Countryfile: John Craven's Heritage Yorkshire: Wensleydale Railway
09:30 am - 10:30 am, Monday, August 17 on BBC One London (1)
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John Craven's Heritage Yorkshire: Wensleydale Railway
Season 2025, Episode 1
The first of four episodes in which John Craven explores the heritage of North Yorkshire. As the nation marks 200 years of the railway, John heads to the Wensleydale Railway - a much-loved line brought back to life by volunteers after decades of dereliction. John also delves into the Countryfile archives for a nostalgic look at the many ways we've travelled across the UK over the years
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John Craven
(Presenter)
Born:
August 16, 1940
in
Leeds
Best Known For:
John Craven's Newsround and Countryfile.
Early-life:
Born in Leeds on August 16, 1940, and was educated at Leeds Modern School; other famous pupils include playwright Alan Bennett and actor Bob Peck. Craven started his professional life in print journalism as a junior reporter on the Harrogate Advertiser before working for the Yorkshire Post and as a freelance correspondent and writer for national newspapers. He joined the BBC staff in Newcastle upon Tyne, to work on local radio and TV, before moving to the BBC in Bristol.
Career:
From 1972 he was the eponymous host of a regular children's news programme, Newsround, often called John Craven's Newsround. The first such programme ever produced by British TV, it drew on the full journalistic resources of the BBC, and featured a number of news scoops, it being the first news programme of the day on TV during its early years. In 1989 he left the Newsround programme and began to present what was then the BBC's new rural affairs programme, Countryfile; although no longer its main presenter, he remains a fixture on the show.
Quote:
'The reality is that country people now have to fight to keep the things that once were taken for granted.'
Trivia:
He was awarded an OBE in 2000.
Mark Beech
(Series editor)
Gavin Ahern
(Series producer)
