Look East
Encyclopedia
BBC Look East is the BBC
's regional television
news
programme for the BBC East
region
, covering Norfolk
, Suffolk
, Essex
, Cambridgeshire
, Hertfordshire
, Northamptonshire
, Bedfordshire
, north Buckinghamshire
and southern Lincolnshire
.
The programme began on 5 October 1959, making it the BBC's longest-running regional news programme. Look East is broadcast from BBC East's headquarters at The Forum
, Norwich
. Prior to 29 September 2003, the programme aired from studios in St Catherine's Close, Norwich
.
The programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) on Sky Digital
channel 981, and channel 982 for the "west" sub-regional service from Cambridge
, on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite
service. The services were added to the Sky Digital
platform on 29 July 2003. The availability of these services resolved part of the problems caused by the geography of the area that meant some viewers in North Norfolk
could see the Hull edition of Look North
, while viewers in Kings Lynn saw the wrong sub-regional opt-out for Look East.
In 1997 Look East launched the sub-regional service, Close Up, for viewers in Bedfordshire
, Cambridgeshire
, Hertfordshire
, north Buckinghamshire
, and Northamptonshire
. The opt allows the two sub-regions to provide, during the main evening programme, around 10 minutes of news more relevant to their area. After the BBC News at Ten on weeknights, both the East and West of the region receive fully separate editions of Look East from Norwich
and Cambridge
respectively. Both editions of the programme can be received on Sky Digital
, on channels 981 and 982.
services.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's regional television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
programme for the BBC East
BBC East
BBC East is the BBC English Region serving Norfolk, Suffolk, north Essex, Cambridgeshire, northern and central Hertfordshire, most of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, and parts of Buckinghamshire.-Television:...
region
BBC English Regions
BBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for local television, radio, web and teletext services in England. It is one of the BBC's four 'Nations' - the others being BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland....
, covering Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
, north Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
and southern Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
.
The programme began on 5 October 1959, making it the BBC's longest-running regional news programme. Look East is broadcast from BBC East's headquarters at The Forum
The Forum, Norwich
The Forum is a community building in Norwich, Norfolk. It stands opposite from the St. Peter Mancroft Church. Designed by Michael Hopkins and Partners, the Forum was built as a millennium project for the East of England and finished in October 2001...
, Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
. Prior to 29 September 2003, the programme aired from studios in St Catherine's Close, Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
.
The programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) on Sky Digital
Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)
Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...
channel 981, and channel 982 for the "west" sub-regional service from Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite
BBC UK regional TV on satellite
The BBC broadcasts all of the BBC One and BBC Two regional variations on digital satellite television from the SES Astra satellites at 28.2° east; providing local news programmes and other regional programming with local continuity and presentation for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales...
service. The services were added to the Sky Digital
Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)
Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...
platform on 29 July 2003. The availability of these services resolved part of the problems caused by the geography of the area that meant some viewers in North Norfolk
North Norfolk
North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Cromer. The council headquarters can be found approximately out of the town of Cromer on the Holt Road.-History:...
could see the Hull edition of Look North
BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)
BBC Look North is the BBC's regional TV news service for East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, north Norfolk and northeast Cambridgeshire produced by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire...
, while viewers in Kings Lynn saw the wrong sub-regional opt-out for Look East.
In 1997 Look East launched the sub-regional service, Close Up, for viewers in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, north Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
, and Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
. The opt allows the two sub-regions to provide, during the main evening programme, around 10 minutes of news more relevant to their area. After the BBC News at Ten on weeknights, both the East and West of the region receive fully separate editions of Look East from Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
and Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
respectively. Both editions of the programme can be received on Sky Digital
Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)
Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...
, on channels 981 and 982.
Main presenters
- Stewart WhiteStewart White (journalist)Stewart White is a British journalist, presenter and newsreader, most famous for presenting the East Anglian regional BBC News programme Look East. Beginning his career at several regional BBC Radio stations he later became a presenter and continuity announcer for Central Independent Television...
- Susie Fowler-Watt
Weather presenters
- Julie Reinger
- Jim Bacon (Weatherquest)
- Phil Garner (Weatherquest)
- Chris Bell (Weatherquest)
- Alex DolanAlex DolanAlex Dolan is a journalist and science teacher who went undercover for six months in British schools as a supply teacher for the filming of a Channel 4 documentary, Undercover Teacher, exposing the poor behaviour of children in some areas of the education system. She secretly filmed her classes for...
Other presenters
- Carol Bundock (Weekend)
- Amanda Goodman (Cambridge opt-out)
- Jenny Kirk (Breakfast bulletins)
- Mariam Issimdar (Breakfast bulletins)
- Louise Priest (Breakfast and 3pm bulletins)
- Mike Cartwright
- Anjana Gadgill
- Janine MachinJanine MachinJanine Machin is a British radio and TV presenter. Machin was born in Stoke-on-Trent and is a graduate of Oxford University....
(Cambridge opt-out) - Amelia Reynolds
- Mike Liggins (Cambridge opt-out)
- Alex Dunlop (Lunch, late night and 3pm bulletins)
- Dawn Gerber (3pm bulletins)
- Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije (Cambridge opt-out)
Previous presenters
- Penny Bustin
- Tom Edwards
- Jayne Evans
- Madeline Holt
- Judi LinesJudi LinesJudi Lines is a former British television and radio broadcaster.Lines spent three years as a continuity announcer for Anglia Television before joining BBC East as a newsreader and presenter for the nightly regional news magazine, Look East and worked on BBC Radio 4's regional service for the...
- Ian MastersIan Masters (broadcaster)Ian Masters is a British television broadcaster, commentator, author, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.Masters worked for the BBC for more than 25 years with the BBC, firstly presenting news and current affairs programmes...
- Michelle Newman
- Susan OsmanSusan OsmanSusan Osman is a British journalist and television news presenter with almost 30 years of broadcasting experience in both television and radio. She currently works and lives in Beijing hosting a live daily news programme, The Beijing Hour With Susan Osman, for CRI...
- Charlie WebsterCharlie WebsterCharlotte "Charlie" Webster is an English television presenter.-Early life:Webster attended Tapton School in Sheffield where she participated in elite junior athletics and went on to study Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University...
(Sports) - Ian White (Now with BBC Look NorthBBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands)BBC Look North is the BBC's regional television news service for West & South Yorkshire, parts of North Yorkshire and the North Midlands. The programmes as produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre at St...
) - Jean Goodman
- Suzanne Hall
- Bob WellingsBob WellingsBob Wellings was a BBC television presenter who worked for That's Life!, Look East and Nationwide.-References:...
- Christopher TraceChristopher TraceChristopher Leonard Trace was an English actor and television presenter, best remembered for his nine years as a presenter of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter.-Career:...
Reporters
- Jo Black
- Kim Riley
- Joel Mapp
- Mike Liggins
- Mike Cartwright
- Anita Ramdharry
- Kevin Burch
- Stuart Ratcliffe
- Paul Seagrove
- Fae Southwell
- John Cranston
- Richard Daniel
- Alex Dunlop
- Dawn Gerber
- Debby Tubbie
- Fatima Manji
- Waseem Mirza
- Emma Baugh
- Andrew Sinclar
- Louise Holmes
- Gareth George
TV News via E-mail
In February 2008, Look East became the first TV news bulletin in the UK to launch a daily e-mail version of the programme. More than a promotional tool, it contains an average of 60 links to recently updated regional news, weather and sport in a number of formats. Most of the main news items which appear on the TV programme are displayed on this newsletter, which also previews that evening's programme, expands on stories and features other local BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
services.