John is shown climbing on board the new class 153 single coach train that was to go into service on the Boston line after a starring role in BBC’s Countryfile.
The former print journalist joined Countryfile in 1989, the year after it launched, and remains one of its main presenters.
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Beforehand, he had presented Newsround from its launch (as John Craven’s Newsround) in 1972.