Krishnan Guru-Murthy , Presenter
Krishnan Guru-Murthy is one of the main anchors of Channel 4 News.
He also fronts Channel 4 News' podcast 'Ways to Change the World' which interviews one guest at length each week about the big ideas in their lives and the events that have helped shape their thinking.
Since joining the team in 1998 he has fronted big events from the Omagh bombing, 9/11, the Mumbai attacks, to special war reports from Syria, Yemen and Gaza. Having covered five British general elections he does special political shows for Channel 4 such as the "Ask the Chancellors" debate.
Krishnan reports for the foreign affairs series Unreported World and commentates on major live events for Channel 4 such as the Paralympics Ceremonies. He also anchors controversial programmes outside the news including the first live televised "Autopsy".
His TV career began at the age of eighteen presenting youth television for the BBC. He went on to present, report and produce a variety of programmes from Newsround to Newsnight.
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‘We may not have a peaceful transition of power,’ says Democratic strategist
We were joined by Cornell Belcher, a political strategist and pollster who served the Democratic Party and the polling teams for both Obama Presidential campaigns.
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‘The much bigger question is: will Mr Trump concede?’ – former Bill Clinton adviser
We spoke to Paul Begala, a former advisor to President Clinton
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Anti-racism protests in US call to arms for militia groups across political divide
Krishnan Guru-Murthy been meeting a group called the Three Percenters – and the country’s biggest black militia, the NFAC
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41m
Series 6, Episode 4: Erin Brockovich
Krishnan speaks to the woman whose story was brought memorably to life by Julia Roberts back in the year 2000 about the impact of that film, the power of community action and why water could save the planet.
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Hurricane Sally brings ‘historic and catastrophic flooding’ to southern US
Hurricane Sally is bringing “historic and catastrophic flooding” to the southern US as it sweeps along the Gulf coast with dangerous levels of wind and rain.
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Trump ‘almost can’t help himself’ when he talks about climate change – Alex Flint, Alliance for Market Solutions
We speak to Alex Flint, who formerly served as a member of President Trump’s transition team.
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6m
‘Life-threatening storm surge’ feared as Hurricane Sally threatens US Gulf Coast
A slow moving storm is promising to dump huge amounts of rain and could wreak destruction across several US states.
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Series 6, Episode 3: Yusef Salaam
Yusef Salaam is one of the ‘Central Park Five’ who became to be known the ‘Exonerated Five’.
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‘Donald Trump has nothing to do with Kenosha citizens listening to the Blake family and responding’ – Jacob Blake’s uncle Justin
Kenosha is a pivotal battleground in the US election.
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‘Trump administration asleep at wheel in dealing with climate change and Covid’ – scientist Dr Ben Santer
We spoke to Dr Ben Santer, a climate scientist based in California’s bay area.
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‘Stop assuming that somebody, something or some agency has our back’ – environmental campaigner Erin Brockovich
Krishnan Guru-Murthy spoke to the woman whose story was brought memorably to life by Julia Roberts back in the year 2000.
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Jacob Blake’s father: ‘Where was the justification for the seven bullets in my son’s back?’
Krishnan Guru Murthy is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – where he spoke to Jacob Blake’s father, Jacob Blake Senior.
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Series 6, Episode 2: Chris Boardman
Chris Boardman became the picture of British cycling in 1992, when he won the country’s first olympic cycling medal in 72 years.
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47m
Series 6, Episode 1: Sara Pascoe
Sara talks to Krishnan about why she’s always been open talking about sex, why she thinks humans will always ‘get better’ and her thoughts on female representation on panel shows.
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HK activist: ‘If I was satisfied with being a businessman I would not have taken this life’
When hundreds of police were sent to arrest the media tycoon Jimmy Lai there was an international outcry.
