#krypton factor

This week, a profile of Gordon Burns.

From Ulster to Granada, and mostly the host of The Krypton Factor.

Every winner is a superperson. Every contender is a superperson.

Also a look at Gordon's dabble into shoot-em-up Tetris, and A Word in Your Ear - a communication game show where Bob Holness could draw a picture like this on lunchtime BBC1.

Lovely lighthouse there, Bob.

Gordon Burns was a journalist by training, he hosted UTV Live and Granada Reports and later BBC North West Tonight.

Absolute hero, and we even mention his cousin Ed Sheeran.

Krypton Factor – 26.12.1988

Saturnalia is a break from the normal, but some things are tough enough to continue without a break. Back in 1988, The Krypton Factor grand final was held on Boxing Day. The finalists take to the helicopter simulator at RAF Culdrose and the observation round features Jessica Martin and Andrew O'Connor.

Are we getting a Krypton show?

Bleeding Cool are reporting that plans are in the works for a Krypton TV show that will involve David S Goyer.

Is it going to be the anti-Smallville? Considering the success of Gotham, it’s likely that this will be a pre-Superman TV show which looks at the world of Krypton. If it’s based on the one we saw in Man of Steel, this could be very cool, that was definitely a world I was interested in…