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.
This year’s prestigious Booker Prize has gone to the Irish author Paul Lynch for his fifth novel ‘Prophet Song’.
It’s African countries where Saudi Arabia plans to ramp up sales of petrol and diesel cars, and the oil to fuel them.
We’ve been speaking to Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador in the UK for our series of long interviews with both sides on the Fourcast. Krishnan asked if he thinks Israel will have to give up its stated aim of destroying Hamas.
It’s an intimate tale of a mother-daughter relationship starring Tilda Swinton who plays both the mother and the daughter. The Eternal Daughter is a ghostly story – but not a horror film – in which the protagonists unpick family secrets and rake up painful memories. Along the way it explores how the parent-child relationship evolves.…
We spoke to James Elder, spokesperson for UNICEF, the United Nations children’s charity.
Astronaut Tim Peake tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about his journey to becoming an astronaut, his time on the ISS and the crucial role of Elon Musk and SpaceX in future space missions, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
We spoke to the shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds.
We spoke to the Treasury minister, Gareth Davies.
We spoke to Dr Christopher Sabatini – the Senior Research Fellow for Latin America at the foreign affairs think tank, Chatham House.
We spoke to the IDF’s spokesperson Peter Lerner, and asked him about reports of an attack on the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza by Israeli forces.
Last week we spoke to Irish national Ibrahim Alagha – who was stuck in Gaza. We caught up with him again earlier today after he managed to escape – he is now in Egypt waiting for a flight back to Ireland.
Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya tells Krishnan Guru-Murhy about her experiences as an athlete with a difference in sex development, her tumultuous journey to the top of the athletics world, and what being a woman means to her, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
Krishnan is joined by the former Downing Street head of communications, Sir Craig Oliver, and Sonia Sodha, who’s chief leader writer at the Guardian.
We spoke to the former Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg who served in the cabinet under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, and is now a presenter on GB News.
We spoke to the transport minister Huw Merriman about today’s cabinet reshuffle.