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Anglia (East)

Anglia’s wildlife series Survival sent camera teams all over the world from a base in Norwich, and its turning knight ident is one of the best-remembered in British TV.

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Anglia (East) covers Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. ITV first reached the area in 1959 through Anglia Television; today the regional bulletin is ITV News Anglia. BritCast TV works anywhere here with broadband.

Who has run ITV here

  1. 1959–Anglia Television
    Broadcast from Anglia House in Norwich, with a silver knight statuette as its ident.

Made in the region

  • Survival
  • Tales of the Unexpected
  • Sale of the Century

Towns and cities covered

  • Norwich
  • Ipswich
  • Cambridge
  • Peterborough
  • Chelmsford
  • Luton
  • Milton Keynes

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Anglia (East): quick answers

Which ITV region am I in?
If you live in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, your aerial most likely points to the Anglia (East) transmitters. Satellite and streaming apps choose your region from your postcode.
What is the Anglia (East) regional news called?
ITV News Anglia, shown on ITV1 in the early evening and after the late national news.
Which ITV company served Anglia first?
Anglia Television, from 1959. Broadcast from Anglia House in Norwich, with a silver knight statuette as its ident.
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