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John Craven: Countryfile host in 'horrible' BBC show admission 'I've been a bad omen'
Countryfile in 1989.The former Newsround presenter admitted he feels like “a bad omen” due to problems including the arrival of “mad cow disease” and “foot-and-mouth”, which affected farm animals.The star divulged in a recently unearthed interview from 2014: “In the time that I’ve been doing Countryfile there’s been ‘mad cow disease’, listeria, salmonella, bovine TB, foot-and-mouth obviously and Schmallenberg virus, which is pretty horrible. “I’ve been a bit of a bad omen!”Fortunately, in spite of his concerns, John said he was proud of what Countryfile had achieved as a show.The journalist explained he likes the programme’s focus on being impartial and its ability to cover controversial issues such as hunting without bias.“There was an