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Newsround (called John Craven's Newsround before the departure of John Craven) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was mostly presented between that date and 22 June 1989 by John Craven, though presenters including Roger Finn and Helen Rollason also presented during this time. Since Craven's departure it has had various presenters such as Juliet Morris, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Julie Etchingham, Chris Rogers, Kate Sanderson, Matthew Price, and Becky Jago.
As of April 2005, the presenters are Lizo Mzimba, Laura Jones, Ellie Crisell, Thalia Pellegrini, Lizzie Greenwood, Adam Fleming, and Rachael Gibson. The first three of these present mainly on BBC One, and the last four mainly on the CBBC channel, though there is some crossover.
Newsround was the first BBC programme to break the news of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
There are now short bulletins at the weekend and a special entertainment news, called Newsround Showbiz (originally Newsround Lite). These, however, are only available on the CBBC Channel.
External links
- Newsround's website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/)
- The British Film Institute's page on Newsround (http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/464642/)Template:Tvseries-stub