in january 1998 guru-murthy covered the breaking of the clinton–lewinsky scandal from champaign, illinois for "5 news". by 2002, guru-murthy was hosting "asia today", with regular work for bbc world, bbc news 24, and bbc breakfast, and by 2005 presenting the news on bbc radio 4. in 2002, guru-murthy appeared in the television series "waking the dead".