John Craven's Newsround 6 November 1981

The UK had finally gone CB mad with everyone getting a free Amstrad CB set with every washing machine bought from Currys. Actually they hadn't yet, but they soon would! Great feature by Reg Turnhill about the forthcoming second Space Shuttle Columbia mission (STS-02).

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[RetroCool73]

Mainstream adult news is now more dumbed-down that this

[WhiteEagleLodge]

Loved newsround in my early teen years. So uncanny that he was reporting on Columbia and the concerns about lift-off when it was Challenger that exploded a few years later and then Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry later still...

[kippytango]

a the 80s my dad had a cb but its shaem that it riley never cult on ye ok the own ley plaec your get 1 now is at a car boot wot a shem still you never no thay miet come bk wiv john going bk to do nw

[stellastey]

i was handyman on the rig round wigan for years.

[lpfader]

awesome columbia story. Coincidently enough it was take off difficulty what killed it in '03.

[MrHalsalli]

My CB Handle was double nine!



[tonyregan021177]

Very strange man!!

[essy111]

God he has a similur speaking voice to David Icke

[craigybus1]

@smelkus No that is Johnathan Ross...But he goes fwuabadee,fwuabadeewuabadee,fw­uabadee fwuab fwab fwuab..Aha..awite

[MrRik2]

@smelkus Clearly not.