About Anglia was a long-running regional news magazine programme produced by Anglia Television in the east of England.
The programme, one of the first of its kind in the ITV network, was launched in May 1960 as a twice-weekly programme accompanying the 10-minute early evening news bulletin on weekdays. Its success prompted the programme to be extended to four nights a week, and latterly, every weeknight. Its original presenter was Dick Joice.
Early regular features on About Anglia included gardening slots, Police Call and detailed weather forecasts for the region provided by Anglia's in-house weather department. Some of the programme's elements in its early days had also featured on the short-lived Midday Show, which aired during the first few months of the station and featured Susan Hampshire among its cast.
The programme was transmitted throughout the Anglia region which comprised Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Lincolnshire and south and east Yorkshire. From 1 January 1974, Lincolnshire and parts of Yorkshire and North Norfolk were transferred to Yorkshire Television.
About Anglia was given a new modern look in the spring of 1988 when Anglia Television abandoned its original ident, a small silver statue of a knight on horseback.
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