Geeta Guru-Murthy

Geeta Guru-Murthy is a British television journalist. Since 2013, she has presented mainly morning bulletins, including BBC News at Nine, and bulletins on BBC World News, BBC Two, BBC News Channel and BBC World News.

Geeta Guru-Murthy
Born	Geeta Guru-Murthy Liverpool, England
Occupation	Journalist
Spouse	Philip Collins ​ (m. 2002)​ [1]
Children	2[2]
Relatives	Krishnan Guru-Murthy[1] (brother)

Early life

Guru-Murthy was born in Liverpool, and grew up in West Bradford, Lancashire close to where her father worked as a radiologist in the local hospitals at Burnley and Blackburn.^[3][4] She was involved with orchestras, theatres and choirs before going on to study biochemistry, and later changing careers.^[3]

Career

Guru-Murthy was a reporter for the BBC's regional news programme, BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands), before moving to 5 News.^[5] In January 1998, Guru-Murthy covered the breaking of the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal from Champaign, Illinois for 5 News.^[6] By 2002, Guru-Murthy was hosting Asia Today, with regular work for BBC World, BBC News 24, and BBC Breakfast,^[3] and by 2005 presenting the news on BBC Radio 4.^[1] In 2002, Guru-Murthy appeared in the television series Waking the Dead.

In 2017, Guru-Murthy was one of several female BBC employees campaigning against the gender pay gap.^[7]

On 2 February 2023 it was confirmed that Guru-Murthy, along with many other presenters of the domestic BBC News Channel, would lose their presenting roles as part of the BBC's relaunched news channel.^[8] In January 2024, it was announced she would rejoin the channel as a chief presenter.^[9]

In May 2024, she was accused of violating BBC impartiality rules by characterising Nigel Farage's remarks as "customary inflammatory language". She subsequently issued an apology for failing to meet BBC standards for impartiality.^[10]

Personal life

Guru-Murthy married speech-writer and journalist Philip Collins in June 2002, taking a honeymoon in India.^[3][11] Her younger brother, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, is also a journalist and broadcaster for Channel 4 News.^[1][12]