Education
Crisell attended Dame Allan"s Girls School, Newcastle upon Tyne, before going on to the University of Birmingham, then gaining an Master of Arts in Broadcast Journalism at London"s City University.
journalist television presenter
Crisell attended Dame Allan"s Girls School, Newcastle upon Tyne, before going on to the University of Birmingham, then gaining an Master of Arts in Broadcast Journalism at London"s City University.
Crisell has presented the British Broadcasting Corporation One 8pm news summary, and is a relief presenter on the British Broadcasting Corporation News Channel. She was formerly the main presenter of children"s news programme Newsround on CBBC and Newsround Extra. Crisell worked for The Mail on Sunday for a year, and then for a year in radio, before joining the Independent Television regional station, Tyne Tees Television, as a reporter and newsreader for North East Tonight.
Newsround
She began as a Newsround presenter in February 2003 shortly after previous chief anchor Becky Jago"s departure.
Significant stories which Crisell reported included the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in which she travelled to Indonesia to see the effects of the disaster. She also travelled to Athens in Greece to give daily reports on the 2004 Summer Olympics.
In addition to serious reports, she also presented more light-hearted stories, including a report on the Harry Potter-inspired rise of magic in the United Kingdom that ended with her being sawn in half by a magician in an illusion called Clearly Impossible. Crisell has not presented Newsround since returning from maternity leave, and her profile has been taken off the show"s website.
British Broadcasting Corporation News
On 12 September 2006, Crisell appeared on Newsnight, her first non-sports based appearance on British Broadcasting Corporation News main output.
In November 2006, Crisell started relief presenting for British Broadcasting Corporation News. Following a second maternity leave in 2015, Crisell began presenting South East Today as a stand-in presenter from July onwards.