Jeremy Paxman: setting a new trend in TV beards?

Imagine if all that hair were of the facial variety. Humana humana Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/Guardian

Nick Hewer looks more like the master than the apprentice with some facial hair that puts the 'goat' in 'goatee'. Photograph: Jim Marks/BBC/Guardian

Ant and Dec have a little je ne sais quoi once they leave their razors in the jungle. Photograph: NIGEL WRIGHT/Guardian

The perfectly polished Philip Schofield avec beard Photograph: Sarah Dunn/Guardian

Bruce Forsyth with a 'loop-the-loop' beard made famous in 1923 by Sir Jim of Stevenage. A balding gentlemen, Sir Jim drew a mouth and eyes on the back of his head and turned his back on company. Each time his wife made him frown, the back of his head contorted to give the impression that his moustache (on the back of his head you recall) bristled with joy. He lived happily ever after Photograph: Steve Parsons/Guardian

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present Pointless, beards. Our Photoshop skills were not the best when we started putting together this gallery. So we were unable to crop out these presenters' socks. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian

Sir Trevor McDonald could never ever look anything but wise and handsome, even with a light dusting of cotton wool. Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Guardian

Eamonn Holmes looking like something dragged in from the hinterland. We recommend he avoid facial hair. Photograph: Steve Meddle / Rex Features/Guardian

One-time chat show host,veteran eurosceptic Robert Kilroy Silk. The moustache brings out the blue in his eyes and the orange in his skin. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/Guardian

This woman's name is Mary Beard. Aren't we clever? Photograph: Caterina Turroni/Guardian