Early Career
Craven was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire and educated at Leeds Modern School. He started his professional life in print journalism as a junior reporter on a local newspaper, the Harrogate Advertiser, before working for the Yorkshire Post and as a freelance correspondent and writer for national newspapers.
He joined the BBC staff in Newcastle upon Tyne, to work on local radio and television, before moving to the BBC in Bristol.
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