C4’s long-standing news anchor also fronts the channel’s flagship foreign affairs strand, and hosts the podcast Ways to Change the World.
View / Submit“Krishnan’s contribution was quite superb. His relaxed approach really worked and added a new dimension.”
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy is the award-winning anchor of Channel 4 News and appears on Unreported World, the foreign affairs series. He has also popped up on 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and made a cameo appearance in Shaun of the Dead.
Originally at the BBC, Krishnan worked on a variety of programmes from Newsnight to Newsround. He reported for National Lottery Live, presented the Asian Arts show East and fronted Posh Frocks & New Trousers.
For Channel 4 Krishnan has presented The Autopsy, the first public post-mortem to be broadcast live. He has also hosted various debates, including one about the impact of reality television and another on human genetics. He also hosts the podcast Ways to Change the World, interviewing guests on the big ideas influencing how we think, act and live.