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
The Radio 2 Breakfast Show The Radio 2 Breakfast Show The Radio 2 Breakfast Show refers to a range of programming on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2 from 1967, and predating "Wake Up To Wogan" which started in 1993. From Radio 2's inception in 1967 a breakfast programme was broadcast in tandem with The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, featuring a mix of news, music, traffic and weather reports.. Unlike its Radio 1 counterpart which had started with a single presenter, "Breakfast Special" was a continuation of a Light Programme format which had been running since 1965 with a roster of presenters who hosted in