About Eamonn
Eamonn Holmes was born on 3 December 1959 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He began his broadcasting career in 1979 at Ulster Television, progressing to become anchor of Good Evening Ulster at age 21, the UK's youngest teatime anchor at the time. He joined the BBC in 1986 to present Open Air and hosted various sporting programmes. From 1993 to 2005 he presented GMTV, followed by 11 years presenting Sunrise on Sky News. He regularly co-hosted ITV's This Morning on Fridays and during school holidays from 2006 to 2021. From 2022 he presented the breakfast programme on GB News.
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- GMTV presenter (1993-2005)
- Sunrise presenter on Sky News (2005-2016)
- This Morning co-host on ITV
- GB News breakfast show presenter
- How the Other Half Lives presenter
- It's Not Me, It's You presenter
- Longest Serving Breakfast Television Anchor in the World
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