'It's really annoying,' he said, adding he felt tired most of the time. Amol Rajan's University Challenge disaster | The Spectator Even before the controversial documentary aired the BBC faced a 'bias' row over selecting Rajan for the role, after it emerged he once called the idea of monarchy 'absurd'. Plus: Jamie knocks up some. Its 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. "His tweets show Amol Rajan's bias, @BBCNews should be ashamed," one person wrote. Are you excited for University Challenge to return? During his time at the publication he held a number of roles, including news reporter, columnist, sports reporter and editor of the title's comment section, Independent Voices. before their wedding in 2018. Amol Rajan will be new host of University Challenge. The journalist and broadcaster said: 'I've had a blast hosting this wonderful series for nearly 29 years. They never STOP briefing. The BBC was also faced a complaint from The Duchess of Sussex following a segment of a podcast Harry, Meghan And The Media to accompany the BBC2 documentary, in which it said Meghan Markle had apologised for 'misleading' the High Court. Bowing out after 25 years, Mr Paxman presented a Newsnight programme including an interview with then-London mayor Boris Johnson, while they both rode a tandem bicycle. I get the sort of, I get the instinct that kind of, you know, you need to know kind of, you know, the more detail that you have the better the judgments you can make, I used to be a diplomat, I worked for a year at the Foreign Office.. Rajan said: I have spent years re-arranging Monday nights around the need to be in front of my television at 20.30.