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'Kay Burley' is an English television newscaster. She currently anchors the ''Lunchtime Live'' programme on Sky News.
Kay Burley was born in 1961 in Wigan. Her first reporting job was at the ''Evening Post and Chronicle'' in Wigan at the age of 17. She worked in local radio and TV, including Tyne Tees Television before joining TV-am in 1985 as a reporter and occasional newsreader. From 1987 she presented TV-am's first hour, filling in for Caroline Righton and covering Anne Diamond's maternity leave[1].
When TV-am closed down, she joined Sky Television, launching the Sky One Entertainment Channel in November 1988 with her own documentary "The Satellite Revolution". She moved to the then fledgling Sky News in 1988 and has since become one of the most recognisable figures in British satellite news broadcasting. Burley received some notoriety during Sky News' coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks when she said, "If you're just joining us, the entire eastern seaboard of the United States has been decimated by a terrorist attack."[2]. Among many noteworthy assignments she was the face of Sky News coverage from the disaster zone after the Southeast Asian tsunami in 2004-2005 and was prominent in the Sky coverage of the 2005 General Election.
Kay is also known for presenting news coverage every Christmas morning on Sky News, a tradition she has upheld for the last 16 years[3].
Burley is also an occasional contributor to the tabloid ''Sunday Mirror'' and since the summer of 2006 she has appeared on Five's news bulletins.
Some observers have commented on her stilted delivery. Indeed, she can sometimes appear a little wooden during interviews. Burley has often tackled subjects that are deeply touching. On occasions, her almost too deferential style mean that real issues are not tackled with the tenacity a subject might be due.
Burley is divorced and has one son, Alexander (b.1993) from a one year marriage to Steve Kutner, a football agent of Frank Lampard. She has been dating ''Sun'' newspaper political editor George Pascoe-Watson[4], and despite rumours of a split, ''The Sun'' tabloid newspaper of 20 January, 2007 refers to her living with her partner, a ''Sun'' journalist. Burley is an avid Arsenal fan.
A vivacious redhead, Burley is sometimes considered a sex symbol, having been voted ''What Satellite TV'' magazines' "Most Desirable Woman on TV" for three consecutive years, as well as appearing in countless other "sexiest women"/"sexiest presenter" lists and she is said to be popular with the male audience, despite there being no shortage of younger, prettier female news presenters. Even so, Kay has not capitalised on her sex appeal much, instead keeping a much more reserved image.
Burley was a contestant for the second series of the ITV reality television show ''Dancing On Ice'' beginning 20 January [5]. She was skating for MacMillan Cancer Care, in memory of her mother who died of Breast cancer[6]. She also donated her appearance fee to the charity. Kay went out of the show on the 5th week as she faced a skate-off.
[7][8].
1. http://www.tv-am.org.uk/presenters.asp
2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1665901,00.html
3. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006580205,00.html
4. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20050506/ai_n14619624
5. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds41169.html
6. http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/dancing-on-ice/dancing-on-ice-2007-kay-burley-dedicates-dance-to-deceased-mum/
7. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds41176.html
8. http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/dancing-on-ice/dancing-on-ice-ulrika-jonsson-turns-frosty-with-kay-burley/
★ Bio at Sky News
★ Images of Kay
★ Dedicated Kay Website
| Contents |
| Biography |
| Personal life |
| ''Dancing on Ice'' |
| References |
| External links |
Biography
Kay Burley was born in 1961 in Wigan. Her first reporting job was at the ''Evening Post and Chronicle'' in Wigan at the age of 17. She worked in local radio and TV, including Tyne Tees Television before joining TV-am in 1985 as a reporter and occasional newsreader. From 1987 she presented TV-am's first hour, filling in for Caroline Righton and covering Anne Diamond's maternity leave[1].
When TV-am closed down, she joined Sky Television, launching the Sky One Entertainment Channel in November 1988 with her own documentary "The Satellite Revolution". She moved to the then fledgling Sky News in 1988 and has since become one of the most recognisable figures in British satellite news broadcasting. Burley received some notoriety during Sky News' coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks when she said, "If you're just joining us, the entire eastern seaboard of the United States has been decimated by a terrorist attack."[2]. Among many noteworthy assignments she was the face of Sky News coverage from the disaster zone after the Southeast Asian tsunami in 2004-2005 and was prominent in the Sky coverage of the 2005 General Election.
Kay is also known for presenting news coverage every Christmas morning on Sky News, a tradition she has upheld for the last 16 years[3].
Burley is also an occasional contributor to the tabloid ''Sunday Mirror'' and since the summer of 2006 she has appeared on Five's news bulletins.
Some observers have commented on her stilted delivery. Indeed, she can sometimes appear a little wooden during interviews. Burley has often tackled subjects that are deeply touching. On occasions, her almost too deferential style mean that real issues are not tackled with the tenacity a subject might be due.
Personal life
Burley is divorced and has one son, Alexander (b.1993) from a one year marriage to Steve Kutner, a football agent of Frank Lampard. She has been dating ''Sun'' newspaper political editor George Pascoe-Watson[4], and despite rumours of a split, ''The Sun'' tabloid newspaper of 20 January, 2007 refers to her living with her partner, a ''Sun'' journalist. Burley is an avid Arsenal fan.
A vivacious redhead, Burley is sometimes considered a sex symbol, having been voted ''What Satellite TV'' magazines' "Most Desirable Woman on TV" for three consecutive years, as well as appearing in countless other "sexiest women"/"sexiest presenter" lists and she is said to be popular with the male audience, despite there being no shortage of younger, prettier female news presenters. Even so, Kay has not capitalised on her sex appeal much, instead keeping a much more reserved image.
''Dancing on Ice''
Burley was a contestant for the second series of the ITV reality television show ''Dancing On Ice'' beginning 20 January [5]. She was skating for MacMillan Cancer Care, in memory of her mother who died of Breast cancer[6]. She also donated her appearance fee to the charity. Kay went out of the show on the 5th week as she faced a skate-off.
[7][8].
References
1. http://www.tv-am.org.uk/presenters.asp
2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1665901,00.html
3. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006580205,00.html
4. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20050506/ai_n14619624
5. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds41169.html
6. http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/dancing-on-ice/dancing-on-ice-2007-kay-burley-dedicates-dance-to-deceased-mum/
7. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds41176.html
8. http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/dancing-on-ice/dancing-on-ice-ulrika-jonsson-turns-frosty-with-kay-burley/
External links
★ Bio at Sky News
★ Images of Kay
★ Dedicated Kay Website
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