Career
Crane started his career in radio before applying for Children"s British Broadcasting Corporation in 1986, making his debut late that year before taking over as sole presenter from Phillip Schofield. This role saw him present the interstitial sections of the schedule through the use of in-vision continuity. Presenting from the continuity announcer"s booth, nicknamed "The Broom Cupboard", Crane presented links on until leaving in 1990, to be replaced by Andi Peters.
In addition to Children"s British Broadcasting Corporation, Crane also acted as a relief presenter on Top of the Pops in 1988 and 1989 and was famously thrown into the gunk tank on the first Comic Relief telethon.
After leaving the British Broadcasting Corporation, Crane moved to present the hit technology magazine Bad Influence!, for CITV, between 1992 to 1996. He also presented Motormouth and What"s Up Doc? on weekend mornings during the early 1990s.
From 1997 to 1999, Crane was one of the in-vision continuity presenters on Challenge television He later appeared on the television show Banzai, where he put random items on a washing machine and viewers at home could bet on which would fall off first. Between January 2012 and March 2013, he presented the weekday drive time and Saturday breakfast programmes on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Manchester.
As of April 2013, he can still be heard presenting Saturday breakfast on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Manchester, along with Sunday breakfast on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sheffield and various shows on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 5 Live.
In 2010 he appeared as himself presenting Top of the Pops in the music video for "Love Goes Down" by Plan B.
Since March 2014, Crane has also been a freelance newsreader for Independent Television Granada, presenting breakfast and weekend bulletins.
