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Sarah Jane Cruddas (born December 1983) is a
television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for ...
, space journalist and author. She is an investigator on the television series ''Contact'' on
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and
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in the United States. She is also the co-host of UFO Conspiracies with
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on
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in the UK. She has an academic background in astrophysics and is the author of several books about space exploration.


Early life

Cruddas was born in
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
. She grew up in the
East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...
, attending
South Hunsley School South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the A63 road, A63. In April 2010, the school became an Acad ...
and
Wyke College Wyke Sixth Form College is a sixth form college in Kingston upon Hull, England. History The college opened in 1988 and purports to be the largest A-level provider in the city. Over £3 million was spent on facilities before the college o ...
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 Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline said, Astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the nature of the h ...
from the
University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...
, and a Post Graduate Diploma in
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from the
University of Westminster , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...
.


Career

After graduating, Cruddas started her career as a broadcast journalist and reporter with the
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, working for BBC Coventry & Warwickshire,
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and
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. She also presented news bulletins on TalkSport. 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 Radio Humberside is the BBC's local radio station serving East Yorkshire and North & North East Lincolnshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Queen's Gardens in Hull. According to RAJAR, the statio ...
,
BBC Lincolnshire BBC Radio Lincolnshire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Lincolnshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios near Newport Arch in Lincoln. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly a ...
,
BBC Radio Leeds BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of West Yorkshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at St Peter's Square in Leeds. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audienc ...
,
BBC Radio Sheffield BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC's local radio station serving South Yorkshire and north Derbyshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital television and via BBC Sounds from studios on Shoreham Street in Sheffield. According to RAJAR, the station ...
and
BBC Radio York BBC Radio York is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of North Yorkshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios in the Bootham area of York. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience o ...
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
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. In July 2011 she worked at NASA as a reporter covering the final
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launch and landing for BBC radio. 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 ''
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'' as well as presenting science shows for BBC Learning. In July 2012 Cruddas left the BBC. Since July 2012 she has worked as a space journalist and
television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for ...
. She is the popular voice of space on British TV, most notably on
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, Channel 5 News and
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. She has also continued to work with the BBC as a reporter for the BBC News and Horizons Business on
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and has presented shows about space exploration on
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
, BBC GNS and
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. Cruddas has also appeared on various US documentaries broadcast on the
Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...
. Since 2019 Cruddas has been an investigator on the television series 'Contact' on Discovery Channel and
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. Cruddas has written for ''
The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, whi ...
'', ''
New Scientist ''New Scientist'' is a magazine covering all aspects of science and technology. Based in London, it publishes weekly English-language editions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. An editorially separate organisation publishe ...
'', BBC Futures, ''
BBC Sky at Night ''BBC Sky at Night magazine'' is a British monthly magazine about astronomy aimed at amateur astronomers and published by Immediate Media Company. Its title is taken from the television programme produced by the BBC, ''The Sky at Night''. The ...
'' magazine, BBC On-line, BBC Focus, ''Grazia'' magazine and The Royal Aeronautical Society. Cruddas is the author of three children's books published by
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: ''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. She released her first adults title - ''Look Up: Our story with the stars'' in September 2020. Published by
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, the book features a foreword by
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astronaut
Michael Collins Michael Collins or Mike Collins most commonly refers to: * Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician * Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930–2021), American astronaut, member of Apollo 11 and Ge ...
. Cruddas sits on the board of directors of
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a US non-profit dedicated to democratising access to space.


Personal life

Cruddas got her Green Card approved in September 2021, and is resident in the USA as of 2023. Away from space, she has reported from across the world including; Australia, the Arctic, China, North Korea and Tibet.


References


External links


Personal website

Writing about the Big Bang in 2006
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