Career
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he read French and German Literature, he first joined the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Third Programme in 1952, but left in 1960. After writing the biography of the Arabist Owen Tweedy Gathering Moss (1967), he returned to the Corporation around the time of its publication. During the 1970s he became one of the most familiar voices on Radio 3, and "an accident-prone but haughtily unflappable persona" evolved.
Hans Keller recalled Crowe"s "inspired" opening of the network in June 1971 with the words: "Good morning to you.
lieutenant"s seven O"clock I"m afraid."
Crowe retired from the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1982.
