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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‘Irresponsible politicians have undermined trust of public in science, in experts’ – historian Yuval Noah Harari
We spoke to the historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, whose book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, spans the entirety of human history
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‘Where people choose to work, of course they need to do that in a way that keeps them safe and those that they work around safe as well’ – Business Secretary Alok Sharma
Before news of the Prime Minister’s diagnosis broke, Krishnan Guru-Murthy spoke to the Business Secretary Alok Sharma
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‘Downing St is a very small place… lots of people may well be infected’ – former Blair aide Jonathan Powell
Earlier Krishnan Guru-Murthy spoke to Jonathan Powell, who was Downing Street chief of staff under Tony Blair.
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Supply of PPE to hospitals has ‘got better’ says NHS manager
We’re joined by Saffron Cordery, who’s Deputy Chief Executive of NHS Providers – the association for health trusts in England.
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UK needs ‘vastly more’ ventilators – Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick
We spoke to the Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick and asked him what all these volunteers would actually do.
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‘The biggest uncertainty in the modelling is the level of adherence to stay at home requests’ – Prof Steven Riley
Joining us is Steven Riley – a professor at Imperial College London.
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‘If you don’t really need it, don’t give HMRC your details’ – Labour MP Alex Sobel on his proposal for a universal basic income
From his Leeds constituency we are joined by the Labour MP Alex Sobel who’s led the call for universal basic income to be introduced during this public health emergency.
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“This was a globally leading intervention”, CBI’s Josh Hardie’s says this is a strong start to help business
We’re joined by Michael Smith – who leads an organisation of over five hundred independently owned pubs, restaurants and shops in South London – and Josh Hardie, the Deputy Director General of the Confederation of British Industry.
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Series 4, Episode 11: Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt was Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015. Until very recently she was the CEO of the charity ‘Save the Children’.
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Series 4, Episode 10: Adam Rutherford
Dr Adam Rutherford is a geneticist, author and broadcaster. He hosts the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Inside Science’ and has published books related to genetics and the origin of life.
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Health Secretary says ‘obviously I worry’ about coronavirus outbreak
Krishnan spoke to Health Secretary Matt Hancock at the Department of Health.
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Expect more disease outbreaks ‘if we continue to deny, delude and delay on climate change’ – Christiana Figueres
It’s been five years since the historic agreement in Paris on climate change, but since then political progress has stalled.
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‘Britain is a very open economy, so it would be affected by downturn in trade’ – OECD’s Laurence Boone on coronavirus
We’re joined from Paris by Laurence Boone, Chief Economist at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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What life is like in coronavirus-hit northern Italy
The largest outbreak of coronavirus in Europe is in Italy.
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Series 4, Episode 9: Frankie Bridge
Frankie Bridge is best known for being a singer, formerly a member of the girl group, The Saturdays and previously S Club Juniors.
