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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Nagorno-Karabakh: We want to break this cycle of history, says Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Last night we spoke to the Armenian ambassador to the UK and earlier today Krishnan spoke to his Azeri counterpart and began by asking what is going to happen now to the population in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Sunak’s net zero climbdown ‘a refinement not an abandonment’, says former Environment Secretary
Krishnan is joined by former Environment Secretary and Conservative MP, George Eustice.
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Sunak’s climate climbdown ‘a huge strategic mistake’, says net zero review chair
Earlier we spoke to Chris Skidmore MP, Chair of the Independent Government review on Net Zero.
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‘The whole industry needs a light shone on it’: Caroline Nokes MP on Russell Brand allegations
The Conservative MP Caroline Nokes, who chairs the Women and Equalities committee, joins me now.
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Russell Brand claims ‘MeToo moment for television’, says former Channel 4 Head of News
Dorothy Byrne spent more than 15 years as head of news and current affairs at Channel 4 – she’s currently president of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. We spoke to her about what she’s made of what’s unfolded since the investigation aired.
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Poet Lemn Sissay on growing up in the care system, racism and finding his Ethiopian family
Lemn Sissay has written a daily poem at dawn for more than a decade.
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Sri Lanka bombings: were 269 people killed for political power? – Dispatches exclusive
Watch Dispatches: Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings on Channel 4 on Tuesday 5 September at 11:05pm.
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‘Fresh energy and different types of experience’: Wes Streeting on Labour reshuffle
We spoke to shadow health secretary Wes Streeting.
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Government ‘very proactive’ dealing with concrete crisis, says schools minister
We spoke to the schools minister Nick Gibb.
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‘The Father and the Assassin’: Story of Gandhi’s murderer brought to stage
A play about the man who murdered Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 is returning to the London stage – although it’s far more than a mere retelling of history.
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RAAC concrete in NHS to be ‘eliminated’ by 2035, says NHS Providers chief executive
More than 100 schools across England need to find temporary classrooms after potentially dangerous concrete was discovered. But the problem of RAAC concrete goes wider than school buildings – it features across the NHS estate as well. Krishnan spoke to Sir Julian Hartley, who’s the Chief Executive of NHS Providers and asked him about the…
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‘We need to be clear about the number of schools affected by unsafe concrete’, says shadow education secretary
More than 100 schools across England need to find temporary classrooms after potentially dangerous concrete was discovered. We asked shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson what should happen now?
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Concrete expert explains problem with RAAC concrete
More than 100 schools across England need to find temporary classrooms after potentially dangerous concrete was discovered. Concrete expert at Henderson Thomas Associate, Warren Thomas explains.
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Primary school Headteacher describes her school being deemed unsafe due to RAAC
Cas Evans is the headteacher of Parks Primary School in Leicester. She had to close and relocate a large part of the school earlier in the year because the aerated concrete had been discovered there. Krishnan asked her what happened at her school.
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Activists concerned TikTok vloggers unwittingly boosting Syrian regime
Friendly people, amazing food, great weather – the ingredients of many a tourist hotspot.
