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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3m
Modi warns of ‘crushing response’ after Kashmir suicide bombing
India’s Prime Minister has warned of a “crushing response” to a suicide bombing in Kashmir which killed more than 40 Indian police officers.
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8m
‘We are presiding over an ecological apocalypse’
We talk to four young activists, united behind the climate change cause, but with differing views on how to make their voices heard.
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6m
Labour MP asks a Tory: ‘How does this end?!’ – as Brexit chaos continues
Following Theresa May’s humiliating Commons, Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by the Labour MP Alison McGovern who favours having a second referendum and Bernard Jenkin MP – a Tory brexiteer.
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Anna Soubry MP on Brexit: ‘We can’t go on like this’
The Conservative MP Anna Soubry, who supports a second referendum on Brexit, says: “We have a pitiful level of leadership in both parties.”
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Labour’s John McDonnell says Brexit defeat is ‘Parliament doing its job’
We talk to the Shadow Chancellor about the government’s defeat in the Commons and Labour’s own position on Brexit.
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Government minister: ‘Parliament is against No-Deal’
Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by the Justice Minister, Rory Stewart, and begins by asking him what Europe will make of Mrs May’s latest defeat in the Commons.
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4m
Policing Minister Nick Hurd: ‘There are very good reasons why budgets had to be cut in 2010, but we’re in a different world now’
Policing Minister Nick Hurd is asked about cuts.
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4m
Det Con Dave Stubbs: ‘I can’t remember the last time I saw a police officer out on patrol’
Dave Stubbs is a serving detective constable from Staffordshire with 19 years’ experience on the beat. He also represents the Police Federation, which looks after rank and file officers. Krishnan Guru-Murthy began by asking him what impact the cuts are having on police safety.
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13m
Conservative MP Ben Bradley: ‘Sounds to me like Olly Robbins showing off in a bar after a few pints’
The Eurosceptic Ben Bradley, a former vice chair of the Conservative Party, resigned from that role last July rather than support the Prime Minister’s Chequers Brexit plan.
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28m
Ways to Change the World – James Brokenshire MP on surviving cancer, a no-deal Brexit and how social media is changing politics
James Brokenshire MP is the current Housing Secretary and the first Cabinet minister on Ways to Change The World. He talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about being diagnosed with lung cancer and how it changed his life, the current state of politics, and how the internet is changing how politicians think.
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Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve: ‘Entire Brexit process is flawed, that’s why we can’t reach an agreement’
Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve discusses Brexit.
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Conservative Deputy Chairman James Cleverly: ‘Brexit negotiations were always going to go to 11th hour’
Conservative MP James Cleverley backed Theresa May’s deal. We asked him to clarify what negotiations are taking place at the moment with the EU.
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Jill Rutter: ‘May still thinks she can get better language around the backstop’
An interview with Jill Rutter – from The Institute for Government – on what to expect from Brexit negotiations in the week ahead.
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7m
Shanker Singham on no-deal Brexit: ‘Food prices could go up for temporary period’
A group of Brexiteers have launched their proposals for a free trade agreement between the UK and EU, claiming it will produce the “most advanced and liberalising” conditions ever seen.
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Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill: ‘UK government riding roughshod over Good Friday Agreement’
The Prime Minister met political figures in Belfast today. One of them was the deputy leader of Sinn Fein, Michelle O’Neill.
