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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‘The UK has not moved as fast as the European Commission would’ve wished’: Former senior civil servant on UK-EU row
Philip Rycroft was permanent secretary for the Department for Exiting the EU from 2017 until 2019.
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Post-Brexit politics ‘poisoning relationships on the streets’ of N Ireland, says manufacturing chief exec
Stephen Kelly is chief executive of Manufacturing Northern Ireland. He shared a video in 2019 when Boris Johnson assured a group of Northern Ireland Conservatives that everything would work in NI post-Brexit.
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Series 7, Episode 14: Ed Miliband
Krishnan speaks to Ed about why he thinks his solutions while he was leader of the opposition weren’t big enough and why he’s looking to Joe Biden for guidance.
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Series 7, Episode 13: Rob Rinder
Krishnan talks to Rob about how he became both a lawyer and a celebrity, why he is worried about identity politics and his concerns about the British legal system.
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People would be ‘horrified’ if royals were used in independence campaign, says columnist Lesley Riddoch
We spoke to Lesley Riddoch, a columnist for The Herald newspaper and a campaigner for Scottish independence, and began by asking what she thought of the meeting between the Duke of Cambridge and Gordon Brown.
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Royal College of Nurses demand urgent inquiry into government’s Covid response
We were joined by Nadra Ahmed, executive chair of the National Care Association, and the chair of the council at the Royal College of Nursing, Dave Dawes.
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WIll Cummings’ accusations against the government change the public’s perception of PM?
The list of allegations made by former Number 10 adviser Dominic Cummings is long, but is it shocking?
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‘We’ve learnt that we need humility in the face of an infectious disease’ – Prof Devi Sridhar
Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, Devi Sridhar, and Richard Horton, the editor of the medical journal The Lancet, joined us.
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Cummings ‘settling scores’ but government made mistakes says Tory MP
We were joined by Conservative MP and chair of the Defence Select Committee, Tobias Ellwood.
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Controversial Formula One boss Max Mosley dies
The controversial Formula One boss Max Mosley has died.
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‘I would see this as an attack against EU’ – Lithuanian PM
We spoke to Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Simonyte
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Series 7, Episode 12: Gary Numan
Krishnan speaks to Gary about what saved his music career, his experiences with depression and how the best day of his life is yet to come.
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Palestinian ambassador Husam Zomlot wants ‘clear commitment from UK to fix the mess created here’
On Wednesday, we spoke to the Israeli Ambassador, and now it was the turn of Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot. We asked that given he works for the Palestinian government in the West Bank, does he support what Hamas has been doing in Gaza?
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Princess Diana interview: BBC’s cover-up ‘beyond belief’, says Lord Grade
Lord Grade was the controller of BBC One in the 1980s and chairman of the BBC, he spoke to us from west London.
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‘I’m suspicious of institutions now’, says brother of Daniel Morgan
The lawyer acting for relatives of murdered private investigator Daniel Morgan says the family has every reason to be suspicious about the motives behind Priti Patel’s decision to delay publication of the long-awaited independent inquiry into his death, citing “national security” and “human rights concerns”.
