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'''Geeta Guru-Murthy''' (born 1968) is a British television journalist and actress.
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'''Geeta Guru-Murthy''' (born 1968) is a British television journalist and actress. In 2017 Guru-Murthy was one of several female BBC employees campaigning against [[gender pay gap]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jul/22/female-bbc-top-talent-urge-corporation-to-act-now-on-pay-and-gender|title=Female BBC stars urge corporation to 'act now' on pay and gender|work=The Guardian|date=22 July 2017|author=Press Association}}</ref> In 2002 Guru-Murthy appeared in the television series ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]''.


==Early life==
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In January 1998 Guru-Murthy covered the breaking of the [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal]] from [[Champaign, Illinois]] for ''[[5 News]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2QHWJqK4UAoC&pg=PA113|work=Practical Journalism: How to Write News|title=Waiting to Broadcast|page=113|first=Helen|last=Sissons|year=2006|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]]|isbn=9780761949268|series=Media, Communication and Culture Series}}</ref>
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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.<ref name="walia-20020609">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The-world-according-to-/articleshow/12368717.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 June 2002|first=Nona|last=Walia|title=The World according to …|quote=in the newsroom [[September 11 attacks|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 … <time datetime="2002-06" title="June 2002">June</time>, … married … India on honeymoon,}}</ref><ref name="graham-20030105"/><ref name="graham-20030105">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fame-and-fortune-tv-newsman-reports-to-his-mother-zjpfx5626g7|title=Fame & Fortune: TV newsman reports to his mother|first=Natalie|last=Graham|date=5 January 2003|quote=grew up with his sister, Geeta, and brother, Ravi, in Lancashire.}}</ref> She was been involved with orchestras, theatres and choirs before going on to study biochemistry, and later changing careers.<ref name="walia-20020609"/>
By 2002, Guru-Murthy was hosting ''[[Asia Today]]'', with regular work for ''[[BBC World]]'', ''[[BBC News 24]]'', and ''[[BBC Breakfast]]'',<ref name="walia-20020609"/> and by 2005 presenting the news on ''[[BBC Radio 4]]''.<ref name="mendick-20050513"/>


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In January 1998 Guru-Murthy covered the breaking of the [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal]] from [[Champaign, Illinois]] for ''[[5 News]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2QHWJqK4UAoC&pg=PA113|work=Practical Journalism: How to Write News|title=Waiting to Broadcast|page=113|first=Helen|last=Sissons|year=2006|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]]|isbn=9780761949268|series=Media, Communication and Culture Series}}</ref> By 2002, Guru-Murthy was hosting ''[[Asia Today]]'', with regular work for [[BBC World]], [[BBC News 24]], and [[BBC Breakfast]],<ref name="walia-20020609"/> and by 2005 presenting the news on [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref name="mendick-20050513"/> In 2002, Guru-Murthy appeared in the television series ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]''.
==Family==

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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.<ref name="walia-20020609">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The-world-according-to-/articleshow/12368717.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 June 2002|first=Nona|last=Walia|title=The World according to …|quote=in the newsroom [[September 11 attacks|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 … <time datetime="2002-06" title="June 2002">June</time>, … married … India on honeymoon,}}</ref><ref name="graham-20030105"/><ref name="graham-20030105">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fame-and-fortune-tv-newsman-reports-to-his-mother-zjpfx5626g7|title=Fame & Fortune: TV newsman reports to his mother|first=Natalie|last=Graham|date=5 January 2003|quote=grew up with his sister, Geeta, and brother, Ravi, in Lancashire.}}</ref> She was been involved with orchestras, theatres and choirs before going on to study biochemistry, and later changing careers.<ref name="walia-20020609"/>

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Guru-Murthy's married speech-writer and journalist [[Philip Collins (journalist)|Philip Collins]] in June 2002, followed by a honeymoon in India.<ref name="walia-20020609"/><ref name="whos-who">{{cite book|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-10000037|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-10000037|accessdate=20 December 2018|quote={{abbr|m|married}} 2002, Geeta Guru-Murthy|title=Collins, Philip James|work=[[Who's Who (UK)]]}}</ref> Her younger brother, [[Krishnan Guru-Murthy]], also works as a journalist.<ref name="mendick-20050513">{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/go-on-teach-the-fer-a-lesson-7261017.html|title="Go on, teach the f***er a lesson"|location=London|work=Evening Standard|first=Robert|last=Mendick|date=13 May 2005|accessdate=20 December 2018|quote=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.}}</ref><ref name="greenstreet-2001">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/3290606/My-childhood-home-Krishnan-Guru-Murthy.html|title=My childhood home: Krishnan Guru-Murthy|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Rosanna|last=Greenstreet|date=7 July 2001|quote=village called [[West Bradford, Lancashire|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.}}</ref>
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In 2017 Guru-Murthy was one of several female BBC employees campaigning against the [[gender pay gap]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jul/22/female-bbc-top-talent-urge-corporation-to-act-now-on-pay-and-gender|title=Female BBC stars urge corporation to 'act now' on pay and gender|work=The Guardian|date=22 July 2017|author=Press Association}}</ref>

==Personal life==
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Guru-Murthy's married speech-writer and journalist [[Philip Collins (journalist)|Philip Collins]] in June 2002, followed by a honeymoon in India.<ref name="walia-20020609"/><ref name="whos-who">{{cite book|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-10000037|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-10000037|accessdate=20 December 2018|quote={{abbr|m|married}} 2002, Geeta Guru-Murthy|title=Collins, Philip James|work=[[Who's Who (UK)]]}}</ref> Her younger brother, [[Krishnan Guru-Murthy]], is also a journalist and broadcaster.<ref name="mendick-20050513">{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/go-on-teach-the-fer-a-lesson-7261017.html|title="Go on, teach the f***er a lesson"|location=London|work=Evening Standard|first=Robert|last=Mendick|date=13 May 2005|accessdate=20 December 2018|quote=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.}}</ref><ref name="greenstreet-2001">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/3290606/My-childhood-home-Krishnan-Guru-Murthy.html|title=My childhood home: Krishnan Guru-Murthy|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Rosanna|last=Greenstreet|date=7 July 2001|quote=village called [[West Bradford, Lancashire|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.}}</ref>


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Revision as of 11:49, 31 December 2018

Geeta Guru-Murthy
Born1968 (age 55–56)[1]
Liverpool, England
OccupationJournalist
SpousePhilip Collins[2]
Children2[3]
FamilyKrishnan Guru-Murthy[2]

Geeta Guru-Murthy (born 1968) is a British television journalist and actress.

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.[4][5][5] She was been involved with orchestras, theatres and choirs before going on to study biochemistry, and later changing careers.[4]

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,[4] and by 2005 presenting the news on BBC Radio 4.[2] 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's married speech-writer and journalist Philip Collins in June 2002, followed by a honeymoon in India.[4][8] Her younger brother, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, is also a journalist and broadcaster.[2][9]

References

  1. ^ Geeta Guru-Murthy Collins. Officers (Report). Companies House. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Phillip Collins". Middlesex University. 29 March 2016. couple have two sons and live in London.
  4. ^ 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,
  5. ^ a b Graham, Natalie (5 January 2003). "Fame & Fortune: TV newsman reports to his mother". grew up with his sister, Geeta, and brother, Ravi, in Lancashire.
  6. ^ Sissons, Helen (2006). Waiting to Broadcast. Media, Communication and Culture Series. SAGE Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 9780761949268. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Press Association (22 July 2017). "Female BBC stars urge corporation to 'act now' on pay and gender". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Collins, Philip James. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-10000037. Retrieved 20 December 2018. m 2002, Geeta Guru-Murthy {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  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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