Gordon Burns
Biography
Belfast born-and-bred journalist who went from a newspaper background into the heady world of Ulster Television, presenting local news programme UTV Reports before joining the slightly more heady world of Granada Television where he presented Granada Reports. He has also reported for ITV's World in Action and is the currently the BBC's anchorman in Manchester, presenting North West Tonight (once the home of Stuart Hall!) since 1997. He presented The Krypton Factor for approximately 1,184 years.
Trivia
He had a bit part in Prime Suspect 5.
He has interviewed eight Prime Ministers.
Presented his own short-lived chat show in 1974, The Gordon Burns Hour for Ulster Television - only really noted as the first programme to link-up with RTE, their colleagues in the Republic, for a joint broadcast with Gay Byrne's The Late Late Show.
Whilst at Ulster, he also had his hand in comedy, co-producing a local series called Zoom In in 1968.
His dulcet and unmistakeable tones were heard briefly on the last-ever edition of the BBC's classic drama series "Clocking Off" in 2003. Burns was very obviously presenting "Northwest Tonight" in this context - well, "Clocking Off" was set in Manchester.
Contact
David Anthony Promotions, PO Box 286, Warrington, Cheshire WA2 6GA.
