I enjoyed Amol Rajan breaking the fourth wall on University Challenge last night



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  1. Fun fact: this was a retake as he originally said “bloody hell”

  2. Doesn’t he talk to the camera every week though?

  3. Don’t really know how you can break the fourth wall in a panel / quiz show when half the lines are delivered directly to the camera

  4. It’s only breaking the fourth wall if the conceit is meant to be a setting where the camera doesn’t ‘exist’ in the production. I wasn’t convinced about him taking over, but he’s a breath of fresh air!

  5. I’ve always liked Amol. He’s an intelligent guy

  6. I know that it is a real matter of opinion, but I think Rajan is so much better than Paxman. I had started to get really frustrated with his stuffy and sometimes patronising approach, and Rajan made for such a breath of fresh air.

    Of course, each to their own.

  7. Wonder how much he’s got to pay Phoebe Waller-Bridge for stealing her move

  8. That lad was putting his whole body into that buzzer. Seemed to actually have hurt his wrist at one point. Bless him.

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