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Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born April 5, 1970) is a British newsreader currently fronting Channel 4 News from ITN, which he joined in 1998.
He first appeared on the DEF II programme Reportage in 1989, then presented the BBC's children's news programme, Newsround, from 1991 to 1994, and was the first presenter of the BBC's then-new rolling news channel, News 24, in the midday-to-16:00 slot.
He has appeared as a guest on the television comedy news show Have I Got News For You and its radio equivalent The News Quiz, and has had cameo appearances in several productions, including regular ones Bremner, Bird and Fortune and the film Shaun of the Dead. He also hosted the Channel 4 quiz show, Number One.
Originally from Burnley in Lancashire, Guru-Murthy read PPE at Oxford, and now lives in west London.
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