Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle caption Dermot Murnaghan in London in 1999. He was on screen for 18 hours for ITV in 1997 after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Photograph: Tony Larkin/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Dermot Murnaghan in London in 1999. He was on screen for 18 hours for ITV in 1997 after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Photograph: Tony Larkin/Shutterstock ObituaryDermot Murnaghan obituaryAuthoritative TV news presenter for Channel 4, ITV and the BBC, and longtime lead anchor for Sky News Dermot Murnaghan, who has died of cancer aged 68, was one of British television’s leading news presenters during a career that embraced Channel 4, ITV and the BBC, then Sky. He had the skill of both relaying the day’s stories with authority and challenging those in power with the questions that matter.After leaving Sky News in 2023 on completing almost 40 years in front of the camera, Murnaghan admitted to getting frustrated when he heard, from his new vantage point on a sofa at home, politicians getting off lightly in interviews. “I’m throwing soft shoes at the television screen and knocking the radio over when I hear it because that’s my obsession – I can’t give it up,” he said.Top of his own list of political…
Published: July 11, 2026 5:34 pm
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