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William Crawley, MRIA, is a Belfast-born

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and broadcaster. He is the presenter of ''Talkback'', a daily radio programme on

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, and he is a presenter of '' Sunday'' on

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. He has also made several television series for BBC Northern Ireland.

Early life

William Hugh Galloway Crawley was born and raised in North

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. He was educated at Grove Primary School, Dunlambert Secondary School,

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and Queen's University, where he studied Philosophy (B.A., M.Phil.). He read

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(M.Div.) at

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. In 1999 Crawley was awarded a PhD by Queen’s for a thesis on the epistemology of the American philosopher

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. Prior to his career in the media, Crawley worked as a university lecturer in Philosophy and Theology. Having been licensed, then subsequently ordained into the ministry of the

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in the mid-1990s, he worked as assistant minister in First Presbyterian Church, New York City, and Fisherwick Presbyterian Church, Belfast, before serving as

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chaplain at the

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. He later resigned from the ordained ministry and from membership of the church before beginning his career as a journalist. He has described himself as "a lapsed Protestant."

Television programmes

* ''Blueprint NI'', a three-part series examining Ireland's natural history, first broadcast in 2008. * The late-night television interview show, ''William Crawley Meets...'', a series of 30 minutes in duration with leading thinkers and social reformers from across the world, including the philosopher

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, the scientist Richard Dawkins, the writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, and the gay bishop

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. * ''Frozen North'' (

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, 2008), a documentary examining the possible future impact of

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. * ''Festival Nights'' ( BBC Two), television coverage of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Belfast Festival at Queens. * ''Hearts and Minds'''','' a Northern Ireland politics programme. * ''What's Wrong With ...?'' (

), a six-part round-table current affairs discussion programme. * ''More Than Meets The Eye'' ( BBC Two, 2008), a series investigating folklore in contemporary Ireland. * He anchored the BBC's live coverage of the Queen's official visit to Northern Ireland in 2008. * In 2010, he presented an episode of ''Spotlight'' ( BBC One NI) concerning the Vatican. * In 2012, he wrote and presented a 60-minute documentary exploring the history of the Ulster Covenant. * In 2013, his series ''An Independent People'' examined the history of Ireland's Presbyterians. * His 2013 one-hour documentary ''It's a Blas'' followed his year-long effort to learn Irish sufficiently-well to present a live radio programme in the language. * The 2013 programme ''The Man Who Shrank The World'' told the story of the engineering feat carried out by the scientist Lord Kelvin in the creation of a transatlantic communications cable was made as part of the ''Groundbreakers'' series for BBC Four. * His 2014 four-part series for BBC Two Northern Ireland, ''It's a Brave New World -- New Zealand'', examined the links between Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Radio programmes

* He presented ''

Sunday Sequence BBC Northern Ireland's Sunday morning speech radio programme ''Sunday Sequence'' has a magazine format and a focus on religion, ethics and current affairs. ''Sunday Sequence'' is one of BBC Radio Ulster's longest running programmes having been on ...

'' on

from 2002 to 2014. * He is one of the presenters of '' Sunday''. * He also presents the daily radio phone-in show ''Talkback'' on

Awards and memberships

* Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (

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). * Fellow of the

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. * Recipient of Eisenhower Fellowship (2012). * Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Lit.), Queen's University Belfast, 2012, for services to broadcasting. * Andrew Cross Award for Speech Broadcaster of the Year 2006, and other programme content awards. * Thinker and Explainer of the Year, Slugger O'Toole/Channel 4 Political Awards 2011. * Aisling Award, 2013, for contribution to Irish language broadcasting. * Patron,

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. * Member of Advisory Board of ''Irish Pages: A Journal of Contemporary Writing''. * Member of the Royal Irish Academy.

References

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