Krishnan Guru-Murthy? – Biography
Krishnan Guru-Murthy is a journalist from England hosting Channel 4 News as well as the foreign affairs documentary series Unreported World.
How old is Krishnan Guru-Murthy? – Age
He is 51 years old on 5 April 2021. He is was born in 1970 in Liverpool, England.
Does Krishnan Guru-Murthy have a sister? – Family
Murthy’s father worked as an Indian consultant radiologist in Blackburn and Burnley. The family lived in Liverpool before relocating to a “gothic folly” in a village near Burnley. Geeta Guru-Murthy, a BBC News journalist, is his sister. Ravi Guru-Murthy, his brother, was the International Rescue Committee’s Chief Innovation Officer.
Is Krishnan Guru-Murthy married? – Wife
Murthy is married to Lisa Guru-Murthy. The couple and has two children; a son and a daughter named Jasmine Guru-Murthy.
How much does Krishnan Guru-Murthy earn?
His salary is not revealed. He has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Channel 4
Murthy joined Channel 4 News in 1998 and is the channel’s second longest-serving presenter after Jon Snow. Between 2003 and 2009, he was also the main presenter of Channel 4 News at Noon. In 2010 and 2014, he was nominated for News Presenter of the Year by the Royal Television Society Journalism Awards.
He oversaw Channel 4’s coverage of the 2012 Paralympics, the 2014 Winter Paralympics, and the reburial of Richard III. He hosted The TV Show as well as The Operation: Surgery Live. He has hosted The Event – How Racist Are You?, The Autopsy, The Exorcism, Number One, and two series of Going Cold Turkey. Murthy moderated Ask the Chancellors, the first debate in the 2010 General Election between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his counterparts. On the night before the new government’s Emergency Budget, he also hosted How to Save £100 Billion – Live. Murthy joined Channel 4’s Unreported World as an ambassador in 2011 and has produced documentaries in Afghanistan, Cambodia, India, Iraq, South Africa, and Yemen.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Career
Murthy’s career began in 1988 with the DEF II discussion show Open to Question and the youth current-affairs show Reportage on the BBC. While at Oxford, he hosted BBC2’s Asian current-affairs shows East and Network East. From 1991 to 1994, he hosted and reported for the children’s news program Newsround. For three years, he worked as a producer and reporter for Newsnight, and in 1997, he was one of the first presenters on BBC News 24. In 1998, he joined Channel 4 News.
Murthy hosted a weekly radio show on LBC 97.3 from 2003 to 2005; hosted UK Leaders Live, interviewing the three main party leaders in the UK’s 2005 election; and hosted the BBC Radio 4 series Hindu Lives in 2005. He used to write a column for the Metro and the Asian publication Eastern Eye. He has appeared in a Gorillaz comic documentary, as a guest on The News Quiz, and in cameo appearances in Bremner, Bird, and Fortune, Shaun of the Dead, and Dead Set.
