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Image:CBBC Newsround (logo).gif 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 the 1980s. 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.
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Current Presenters
Newsround on CBBC1 at 5:25pm
The programme's main anchor at is Ellie Crisell , with Lizo Mzimba and Laura Jones co-hosting and taking Ellie's main role when she is absent.
Newsround on the CBBC Channel
The following presenters read Newsround bulletins on the CBBC Channel
However many of Newround's presenting team appear on both the BBC1 and CBBC version.
Newsround's Producers are Simon Goretzki and Sinead Rocks with Ian Prince as Editor.
Variations of the show
A variation on the regular Newsround format is a series of short (typically ten-minute) documentary films broadcast under the title Newsround Extra, 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 (usually Monday).
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 and on BBC 2. In September 2005, a new Newsround show was launched: Sportsround. There has been rumour that this latest series of bulletins, aired on both BBC One and the CBBC channel, has been launched to encourage British children to become engaged in more sporting activities. This is, obviously, to combat Britain's growing child obesity rate and should also encourage more to take up sports in time to compete in the Olympics 2012. The show is presented by Jake Humphrey and Ellie Crisell.
Breaking news
Newsround was the first BBC programme to break the news of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986. As the incident was shown during the opening titles, it is often erronously stated that it happened live on air.