Background
He was born and raised in Stevenage, England.
He was born and raised in Stevenage, England.
Croft spent three years working at British Broadcasting Corporation Three Counties Radio, first as a sports reporter then as Sports Editor. He moved to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 5 Live in December 1998. Formula One commentator
Croft was the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 5 Live Formula One commentator and presenter, succeeding Maurice Hamilton at the start of the 2006 Formula 1 season.
He worked alongside former Super Aguri, Honda and Minardi F1 driver Anthony Davidson and pitlane reporters Ted Kravitz and Natalie Pinkham, covering each Grand Prix and qualifying as well as the three practice sessions which could be heard via the British Broadcasting Corporation Red Button service, British Broadcasting Corporation Sport Online and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.
lieutenant was announced on 7 December 2011, that Croft would be lead commentator for Sky Television"s coverage of F1 for the 2012 season, and would be joined by Anthony Davidson, Ted Kravitz, Natalie Pinkham and Martin Brundle. Other sports
Croft has also commentated on the BDO International World Darts Championship and Winmau World Masters for British Broadcasting Corporation Television from 2004 to 2012 after first covering the World Championship for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 5 Live in 2002.
From 2013 onwards, Croft has been working as a presenter and occasional commentator for Sky Sports" coverage of Professional Darts Corporation events. His work outside the British Broadcasting Corporation has included commentary on:
two rounds of the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship and FIA GT3 European Championship in Brno and Portimao as well as one round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship and FIA GT3 European Championship season, both at Silverstone. boxing for Setanta Sports including Joe Calzaghe"s farewell fight against Roy Jones Jnr at Madison Square Garden
the 2008 and 2009 Free Running World Championship
the 2009 Goodwood Revival and 2010, 2011 and 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed
The Race on Sky 1
Red Bulletin Track Attack for Independent Television
the F1 in Schools competition, namely for the world finals events
presenter of the 2014 World Branding
He is the voice of the paddock reporter in the Codemasters F1 2010 game and in the sequels F1 2011, F1 2012 and F1 2013.
Croft also voiced the character of Lofty Crofty in the European release of Planes.
The character was the European equivalent of Colin Cowling. Croft also presents a midweek sports show and Monday night football phone in on British Broadcasting Corporation London 94.9FM where he has also stood in for Paul Ross and co-presented the Breakfast show first with Jo-Anne Good and then Gaby Roslin.