Tim Davie, BBC Director-General: “Children want to understand events and the world around them. Newsround was a brilliant idea fifty years ago and it is just as relevant today – perhaps even more so in a world of misinformation.”
It was in 1972 that John Craven’s Newsround first aired, and it’s now the UK’s longest running news show for children.
The programme, which is now at MediaCityUK, is still based around Craven’s mantra of “keep it short, simple and interesting.”
According to the BBC, it’s watched by an estimated 2m children at least once a week in schools, and its website gets 850k unique browser visits every week.
John Craven’s Newsround was originally a more informal affair, with no newsdesk and Craven also coined the phrase “and finally” to end the show with a light-hearted news story.
Some of the other Newsround alumni include Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Julie Etchingham and Lizo Mzimba.
