John Burgess (TV host)

John Burgess (TV host)

"Baby" John Burgess (born June 4, 1943) is an Australian television personality.

Biography

* Former host of the Australian adaptation of Wheel of Fortune, shown on the Seven Network.
* Host of the now-defunct Australian adaptation of Catch Phrase, shown on the Nine Network.
* Starred in the 2002 independent short film, 'Brown Love', as himself. His character was the golfing buddy of a coke addict played by Weird Cam.

* Burgess has also hosted numerous radio shows throughout the years:

John Burgess Radio Timeline
2UW1965-1970
3AK1970-1974
2UW1974-1976
3MP1976-1978
6PM1978-1988
2CH1997-2004
3MP2006-

* On 25 September 2006, "Burgo", as he is popularly referred to, starts his new job as breakfast show announcer for easy listening radio station 3MP in Melbourne. [ [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20347587-5006002,00.html| Baby John Forever] , "The Daily Telegraph, 4 September, 2006.]

* On 12 September 2006, the 1400 edition of the Macquarie National News reported that Burgess was amongst those who had written a reference for Adriana Xenides, his former Wheel of Fortune colleague, in her dangerous driving defence in court.

References

External links

*Official|http://www.johnburgess.com.au
*imdb name|id=0121310|name=John Burgess


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