For 50 years it has covered every aspect of news from politics and pop music to climate change and conflicts around the world, all in a way accessible to children.
Launched in 1972 with John Craven at the helm, kids’ bulletin Newsround has spent decades breaking new ground as well as huge global stories.
From an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in 1981 to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster five years later, and Windsor Castle fire during the Queen’s famous annus horriblis in 1992, it has packed a powerful punch in the world of current affairs.
