Gordon Burns (born June 10th 1942 in Belfast) is a British journalist and link man who shot to fame as host of ITV1's popular game show The Krypton Factor, presenting it from 1977 for eighteen years. Lived in Lisburn up to the age of five. Returned from London, where his father had worked as the editor of Hansard when he was 13, going to Campbell College, then working on the Belfast Telegraph. His family were in the newspaper industry, which may have influenced Gordon's subsequent career. Before the Krypton Factor, he presented the local news on Ulster Television. 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within the British Isles. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... ITV1 is a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... The Krypton Factor was a British game show, hosted by Gordon Burns, which ran from 1977 to 1995 on ITV. Four contestants would compete in several different games, some studio-bound, some not. ... Lisburn (Lios na gCearrbhach in Irish) is a city in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of about 110,000. ... Hansard is the traditional name for the printed transcripts of parliamentary debates in the Westminster system of government. ... Campbell College is a public school (that is, an independent secondary school that charges tuition) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in legal terminology it is a voluntary grammar school and educates boys from ages 11_18. ... The Belfast Telegraph is a daily evening newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Independent News and Media. ... The Krypton Factor was a British game show, hosted by Gordon Burns, which ran from 1977 to 1995 on ITV. Four contestants would compete in several different games, some studio-bound, some not. ... Ulster Television plc (UTV) is a media company based in Northern Ireland. ...

He also hosted a segment in some seasons of LWT's Surprise, Surprise. Since the late 1990s, he has worked as a local anchorman for BBC News in North West England. London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... Surprise, Surprise was a British TV show hosted by Cilla Black, produced by London Weekend Television. ... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... Anchorman may refer to: News anchor, someone who works in radio who hosts a regular news program Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a 2004 American comedy movie This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... BBC News and Current Affairs (sometimes abbreviated BBC NCA) is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporations news gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... North West England is one of the regions of England. ...

External link

• Gordon Burns (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122677/) at the Internet Movie Database
• School (http://www.wallacehigh.org/pastgordon.asp)
• Gordon when younger. (http://lavender.fortunecity.com/godfather/180/famouspeople/lisburn/burns.html)