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Radio 5 Live,3 mins

"It wasn't my finest hour" Michael Howard on that Paxman interview

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Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman is leaving the BBC Two programme after a quarter of a century. He said yesterday that "after 25 years, I should rather like to go to bed at much the same time as most people." 5 live Breakfast's Nicky Campbell speaks to broadcaster Peter Snow who presented the first-ever Newsnight, and former Conservative leader Michael Howard, one of Paxman's most famous interviewees. This clip is from Breakfast May 1 2014.

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