John Craven was born in Leeds and started his journalistic career as a junior reporter on the Harrogate Advertiser.
In 1972 he launched the world's first television news bulletin for children, John Craven's Newsround. In 1989, after 3,000 episodes, John left to present the steadfast television institution that is Countryfile and has brought the glorious British countryside to our television screens ever since.
