Krishnan Guru-Murthy Bio, Wiki
Krishnan Guru-Murthy is an English journalist who serves at Channel 4. He presents the Channel 4 News and the foreign-affairs documentary series Unreported World.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Age
He was born on 5 April 1970 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. He is 51 years old as of 2021.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Height
His actual height has yet to be revealed, but it will be updated as soon as his body measurements are released.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Family
Guru-father Murthy’s worked as an Indian consulting radiologist in Burnley and Blackburn. The family lived in Liverpool before relocating to a “gothic folly” outside of Burnley. Geeta Guru-Murthy, a BBC News correspondent, is his sister. Ravi Guru-Murthy, his brother, was the International Rescue Committee’s Chief Innovation Officer.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Wife
Guru-Murthy is happily married to the love of his life Lisa Guru-Murthy and together they are blessed with two kids.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Education
Guru-Murthy attended the then-private Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Blackburn, before studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Hertford College, Oxford.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Career
Guru-Murthy began his career in 1988 with the BBC’s DEF II debate show Open to Question and the youth current-affairs show Reportage. He hosted BBC2’s Asian current-affairs shows East and Network East while at Oxford University. From 1991 until 1994, he hosted and reported for the children’s news program Newsround. For three years, he served as a producer and correspondent for Newsnight, and in 1997, he was one of the first presenters of BBC News 24. In 1998, he joined Channel 4 News.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Channel 4
Guru-Murthy has been a presenter on Channel 4 News since 1998, and is the second-longest-serving after Jon Snow. Between 2003 and 2009, he was the principal presenter of Channel 4 News at Noon. In 2010 and 2014, he was nominated for the Royal Television Society Journalism Awards’ News Presenter of the Year award.
He hosted Channel 4’s coverage of the 2012 Paralympics, the 2014 Winter Paralympics, and Richard III’s reburial. He hosted The TV Show and The Operation: Surgery Live, both of which he hosted. He’s hosted shows like The Event: How Racist Are You?, The Autopsy, The Exorcism, Number One, and two seasons of Going Cold Turkey.
In the 2010 General Election, Guru-Murthy mediated Ask the Chancellors, the first debate between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his counterparts. On the night before the new government’s Emergency Budget, he broadcast How to Save £100 Billion – Live.
Guru-Murthy joined Channel 4’s Unreported World as an ambassador in 2011 and has produced films in Afghanistan, Cambodia, India, Iraq, South Africa, and Yemen.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Interviews and Controversies
When former Labour MP Jim Devine was charged for expenses fraud, Guru-February Murthy’s 2010 interview with him provided important evidence. The politician received a sixteen-month term.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino refused to address Guru-question Murthy’s in 2013 about whether cinematic violence and real-life violence were linked. The following are some of the director’s responses: “I’m not going to do that, and I’m not going to take the bait”; “I decline your question.” You are not my master, and I am not your slave. You won’t be able to get me to dance to your music. “I’m not a monkey”; “What I think about that is none of your damn business!”” “I’m turning off your butt” and “I’m turning off your butt.”
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Richard Ayoade
Richard Ayoade’s interview with Guru-Murthy in October 2014 was dubbed “the perfect funny interview” by Guru-Murthy. Off-screen, Guru-colleague Murthy’s Jon Snow was laughing at Ayoade’s increasingly caustic comments.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Robert Downey Jr.
After Guru-Murthy asked about Robert Downey Jr.’s relationship with his father, drug addiction, and drinking, the actor walked out of the interview. On YouTube, the April 2015 interview has been seen over a million times. The issue areas had been negotiated in advance with Downey’s public relations agent, according to Guru-Murthy.
Health
Guru-Murthy suffers from Crohn’s disease.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Salary
His annual salary is estimated to range between $ 100,000 – $ 500,000.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his career as a journalist.
