Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Main Anchor from the Channel 4 News Studio in London

Krishnan Guru-Murthy has presented Channel 4 News for 25 years and became the main anchor based in London in 2022, shortly after winning Network Presenter of the Year at the RTS Television Journalism Awards. 

He also presents the foreign affairs series Unreported World and the podcast Ways To Change The World.

He has covered eight British general elections, interviewed Prime Ministers and many world leaders as well as presenting a host of special live television debates during elections and referendums.

He has reported from wars from the former Yugoslavia to Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Kashmir and Ukraine. Krishnan started in journalism presenting the BBC Two discussion programme, Open to Question at the age of 18 before reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Hertford College, Oxford. 

He went on to present the children's programme Newsround, then was a reporter on Newsnight before joining the launch of the BBC News channel.

He has presented radio for LBC and BBC Radio 5 Live, has appeared on a range of entertainment programmes from Eight out of Ten Cats to Have I Got News for You and played himself in the hit British zombie movie Shaun of the Dead.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy