He looks very waxy now. He reminds me of the Dads Army episode where Fraser uses the make-up usually reserved for the bodies in his undertakers to look younger!
I'm so glad someone else has noticed - it looks plain weird! I saw an old episode on DOND on another channel recently and on that his beard is the same colour as his hair, but not any more!! Don't know what he thinks he's at dying it, it's ridiculous looking!