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the legend john craven.y only commissioned as a six—week experiment by the bbc�*s children's department, with the aim of using simple and appropriate language to cover complex or difficult events and has been running ever since. didn't he say hello again every episode? you're likely to bump into plenty of people you know in your local supermarket, but hollywood a—listerjohn travolta is probably not one of them. i love this. shoppers at a norfolk branch of morrisons were more than a little surprised when the star dropped in to do some shopping over the weekend. part—time security guard gary middleton bumped into travolta near the bread counter and got this selfie with him. that was in fakenham, and he's also been spotted in wetherspoons in dereham apparently. come on, john. i like the fact gary the security guard got the old microphone on. i bet he is saying a john travolta is in the bread counter. i'll find, everyone. he's moving to the frozen food section, everybody. go and get yourself is there. didn'tjohn

john craven proved them wrong. hello again. should know about, news that we thought they wanted to know about. everything from important world events... hello, and now that peace is close at hand in vietnam... ..to the environment and wildlife. in this undergrowth over there, snoozing away at the moment, is one of the most beautiful of all wild creatures, the tiger. ..one of the most terrible events in american history. over the years, the programme has shown it can deal with the biggest events. late last night, there was a terror attack at an ariana grande concert. early in roger finn's newsround career, the programme was the first to break the news of a huge tragic story. hello again. within the last few minutes, we have heard there has been an explosion on board the space shuttle challenger. i'd only been presenting the programme maybe five or six times. a few weeks before that happened, there had been a high—level conference in the bbc news department, what do we do if a big story breaks during children's hour? the decision

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john craven proved them wrong. hello again.ld stories, as well as the range of subjects. from world events... hello, and now that peace is close at hand in vietnam... ..to the environment and wildlife, it dealt with the biggest events for all audiences. it was often the first news bulletin to report on breaking stories. hello again. within the last few minutes, we've heard there's been an explosion on board the space shuttle challenger. it always dealt sensitively with difficult news. julie etchingham remembers how, as well as reporting all the facts about the death of princess diana, the audience also heard from a bereavement counsellor in the studio. thinking about how our audience i was absorbing it and being affected by it, and i think that's one of the really wonderful... l there's so many wonderful things about newsround, i but that's one of the greatest. it sort of thinks hard _ about the impact on its audience, not injust a sort ofjournalistic way, but in an emotional- way as well. the world has changed immeasurably in