Newsround Specials

Newsround Specials are now a one-off feature for Newsround. The show was originally Newsround Extra. For the Newsround Specials episodes go to this link List of Newsround Specials.

The Show

A variation on the regular format of Newsround is a series of short (typically 15-minute) documentary films, previously broadcast under the title Newsround Extra but now called "specials", which have been a regular feature since the late 1970s. There are two or three series of these documentaries during the year, which replace the regular bulletins on one day of the week (for Extras it was usually Monday, although sometimes on Fridays, particularly during the 1980s).

The Wrong Trainers

On 1 December 2006 The Wrong Trainers was broadcast, a rather dark film consisting of six short animations dealing with child poverty and related issues. In one of the presentations Chris says the Government is not spending money as wisely as they should be. Afterwards, there was a linked BBCi special following up the issues. Newsround - The Wrong Trainers won the Royal Television Society Award for best children's programme 2006. The Wrong Trainers won the factual category at the 2007 Children's Baftas.

Newsround On Knives/The Worst Thing Ever?
On 5 February 2008 the BBC announced two Newsround Specials The first, televised on 19 March 2008 and called The Worst Thing Ever?, is about children's experience of divorce. The other was Newsround on Knives both presented by Sonali and broadcast on 27 March 2008.

Newsround: China Earthquake Special
On 4 August 2008 the BBC comissioned another Newsround Special which aired two days before, 6 August 2008, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The show was presented again by Sonali live in Beijing outside the bird's nest stadium and contained a report from her in Chengdu through to the centre of where the quake hit.

Current Presenters

*Sonali Gudka (2008-present)

Past Presenters

*Ellie Crisell (2003-2008)
*Lizo Mzimba (2001-2008)
*Laura Jones (2002-2007)

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