Geeta Guru-Murthy

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Geeta Guru-Murthy Collins
Born
Geeta Guru-Murthy

February 1968
Liverpool, England
OccupationJournalist
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2002)​
[1]
Children2[2]
RelativesKrishnan Guru-Murthy[1] (brother)

Geeta Guru-Murthy Collins (born February 1968) is a British television journalist. Since 2013 she has presented mainly morning bulletins, currently either BBC News at Nine, and the 10:00 or 11:00-13:00GMT BBC World News on BBC Two, BBC News Channel and BBC World News. This was previously 08:00-12:00 until 2017, and 07:00-10:00 until March 2020.

Early life[]

Guru-Murthy was born in Liverpool, but 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]

Personal life[]

Guru-Murthy married speech-writer and journalist Philip Collins in June 2002, followed by a honeymoon in India.[3][8] Her younger brother, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, is also a journalist and broadcaster for Channel 4 News.[1][9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Mendick, Robert (13 May 2005). "Go on, teach the f***er a lesson". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 20 December 2018. Speech writer and strategy adviser Philip Collins, 36, … married to a rising star of BBC news … Geeta Guru-Murthy, who presents news bulletins on BBC World, BBC News 24 and on Radio 4, and is the sister of Krishnan Guru-Murthy, … The couple have one child.
  2. ^ "Phillip Collins". Middlesex University. 29 March 2016. couple have two sons and live in London.
  3. ^ a b c d Walia, Nona (9 June 2002). "The World according to …". The Times of India. in the newsroom on September 11, that event was a turning point, Born in Liverpool, UK, … grew up in Lancashire. … a lot of theatre, played for orchestras and sang in choirs. … studied biochemistry, but changed … , … married … India on honeymoon,
  4. ^ Graham, Natalie (5 January 2003). "Fame & Fortune: TV newsman reports to his mother". grew up with his sister, Geeta, and brother, Ravi, in Lancashire.
  5. ^ @krishgm (5 February 2019). "Yes then she became a correspondent for Five News then BBC News" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Sissons, Helen (2006). Waiting to Broadcast. Practical Journalism: How to Write News. Media, Communication and Culture Series. SAGE Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 9780761949268.
  7. ^ Press Association (22 July 2017). "Female BBC stars urge corporation to 'act now' on pay and gender". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Collins, Philip James. Who's Who (UK). doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U10000037. Retrieved 20 December 2018. m 2002, Geeta Guru-Murthy
  9. ^ Greenstreet, Rosanna (7 July 2001). "My childhood home: Krishnan Guru-Murthy". The Daily Telegraph. village called West Bradford, just outside Clitheroe in Lancashire. In 1974, … detached house on a new housing estate … me and my older sister, Geeta; and when I was seven, my little brother Ravi arrived. Dad's a doctor and was a consultant radiologist in Blackburn and Burnley, both about 12 miles away.

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