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.
