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Newsround (originally called John Craven's Newsround, before the departure of Craven) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children. Initially commissioned as a short series by BBC Children's Department, who held editorial control, its facilities are provided by BBC News.
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Newsround (originally called John Craven's Newsround, before the departure of Craven) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children. Initially commissioned as a short series by BBC Children's Department, who held editorial control, its facilities are provided by BBC News. The programme is now aimed at 6 to 12-year-olds.
History
Originally called John Craven's Newsround, it was mostly presented by John Craven between 4 April 1972 and 22 June 1989. Originally, stand-in presenters from BBC News bulletins, including Richard Whitmore. By the 1980s, the programme had developed its own presentation team presenters including Roger Finn and Helen Rollason with Craven in the dual role of chief presenter and programme editor. Shortly before Craven's departure, the show was renamed Newsround, and was now anchored by a rotating team of presenters. Past presenters have included Juliet Morris, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Julie Etchingham, Chris Rogers, Kate Sanderson, Matthew Price, and Becky Jago. Regular reporters on the programme, who have also presented it, include Paul McDowell, Paul Welsh and Terry Baddoo.
The distinctive opening theme used for the first fifteen years of the programme was not composed especially for it, but is instead the opening bars of a cover of Johnny One Note by Ted Heath.
Newsround was the first British television programme to break the news of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986. As the event was shown during the opening titles, it is often erroneously stated that the tragedy happened live on air, but it in fact happened about fifteen minutes earlier. This edition was presented by Roger Finn, who had only recently joined the programme.
In 1981, the programme was also first in Britain to report an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in Vatican City.
Newsround Times
Monday - Friday
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| 7.00 - 7.01am | | 8.25 - 8.30am | | 3.25 - 3.30pm | | 6.25 - 6.30pm |
Weekends
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| 12.55 - 1.00pm | | 2.55 - 3.00pm | | 4.55 - 5.00pm |
Sportsround Times
Friday
Saturday
The Newsround Team
Sonali Shah
Sonali Shah joined Newsround in May 2006 and is currently the acting chief anchor. She has also presented Newsround Specials and Sportsround. Although she is acting chief anchor, Shah continues to present breakfast and weekend bulletins.
- Afternoon bulletins (not 5:25pm bulletin, Tuesday - Thursday): May 2006 - September 2006
- Breakfast bulletins (Monday - Wednesday): September 2006 - May 2008
- Main programme (Chief anchor, weekdays): May 2008 - present
- Breakfast bulletins (relief): October 2008 - present
- Weekend bulletins: November 2008 - present
Ore Oduba
Ore Oduba joined Newsround in August 2008 as a presenter of breakfast and weekend bulletins. He is currently the acting deputy chief anchor and a member of the Sportsround team.
- Breakfast bulletins (relief, Monday - Wednesday): August 2008- October 2008
- Weekend bulletins: September 2008- October 2008
- Afternoon bulletins: October 2008- present
- Breakfast bulletins (Weekdays): October 2008- present
Adam Fleming
Adam Fleming joined Newsround in February 2002 to report and present short bulletins for the CBBC Channel. He left the programme in 2005 to join the Sportsround team and returned a year later
- Breakfast bulletins (Monday - Thursday): February 2002- September 2005
- Breakfast bulletins (relief, Monday - Wednesday): December 2006- September 2007
- Breakfast bulletins (Wednesday - Thursday): January 2008- July 2008
- Afternoon bulletins: July 2008- September 2008
Maddy Savage
Maddy Savage joined the programme in August 2008, primarily as a reporter. She has also presented breakfast and weekend bulletins.
- Weekend bulletins: August 2008 - October 2008
- Breakfast bulletins (relief): September 2008
Ricky Boleto
Ricky Boleto joined Newsround in July 2008 and is currently a regular presenter of breakfast and Sunday bulletins.
- Breakfast bulletins (Monday - Wednesday): July 2008 - October 2008
- Weekend bulletins (Sunday): July 2008 - October 2008
- Breakfast bulletins (relief): October 2008
Gavin Ramjaun
Gavin Ramjaun joined in 2007 to present breakfast and weekend bulletins. He has since moved to Sportsround but continues to stand in on Newsround as a bulletin presenter.
- Breakfast bulletins (Thursday & Friday): September 2007 - July 2008
- Weekend bulletins: September 2007 - July 2008
- Breakfast bulletins (relief): November 2008 - present
Who Wants To Be A Superhero?
In 2008, the remaining superheros where on Newsround. In the new studio.
Other Features
Newsround on the web
Newsround has its own website as part of the main CBBC web site, featuring:
- The latest news headlines, grouped into the relevant sections (e.g. World, UK, sport, animals, showbiz etc.)
- An RSS feed for each of the sections (e.g. an RSS feed for World news, UK news, etc.)
- A games section, with many Flash games.
- Message boards for different topics (e.g. In The News, Games And Gadgets, Showbiz and Sportsround.)
- A voting section, where users can vote on different popular topics such as favourite film, etc.
- Quizzes.
- Press Pack reports presented by children.
In February, an online video podcast was released called And Finally . This was a summary of the entire week's news, and a new edition was released every Thursday. There was also a podcast for Sportsround called Action Replay. This could either be downloaded as an MPEG-4 Part 14 file or as a podcast which includes both And Finally and Action Replay. Both services were part of a podcast trial which has now been stopped.
Newsround Quiz
From 18 December 2006 to 5 January 2007, digital satellite and Freeview viewers could access the free and interactive Newsround Review of The Year Quiz by pressing the red button on their remote control. Viewers watched video questions and then selected their answer by pressing the coloured keys on their remote control.
Spinoffs
Newsround Specials
A variation on the regular format of Newsround is a series of short (typically 15-minute) documentary films, previously broadcast under the title Newsround Extra but now called "specials", which have been a regular feature since the late 1970s. There are two or three series of these documentaries during the year, which replace the regular bulletins on one day of the week (for Extras it was usually Monday, although sometimes on Fridays, particularly during the 1980s). On 1 December 2006 The Wrong Trainers was broadcast, a rather dark film consisting of six short animations dealing with child poverty and related issues. In one of the presentations Chris says the Government is not spending money as wisely as they should be. Afterwards, there was a linked BBCi special following up the issues. Newsround - The Wrong Trainers won the Royal Television Society Award for best children's programme 2006. The Wrong Trainers won the factual category at the 2007 Children's Baftas.
On 5 February 2008 the BBC announced two Newsround Specials The first, televised on 19 March 2008 and called The Worst Thing Ever?, is about children's experience of divorce. The other was Newsround on Knives broadcast on 27 March 2008.
Newsround Showbiz
Originally called Newsround Lite, Newsround Showbiz ran from 2001 to 2005. It started as a daily programme and then moved to Saturdays and Sundays. The latter version of the show was hosted by regular Newsround presenters/reporters Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes, Adam Fleming, Rachel Horne & Thalia Pellegrini and produced by Sinead Rocks. The show contained entertainment news and gossip and generally took a lighthearted view of the world of celebrity.
Newsround Investigates
Newsround Investigates was intended as a special half-hour documentary series for CBBC, taking an in-depth look at issues affecting children’s lives. The only edition was on May 8, 2006. It investigated the subject of arson in schools.
Sportsround
Main Article: Sportsround
In September 2005, a new spin-off of Newsround was launched, entitled Sportsround. It contains reports from major sporting events and local sport competitions. The show is presented by Ore Oduba with reporters Sonali Shah, Gavin Ramjaun, Andy May and Des Clarke.
Newsround Review of the Year
Traditionally, a review of the year special was produced for broadcast during the Christmas/New Year period. A review was not produced in 2007.
Criticisms
The programme has been criticised by some young people on its message boards as patronising or dumbed down . There is a suspicion on the Newsround boards of a reluctance to allow coverage of LGBT issues although some have argued against covering these issues.
The closure of Newsround and other CBBC message boards in December 2008 caused almost universal dismay amongst board users . The BBC characterised the closures as "improvements to the CBBC site and message boards."
Newsround's website coverage of 9/11 was criticised by some as biased against the USA. The coverage was subsequently amended.
Awards
In 2008 Newsround was nominated for BAFTA Children's Kids Vote Award.
Former presenters
See Also
Sportsround
CBBC
BBC News
Newsround Showbiz
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