BBC East of Richard Robinson. The first television news bulletin for the east from St Catherine's Close was broadcast on 5 October 1959. These initial bulletins were only three minutes per night, but in 1962 were extended to ten minutes and the bulletins named "East Anglia at Six Ten". In 1964, the programme was extended to 20 minutes in length and renamed "Look East", a title the programme still goes under today. The Norwich-based operation was initially a satellite of the larger BBC Midland region, based in Birmingham. East Anglia was given greater autonomy within the BBC in 1969 after the "Broadcasting
BBC Choice issues discussed. "Crimewatch Extra" provided follow-up detail on the cases involved in the main programme, and "Row Z" was a football discussion forum that aired after "Match of the Day" finished on BBC One. The 'Hotlink' format has since been adopted by many other channels, particularly both ITV2 and E4. The channel was presented as an alternative to the normal BBC One and BBC Two schedules. This was reflected in its original on-screen presentation which featured groups of threes. For the first year of BBC Choice, children's programming would air on weekend afternoons as CBBC Choice, and included strands like