Krishnan Guru-Murthy is one of the main anchors of Channel 4 News. He
has reported and presented much of Channel 4's special coverage of
major news events from the Omagh bombing in 1998 to September 11th 2001
and from the Iraq War of 2003 to the Mumbai attacks of 2008. From 2003
to 2009 he was also the main anchor of News at Noon and before that the
political programme Powerhouse. He has covered five general elections
in Britain as well as several around the world, is one of Britain's top
political interviewers and presents much of Channel 4's special
political programming such as the Ask the Chancellors debate in the
2010 election campaign and How to Save a Hundred Billion pounds.
He joined Channel 4 in 1998 after ten years at the BBC presenting,
reporting and producing on a variety of programmes from Newsnight to
Newsround covering everything from wars and disasters to politics and
pop music. He was also part of the live reporting team for The Funeral
of Diana, Princess of Wales.
His broadcasting career started in his gap year before Oxford
University when an appearance on BBC 2's youth discussion programme
Open to Question led to him taking over as the programme's presenter.
He went on to other youth programmes such as Reportage.
Krishnan has presented a variety of other successful series and one-off
programmes for Channel 4's Science department including The Operation :
Surgery Live, The Autopsy, Britain's Deadliest Addictions and Going
Cold Turkey. In the Current Affairs department he has presented The TV
Show and reported for Dispatches. He has also presented radio
programmes for LBC and BBC Radio 4, and written for a variety of
newspapers.
Krishnan has also appeared in a variety of entertainment and comedy
programmes including 8 out of 10 Cats, Have I Got News for You, Never
Mind the Buzzcocks and Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He also presented The
National Lottery Live.
Slow Horses(2022)as Debate Moderator
Dead Set(2008)as Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Shaun of the Dead(2004)as Krishnan Guru-Murthy
The Second Coming(2003)as Newsreader
Noel's House Party(1991)
Millions(2004)
Channel 4 News(1982)as Self - Presenter, Self, Self - Reporter, Self - Co-Presenter, Self - Presenter: Afternoon, Self - Correspondent, Self - Presenter (1998-)
Unreported World(2000)as Self - Presenter, Self - Reporter, Reporter, Self - Introduction, Presenter, Self - Presener
Richard Osman's House of Games(2017)as Self - Panellist
Strictly Come Dancing(2004)as Self - Contestant, Self - Audience Member, Self - Former Contestant, Self - Terms and Conditions
Romesh Ranganathan's Parent's Evening(2024)as Self - Contestant
The Murder of Joanna Yeates(2025)as Self
Insiders(2001)as Self - Channel 4 News Presenter
TLDR News(2017)as Self
The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson(2024)as Self
The Moviemakers: Tarantino(2023)as Self - Journalist