Burnet left ITN in 1965 to rejoin "The Economist" as editor, but continued broadcasting as a reporter and interviewer for Associated-Rediffusion's weekly current affairs programme "This Week". He returned part-time to ITN in 1967 to launch "News at Ten" (initially as thirteen-week pilot), presenting the first programme on 3 July alongside Andrew Gardner, and also presented the short lived topical interview series "Man in the News" in 1970. He switched to the BBC in 1972 to report and present for "Panorama" and "Midweek" and to anchor coverage of the February and October 1974 General Election programmes, also covering the wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips. He continued to edit "The Economist" until 1974, where he raised the circulation by 60%. He then joined the "Daily Express" as editor, but resigned 18 months later.