Newsround presenter remembers 'treasured' office romance as children's show turns 50

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CBBC programme Newsround have revealed their most memorable moments as the show turns 50 - including one former host who met her husband behind the scenes.The iconic children's news programme celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 4, and has become a huge part audiences lives since it was co-founded by John Craven and Edward Barnes in 1972.Many young people have memories of turning on Newsround on BBC One at 5.25pm, where between 1972-1989 John Craven would explain the latest news events that were taking place, in a way that was clear and accessible to the audience - without being patronising.One of the many future journalists to watch John Craven in the seventies was none other than ITV's Julie Etchingham, who admired the way that Newsround made current affairs accessible to a young audience."I was one of lucky generations that got the great John Craven, and no doubt whetted my appetite for what I ended up doing as a career," said Julie.Talking about her own first day on set, Julie explained that her audition has made her nervous, but that her first day also had a huge impact on her life - as it was where she met her future husband."My first day on set was a bit of blur.

I was with a new team in this new set, and my biggest worry really was that Newsround had this opening sequence where you read the headlines, then you had to walk across the studio, perch on a little high stool and then read."All I was concerned about - giving that I had slipped off the stool in the audition - was that I was just not going to hit the spot and fall flat on my backside."She added: "I remember even in that first week they said, 'right in a couple of weeks time we're sending you out to South Africa as we're making a film about children of.