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The online and schools' offering were also expanded. In the early 00s Newsround was the most watched programme for children in the UK, and also had the highest AI score (a measure of programme engagement and appreciation) of all CBBC programmes. Following the 9/11 attacks, Newsround launched a guide to help children who were worried by news events.
Laura Jones (born 1975) is a British television journalist who is best known for her work on the popular children's television programme Newsround. She was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, but spent most of her childhood in Lampeter, also in Wales. Laura worked as a journalist for BBC News in Wales before joining Newsround in 2002.
He joined the BBC staff in Newcastle upon Tyne to work on local radio and television, before moving to the BBC in Bristol in 1970. [5] From 1972 until 1989, Craven was the eponymous host of a regular children's news programme, Newsround, originally called John Craven's Newsround.
Berbeau was born 9 August 1968 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. [citation needed] She started her television career as a presenter on HTV West.From 1997-2001, she presented Newsround; after leaving this post, she presented Watchdog with Nicky Campbell.
After working on BBC South Today she presented Newsround, the children's current affairs show on BBC One between 2001 and 2008. She co-presented the show's 30th Anniversary edition with original presenter John Craven. She then went on to present Sportsround on BBC Two from 2005, with co-host Jake Humphrey.
Sportsround was the only sports television show in the UK that was specifically aimed at children. First broadcast in 2005, Sportsround was a well-known children's programme, regularly having big names on the show, including David Beckham, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Frank Lampard. The final episode aired on 11 December 2010.
In addition to his work at Newsround, in 2015 Dougan became a regular entertainment presenter for the Number One Show on BBC Radio 1, [17] and was billed on the BBC's core presenting team for Glastonbury Festival 2016. [18] In April 2022, he chose to step away from Newsround and became a freelance presenter and journalist.
Newsround was the first to bring the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster to British television on 28 January 1986. Barnes' wife was the writer Dorothy Smith, who was a contributor to Blue Peter . The couple, who had three children, were married from 1950 until Smith's death in 1992.