Krishnan Guru-Murthy is the lead presenter of Channel 4 News.
20 Facts About Krishnan Guru-Murthy
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy's career began in 1988 with the BBC's DEF II discussion programme Open to Question and the youth current-affairs programme Reportage.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy presented and reported for children's news programme Newsround from 1991 to 1994.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy worked as a producer and reporter for Newsnight for three years, and was one of the launch presenters for BBC News 24 in 1997.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy joined Channel 4 News in 1998 and is the second-longest-serving presenter after Jon Snow.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy was the main presenter of Channel 4 News at Noon between 2003 and 2009.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy has hosted Channel 4's coverage of ceremonies at the 2012 Paralympics, 2014 Winter Paralympics and the reburial of Richard III.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy presented The TV Show and The Operation: Surgery Live.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy moderated Ask the Chancellors, the first debate between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his counterparts in the 2010 General Election.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy became Channel 4's ambassador for its foreign affairs programme Unreported World in 2011 and has made documentaries in Afghanistan, Cambodia, India, Iraq, South Africa, and Yemen.
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On 19 October 2022, Krishnan Guru-Murthy was suspended for a week by Channel 4 after calling Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker a "cunt" in an off-air remark.
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In January 2013, Quentin Tarantino refused to answer Krishnan Guru-Murthy's question if there was a link between film violence and real-life violence.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy described his October 2014 interview with Richard Ayoade as "the perfect joke interview".
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy said the question areas had been discussed in advance with Downey's public relations agent.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy presented a weekly radio programme on LBC 97.3 between 2003 and 2005; hosted UK Leaders Live, interviewing the three main political party leaders in the UK's 2005 election; and presented the series Hindu Lives on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy used to write a column in the Metro newspaper and the Asian newspaper Eastern Eye.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy has appeared in a comic documentary about the band Gorillaz, as a guest on The News Quiz and Taskmaster, and in cameo appearances for Bremner, Bird and Fortune, Shaun of the Dead and Dead Set.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy founded the Duchenne Dash, a 24-hour cycle ride from London to Paris, in 2013.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy was appointed to the board of trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 2018, and was reappointed for the role in 2021.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy has played in a rock band with Peter Barron and the chief creative officer of Endemol UK.