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Sarah Cruddas
Sarah Cruddas at the Ansari XPRIZE 10th anniversary in Mojave, California
Born (1984-12-08) 8 December 1984 (age 39)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materUniversity of Leicester
Occupation(s)Space journalist, TV Host, Author
Websitesarahcruddas.com

Sarah Cruddas (born 8 December 1984, Wales) is a television presenter, space journalist and author. She is the host of Contact on Discovery Channel and Science Channel in the United States.[1] She has an academic background in astrophysics and is the author of three children's books about space.

Early life

Cruddas grew up in the East Riding of Yorkshire, attending South Hunsley School[2] and then Wyke College in Hull, where she gained A-levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry. As a student she won the Young Scientist 2000 Awards and attended NASA's International Space Camp. She has a BSc in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Leicester[3] and a Post Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Westminster.

Career

After graduating, Cruddas started her career as a broadcast journalist and reporter with the BBC, working for BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester and BBC Radio 1Xtra. She also presented news bulletins on TalkSport.[4]

In July 2008 Cruddas began working on screen as a weather presenter for the BBC's Look North programme. She would also present and report on local radio including BBC Radio Humberside, BBC Lincolnshire, BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Sheffield and BBC Radio York[5][6] Whilst working at Look North she also spent time developing national science shows for BBC 4 and BBC 2 and working as a science reporter for Look North and BBC Five Live. In July 2011 she worked at NASA as a reporter covering the final space shuttle launch and landing for BBC radio.[7]

In November 2011, she left Look North to work as a Science Correspondent with the BBC based in Salford. Cruddas also reported for the BBC News Channel and appeared on screen as an expert on Coast and Newsround. As well as presenting science shows for BBC Learning. In July 2012 Cruddas left the BBC.[7]

Since July 2012 she has worked as a national space journalist and Broadcaster. She is the popular voice of space on British TV, most notably on Sky News,[8] Channel 5 News and ITV. She has also continued to work with the BBC as a reporter for the BBC News and Horizons Business on BBC World and has presented shows about space exploration on BBC Radio 4, BBC GNS and BBC World Service. Cruddas has also appeared on screen talking about space on various US documentaries on Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel.

Cruddas has written for The Sunday Times,[9] New Scientist, BBC Futures, Sky at Night Magazine, BBC On-line, BBC Focus, Grazia magazine and The Royal Aeronautical Society.[7]

Cruddas is the author of three children's books published by Dorling Kindersley: DK Find Out!: Solar System, Do You Know About Space? and The Space Race. The third become the first British children's book to travel to the edge of space after Cruddas launched the book using a balloon from the countryside near Sheffield, South Yorkshire.[10]

Since 2019 Cruddas has been a host of the television series 'Contact' on Discovery Channel and Science Channel

Personal life

Cruddas divides her time between London, England and Los Angeles United States

In November 2012 she made a cameo appearance as a newsreader in Derren Brown: Apocalypse[11]

Away from space, she is passionate about travel and has reported from across the world including; Australia,[12] the Arctic, China, North Korea[13] and Tibet.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Discovery Channel Looks for Proof of Alien 'Contact' on Earth in New Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ^ http://namesdatabase.com/people/CRUDDAS/SARAH/18357997
  3. ^ "Undergraduate courses — University of Leicester". le.ac.uk.
  4. ^ "Sarah Cruddas". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ Background information
  6. ^ "Radio schedule feature". Archived from the original on 28 June 2009.
  7. ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ https://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/270-metre-near-miss-asteroid-073839686.htmland[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Leake, Sarah Cruddas and Jonathan (23 February 2014). "Sir Bobby Charlton's £1m strike against landmines" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  10. ^ Team, B. L. M. (2 May 2019). "Sarah Cruddas's The Space Race is actually in Space!".
  11. ^ "Derren Brown: Apocalypse (TV Mini-Series 2012– ) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  12. ^ Gillespie, Sarah Cruddas and James (16 June 2013). "OK, possums, get fighting for those dream jobs in Australia" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  13. ^ Cruddas, Sarah. "Peering into North Korea". www.bbc.com.
  14. ^ "BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, New Horizons". BBC.
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