Joe Crowley is an English

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and

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, best known for presenting and reporting on ''

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'' and ''

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'' as well as for his environmental investigations on

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and ITV's Tonight programme.

Early life

Crowley grew up in Norwich, Norfolk, and gained a degree in history at

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, and a post-graduate diploma in broadcast journalism from

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Career

In his early career, Crowley worked for '' Inside Out South'', which saw him nominated as 'Young Journalist of the Year' at the National RTS awards and earned him the 'Regional TV Personality of the Year' title at the RTS Southern Awards. Crowley is currently a reporter for the

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magazine show ''

''. In 2011, 2012 and 2016, he guest hosted ''The One Show'' for a few episodes. Crowley presented ''Country Tracks'' from 2009 until 2011, three series of ''Britain's Empty Homes'' and ''Britain's Empty Homes Revisited'' from 2012 until 2014, ''Turn Back Time'' in 2012, and ''Save My Holiday'' in 2011. In 2012, with

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, Crowley presented three episodes of Bloody Tales of the Tower for

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, followed in 2013 by eight episodes of Bloody Tales of Europe. He co-presented two series of the factual BBC One programme ''Holiday Hit Squad'' with

Angela Rippon Angela May Rippon (born 12 October 1944) is an English broadcaster, former newsreader, writer and journalist. Rippon presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One's ''BBC Nine O'Clock News, Nine ...

and

Helen Skelton Helen Elizabeth Skelton (born 19 July 1983) is an English television presenter appearing regularly on BBC1's '' Morning Live''. She co-presented the BBC children's programme ''Blue Peter'' from 2008 until 2013, and since 2014 has been a presen ...

. He narrated the ''Animal Frontline'' and the '' Helicopter Heroes Down Under'' series in 2013. In 2014, Crowley co-presented the Channel 5 series ''

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'' with Kate McIntyre. In the autumn of 2014 he joined the popular Sunday evening

programme ''

'' and regularly presents the programme alongside various co-hosts. Crowley now specialises in environmental journalism, producing a number of hard-hitting Panorama investigations. In 2021 he was the first to reveal the illegal dumping of sewage by water companies in England and Wales in Panorama'
River Pollution Scandal
In 2022 Crowley reported on Drax's production of wood pellets in British Columbia that are burned at their Yorkshire power station
The Green Energy Scandal Exposed
revealed that Drax successfully bid for logging licenses in British Columbia and cut down precious primary forests, contrary to their environmental claims. In December 2023, Crowley'
The Water Pollution Cover-Up
ref> Panorama exposed the lack of regulation of water companies in England. Focusing on United Utilities, the investigation revealed evidence suggesting that pollution incidents are covered-up so they don't appear in the official pollution incident figures.

Charity

Crowley is a supporter of The Anthony Nolan Trust and ran the

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for the charity.

References

External links

Official Twitter''The One Show'' profile page''Inside Out'' profile page
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