orn in Liverpool, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, 50, began presenting youth television for the BBC at 18. He went on to report for and produce Newsround and Newsnight. In 1998, he joined Channel 4 News, where he is one of the anchors. He takes part in Taskmaster’s New Year’s Treat, available on All 4. He is married with two children and lives in London. What is your greatest fear? Grief. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Being impatient. What is the trait you most deplore in others? Bigotry. What do you most dislike about your appearance? I’m trying not to dislike anything about it. If you could bring something extinct back to life, what would you choose? Civil debate. Who would play you in the film of your life? Michael Sheen, obviously. He plays everyone. What is your favourite word? Gorgeous. What is the worst thing anyone’s said to you? “Sorry, we’re closed.” Is it better to give or to receive? To give is to receive. What is your guiltiest pleasure? I never feel guilty about pleasure. What was the best kiss of your life? I’m fond of the Tom Jones cover, but the Prince original is still the best. What do you owe your parents? Everything. And a phone call. To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why? Every offended interviewee who thought I was asking hard questions for some personal reason. It’s never personal. What does love feel like? A chihuahua giving you a cuddle. Which living person do you most despise, and why? I’m not ready to say that in public. What is the worst job you’ve done? I did a terrible job of fixing the downstairs loo once. If you could edit your past, what would you change? I’d have been there on the spot for every major news story I’ve talked about in the studio, at the time it happened. What is the closest you’ve come to death? I’ve dodged a couple of bullets in dodgy war zones, but I suspect the closest I’ve come to death was a reckless, drunken brush with a waltzer at a student funfair. It nearly chopped me in half. What has been your closest brush with the law? Asking various Metropolitan Police commissioners some hard questions. What keeps you awake at night? My daughter talking to her friends even though I thought I’d disabled her devices. How would you like to be remembered? As devastatingly talented, gorgeous and wise, but I’m not betting on it. What is the most important lesson life has taught you? That I haven’t learned the most important lesson yet.