS (Series 3) | BBC2 20/6-12/9/2005 | question master |
| ELECTION NIGHT | BBC1 5/5/2005 | interviewer |
| UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (Series 12) | BBC2 19/9/2005- (continuing) | question master |
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| Film credits |
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| THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT | US, 1979 | guest |
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| Video releases |
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| THE SMALL WINDOW | 1994 | on-screen participant |
