2007-01-27 23:09:57 · 4 answers · asked by KATE K 1 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
John Craven OBE (born in Leeds, England on 16 August 1941) is a BBC television presenter and former news anchor.
He started his professional life in print journalism as a junior reporter on a local newspaper, the Harrogate Advertiser, before working for the Yorkshire Post and as a freelance correspondent and writer for national newspapers. He then joined the BBC staff in Newcastle upon Tyne, to work on local radio and television, before moving to the BBC in Bristol. In 1972, he began a regular children's news programme, Newsround. He also presented news items on other programmes, such as Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and Saturday Superstore.
In 1989 he left the Newsround team, and began to present a countryside news programme, Countryfile, for the BBC.
He was awarded the OBE in 2000 for services to rural and children's broadcasting, and the Baird Medal in 2002. He is vice-president of the Waterways Trust. He is a Patron of SPANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad).
2007-01-27 23:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
(born in Leeds, England on 16 August 1941)
2007-01-27 23:14:22 · answer #2 · answered by foodguru 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
born in Leeds, England on 16 August 1941, so that makes him 65, 66 this year
2007-01-27 23:13:28 · answer #3 · answered by sugarplum9903 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wood worker he's one in each and every of if no longer my widespread directors of all time. i like attack on Precinct 13, Halloween, They stay, escape from ny, the component, The Fog, Christine, and massive hassle in Little China. i'm an excellent fan of his artwork i like Wes Craven additionally
2016-12-16 15:26:51 · answer #4 · answered by hayakawa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋