William Crawley
William Crawley (born 15 October 1968) is a journalist and radio and television presenter with BBC Northern Ireland. Born and raised in north Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is the youngest member of a family of seven. He was educated in Belfast and Princeton, New Jersey, and graduated with a Ph.D. in philosophy from Queen's University, Belfast.
Radio Broadcasting
Since 2002, he has presented the BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday Sequence programme. He has interviewed the President of Ireland, presented a special edition of the programme from Ground Zero in New York City, and cross-examined local and international commentators on subjects as varied as the future of religion in Ireland and the ethics of the human genome project. His other radio presenting roles include A Sky Full of Voices, a series of six programmes examining the BBC's contribution to life in Northern Ireland, The Land, a six-part documentary series on how the people here relate to the land they inhabit, The Book Programme, which does what it says on the tin, and, for BBC Radio 4, The Bonfire Makers, which explored Northern Ireland's controversial annual Loyalist bonfire tradition. (Source: BBC Northern Ireland)
Television Broadcasting
- Frozen North (BBC One NI), presenter, documentary examining the possible future impact of global warming on NI.
- Festival Nights (BBC Two NI), presenter, television coverage of the 2005 Belfast Festival at Queens.