Andy Crane (real name Howard Andrew Crane) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for his stint in the Children's BBC "The Broom Cupboard" in the 1980s. Crane began his career as a DJ for Piccadilly Radio in Manchester before joining Children's BBC in 1986 as an in-vision continuity announcer, covering morning children's programming during the summer holidays. Following the departure of Phillip Schofield in 1987, Crane took over as linkman for late afternoon programming.

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  • Andy Crane (real name Howard Andrew Crane) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for his stint in the Children's BBC "The Broom Cupboard" in the 1980s. Crane began his career as a DJ for Piccadilly Radio in Manchester before joining Children's BBC in 1986 as an in-vision continuity announcer, covering morning children's programming during the summer holidays. Following the departure of Phillip Schofield in 1987, Crane took over as linkman for late afternoon programming. Crane introduced each programme as well as manning vision & sound for each continuity link during the afternoon whilst also reading out viewer letters and indulging in banter with puppet co-host Edd the Duck - a duck with punk overtones who could communicate with Crane purely through quacking noises. Another frequent co-host was a butler called Wilson - effectively just an arm on a hidden and unidentified body with black jacket sleeve and white glove. The small presentation studio used was known as the broom cupboard as the studio was a tiny booth from where BBC1's team of off-screen continuity announcers were based throughout the remainder of the broadcast day. Crane infamously once got through a seven-minute technical breakdown by slowly reading out the UK singles charts. During this time, Crane also presented some episodes of Top Of The Pops before leaving the BBC in 1990 to join ITV to co-host their Saturday morning show Motormouth. He spent two years on this programme and then hosted Bad Influence! from 1992 to 1996, with co-host Violet Berlin, and What's Up Doc? on the same channel. He also presented Challenge TV between 1997 and 1998 and various programmes on VH1 including 5 at 5 and a few other small projects around 1997/99. He presented quiz show Say the Word on Challenge in 1997 before concentrating predominantly on radio work. He hosted the breakfast show on 100.4 Jazz FM in Manchester, followed by the nightly Lovelines programme on 105.4 Century FM in the north west of England. From October 2005 to July 2006, he also presented a Sunday morning phone-in show in London on LBC 97.3. Since 2004, Crane has been the chief news anchor for Channel M, a local TV station in Greater Manchester and currently presents the news magazine programme Channel M Today each weekday afternoon. He also presents a Sunday lunchtime radio show on BBC Radio Manchester. Crane married his wife, Caroline, in 1992 and has since had three daughters, Eleanor, Annabel and Elizabeth born in 1993, 1995 and 1998 respectivley.
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  • Andy Crane (real name Howard Andrew Crane) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for his stint in the Children's BBC "The Broom Cupboard" in the 1980s. Crane began his career as a DJ for Piccadilly Radio in Manchester before joining Children's BBC in 1986 as an in-vision continuity announcer, covering morning children's programming during the summer holidays. Following the departure of Phillip Schofield in 1987, Crane took over as linkman for late afternoon programming.
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  • Andy Crane
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