John Craven's Countryfile Handbook

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It is said that the best apples in Europe come from Trentino Alto-Adige, where apple orchards are situated at very high altitudes. Susan Osman – main anchor on Points West from 1991 until 2005, later becoming a presenter on China Radio International. She had initially worked for HTV West and Channel 4.

Rajesh Mirchandani – former news presenter on BBC News Channel and relief presenter of BBC World News America on BBC World News channel. Also former Washington, DC Correspondent for BBC News. Tasmin Lucia Khan – presenter of 60 Seconds on BBC Three and E24 on News Channel 2007–2010. Left to join Daybreak on ITV Krishnan Guru-Murthy – main presenter and reporter on Newsround from 1991 to 1994. He left to become a producer and reporter on Newsnight and a presenter on BBC News 24. He then joined Channel 4 News, which he still presents to this day. Norris McWhirter – sports journalist and commentator for the BBC: he first came to public attention when he was the timekeeper for Roger Bannister's four-minute mile in 1954, and he was part of the BBC's commentary team for their Olympic Games coverage from 1960 until 1976. He was best known as the co-founder (with his twin brother, Ross McWhirter), of the Guinness Book of Records, and for his regular appearances alongside Ross and main host Roy Castle on the BBC's Record Breakers. He continued to feature on the latter programme after Ross's murder in 1975, by the IRA, and became increasingly noted for his ability to spontaneously recall records set in virtually all fields when requested to do so by the studio audience. He died in 2004.

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Steve Race – main presenter on PM from 1970 until 1972. He was best known as a composer and presenter of music programmes, mainly on radio, and in particular as the long-serving host and pianist on the Radio 4 quiz My Music. He died in 2009. Roger Finn – presenter and reporter on Newsround during the late-1980s and early-1990s. He later joined BBC South Today, which he still occasionally presents to this day. Craven was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Leeds Modern School. Craven's father was held as a prisoner of war in Japan for three years during the Second World War. [4] He left school aged 16, and began an apprenticeship at Yorkshire Copperworks, writing for the company magazine. Bryan Martin – BBC Radio 4 announcer who announced the death of Elvis Presley in 1977, news of the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980, and became the network's senior newsreader. [11]

Robert Dougall – one of the first BBC Television newsreaders along with Richard Baker and Kenneth Kendall. Later a presenter of programmes for people in retirement. He died in 1999. Shahnaz Pakravan – former presenter on BBC World and BBC News 24 – she also regularly presented Tomorrow's World and Woman's Hour. She had previously been a presenter on Channel 4 News and The Channel Four Daily. Bernard Falk – regular reporter and presenter on 24 Hours during the 1960s and Nationwide during the 1970s. He also presented Start the Week on Radio 4 and the BBC's early-1980s challenge quiz Now Get Out of That. He died in 1990.Bob Humphrys – regular reporter for BBC Wales programmes such as Wales Today and 'Week in Week Out', often alongside his brother, John Humphrys. During the 1990s, he specialised in sports commentary and reporting, particularly rugby. He died in 2008. George Alagiah - Longtime presenter of BBC News bulletins on BBC One. He died in 2023 after a long battle with cancer. a b "John Raymond Craven, Esq, OBE, FLS Authorised Biography". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016 . Retrieved 21 May 2016. Roger Cook (journalist) – joined BBC Radio 4's The World At One in 1968 as a presenter and reporter and later worked on PM, Newsnight and Nationwide. He is best known for his long-running investigative ITV series The Cook Report, which ran from 1987 until 1998. Craven is one of nine presidents of the Young People's Trust for the Environment. [10] He is vice-president of the Waterways Trust and Patron of SPANA. On 10 July 2016, he was appointed as President of Radio Horton, the charitable hospital radio station for Banbury's Horton General Hospital. [11] Personal life