| Krishnan Guru-Murthy | |
|---|---|
| Born | Krishnan Guru-Murthy 5 April 1970 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Journalist, presenter |
| Other names | Krishnan Guru Murthy |
| Notable relatives | Geeta Guru-Murthy |
| Ethnicity | British Indian |
| Nationality | British |
| Religious belief(s) | Hinduism[1] |
| Notable credit(s) | Channel 4 News |
Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born 5 April 1970 in Liverpool), is a British television presenter and journalist employed by Channel 4. He presents the Channel 4 Evening News and the foreign affairs programme Unreported World.[2][3]
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Guru-Murthy was educated at the independent Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Blackburn, Lancashire, followed by Hertford College at the University of Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Guru-Murthy first appeared on the BBC's DEF II programme Open to Question in 1988, and later presented the BBC's children's news programme, Newsround from 1991 to 1994, starting when he was still at university. After spending three years as a producer and reporter for BBC's Newsnight he became one of the first presenters of the BBC's then-new rolling news channel, BBC News 24, in the 12-4 pm slot. During his ten years at the BBC he also presented the news on BBC World and took part in various special events such as the 1997 general election and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.
He joined Channel 4 in 1998. He has also presented some of Channel 4's most controversial programmes including The Autopsy and The Exorcism, has reported from around the world covering many disasters and conflicts, and has also appeared in a mockumentary about the band Gorillaz called Charts of Darkness.[4]
He presented "The Operation : Surgery Live" for Channel 4 which featured live heart, brain and abdominal surgery. And also fronted "The Event - How Racist are You?" in which the controversial former American schoolteacher Jane Elliott performed her "brown eyes, blue eyes" experiment on a group of British adults.
He has presented his own weekly radio programme on LBC 97.3 and appears regularly on BBC Radio 4 as a broadcaster and commentator.
He has appeared as a guest on the comedy news show on Radio 4 The News Quiz, and has had cameo appearances in several productions, including regular ones in Bremner, Bird and Fortune and short cameos in one-off productions such as Shaun of the Dead and Dead Set. He also hosted the Channel 4 quiz show, Number One and The National Lottery. He used to write a weekly column in the Metro newspaper.
He also presents The TV Show on Channel 4, a discussion programme about television. In the month before the 2010 General Election he moderated the first of the big debates featuring the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his counterparts in a special programme called Ask the Chancellors. He also hosted "How to save £100 Billion - Live" the night before the new government's Emergency Budget.
In 2011 Channel 4 announced that Guru-Murthy would become an "ambassador" for its foreign affairs programme Unreported World involving him reporting some documentaries and introducing others from the news studio. His first film was from South Africa called Trouble in the Townships.
He plays in a rock band with Peter Barron, the former editor of Newsnight and Tim Hincks, the chief creative officer of Endemol UK.[5]
Guru-Murthy is married with two children.[2] He lives in west London. His sister is news presenter and journalist Geeta Guru-Murthy.
Guru-Murthy is represented by the agency Noel Gay noelgay.com.