Gordon Burns
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| Gordon Burns | |
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| Born | 10 June 1942 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation | journalist, television presenter |
Gordon Burns (born 10 June 1942 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a British journalist and television presenter who hosted Granada TV's popular game show The Krypton Factor for its original 18 year run (1977 - 1995). Since 1997, he was the anchorman for the BBC regional news programme North West Tonight, which he co-hosts with Ranvir Singh.[1]
Burns lived in Lisburn in Northern Ireland up to the age of five, and returned from London,[2] where his father had worked as the editor of Hansard. He was educated at Dulwich College, a boys' independent school in South London, then at 13, attended Campbell College, a grammar school in Belfast. He worked at the Belfast Telegraph and presented the local news on Ulster Television.
Burns joined UTV in 1967 as the station's Sports Editor, and became a news anchor in 1969, ironically on a condition he did not have to cover political stories.[3]
Burns' celebrity status began with his association of ITV's game show The Krypton Factor which he presented for eighteen years from 1977 to 1995.[2]
He was the presenter of Password for Ulster Television, one of their few programmes shown throughout the ITV network. He hosted a segment in LWT's Surprise, Surprise.
Since 1997, most weekdays Burns has presented North West Tonight, its shorter lunchtime equivalent, North West Today, and also the 3 minute mid-afternoon bulletin. He is also the voice of "The Chain" feature on the Radcliffe and Maconie show on BBC Radio 2. He has a son, daughter and two grandchildren.
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