15 Facts About Mike Munro

Mike Munro attended Sacred Heart Primary School in Mosman, New South Wales, and Marist Catholic College North Shore in North Sydney.

Mike Munro began his career at 17 as a copyboy on The Daily Mirror in 1971.

Mike Munro stayed in newspapers for 7 years, before trying television and not liking it.

Mike Munro became a reporter and later the host of A Current Affair.

In 1996, Mike Munro was the reporter at the centre of the infamous Paxton family expose.

Mike Munro was replaced as the host of the show in 2003.

Mike Munro said he lost the job because he was continually complaining to management about A Current Affair becoming 'A Consumer Affair' and no longer doing serious investigations, instead focusing on consumer and diet stories.

Mike Munro is synonymous with the biographical show This Is Your Life, which he hosted from 1995 until 2005 and then again in 2008.

Also in 2006, Mike Munro hosted the television series Missing Persons Unit and What a Year, alongside Megan Gale, which first aired on the Nine Network on 2 October 2006.

On 26 October 2008, Mike Munro resigned from the Nine Network after 22 years with the network.

In January 2014, Network Ten announced that Mike Munro had joined the network.

Mike Munro later resigned in protest from Network Ten, after completing his 12-month contract, due to dozens of staff being retrenched from the news department.

In 2014, Mike Munro was made a member of the Order of Australia for his community work and services to journalism.

In 2017, Mike Munro hosted and helped to produce a four part science-based documentary series for Foxtel's History Channel on Bushrangers.

Mike Munro is married to Lea, and they have two children.