Take a trip down memory lane with the memoir from national TV treasure John Craven, as he recounts both the highs and lows of one of the longest entertaining careers in history, and the people and animals that have helped to shape it.
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'A cracking read' Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast Show
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He began by reading the front page of the evening newspaper in the kitchen to his mother and aunt. Since then he's spoken into microphones to the nation on the BBC almost every week for more than half a century and is one of the most-beloved broadcasters of our time.

Presenter of treasured programmes Newsround, Countryfile and Swap Shop, John brought us the headlines and breaking news of our childhood and later helped us discover the magic and wonder of the British countryside.

Now, in his first ever autobiography, he recounts a life in news starting with the Grimthorpe Street Gazette, the handwritten newspaper he produced in his early teens - just one copy at a time, so small beginnings. Later, broadcasting on television to millions of children, his casual style of news-reading even found his jumpers making news. He writes about his childhood, his career and the people, events - and animals - that have shaped his life.

This is John Craven. And this is the story behind the man so many of us grew up watching on our television screens.
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'Magical memoirs. A BBC legend. A broadcasting icon. The best bits from cub reporter to Countryfile . . . his early career sounds like a riot' Daily Mail

A heart-warming and entertaining memoir from the national treasure who has been telling the story of Britain since 1970.

About the Author

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.

Reviews
Magical memoirs. A BBC legend. A broadcasting icon. The best bits from cub reporter to Countryfile . . . his early career sounds like a riot * Daily Mail *
From his Yorkshire childhood to his television career from Newsround to Countryfile, the presenter tells his story * Radio Times *
In this heart-warming and entertaining memoir Craven, now regarded as somewhat of a national treasure, recounts the high and low points of his career and the people, family and animals that have shaped his life * Surrey Life *
Five hundred and eighty two minutes worth of pure heaven await in this down-to-earth first memoir of journalist, broadcaster and national treasure John Craven * Sunday Post (on the audiobook) *
The much-loved Newsround and Countryfile presenter in his own words for the first time * Eastern Daily Press *
Amusing and insightful. Thoroughly enjoyable * Sorted Magazine *



Book Information
ISBN 9780718187972
Author John Craven
Format Hardback
Page Count 336
Imprint Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd