27 Facts About Michael Crick

Michael Lawrence Crick was born on 21 May 1958 and is an English broadcaster, journalist and author.

Michael Crick was a founding member of the Channel 4 News team in 1982 and remained there until joining the BBC in 1990.

Michael Crick started work on the BBC's Newsnight programme in 1992, serving as political editor from 2007 until his departure from the BBC in 2011.

Michael Crick was born in Northampton, the eldest child of teachers John Michael Crick and Patricia Wright, and brother to triplets Catherine, Anne and Beatrice.

Michael Crick was educated at the Manchester Grammar School and in 1975 was a member of the winning school team in the English Speaking Union Public Speaking Competition.

Michael Crick joined the Labour Party at the age of 15, and while revising for his A-levels, he worked as election agent for the party's candidate Gerard Collier.

Michael Crick studied philosophy, politics and economics at New College, Oxford, and graduated with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts degree.

Michael Crick started work at ITN as a trainee journalist in 1980.

Michael Crick was a founding member of the Channel 4 News team when the programme was launched in November 1982.

Michael Crick served as chair of the Young Fabians from 1980 to 1981.

Michael Crick has described his own political views as "rightwing Labour".

Michael Crick joined the BBC in 1990, initially appearing on Panorama, becoming a regular reporter on BBC Two's Newsnight in 1992.

Michael Crick has investigated other politicians too, and has written unofficial biographies of several public figures.

Michael Crick had begun to investigate these claims in the Spring following a tip-off from a Conservative insider with knowledge of Duncan Smith's office.

Michael Crick referred the case to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Sir Philip Mawer and the Duncan Smiths were largely cleared of any impropriety.

In that year's election, it was observed that the five most terrifying words in the political lexicon were "Michael Crick is in reception".

Michael Crick was appointed Newsnights political editor in March 2007 in succession to Martha Kearney.

Michael Crick broke the story in June 2008 concerning Caroline Spelman's misuse of her parliamentary staffing allowance which she was found to have used to pay her nanny.

In July 2011, it was announced that Michael Crick was returning to Channel 4 News as political correspondent, replacing Cathy Newman under political editor Gary Gibbon.

Michael Crick made his last appearance on Newsnight on 29 July 2011.

In Summer 2013, Crick reported that a file on the Conservative politician Michael Mates had been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service concerning alleged offences committed during his candidacy in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections in 2012 for the post in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

In June 2022, Michael Crick launched a Twitter account called Tomorrow's MPs, documenting the election process of parties selecting candidates in the run-up to the 2024 general election.

Since then Michael Crick has documented several seats and raised issues about the way parties conduct their election process.

Michael Crick has regularly featured on Jacob Rees-Mogg's programme on GB News.

Michael Crick is the daughter of former Guardian editor Alastair Hetherington.

Michael Crick has an older daughter, Catherine, born in 1987, from his former marriage to Margaret Crick, who was his wife from 1985 to 2008.

Since 2012 Michael Crick has been a lay member of the Board of Governors of the University of Manchester, and he sits on the board of Manchester University Press.