About Anglia

About Anglia was a regional news magazine programme produced by Anglia Television in the east of England, broadcast for over thirty years from 1960 to 1990. One of the first regional programmes of its kind in the ITV network, it began in May 1960 as a twice-weekly programme accompanying the 10-minute regional evening news bulletin on weekdays. Its success prompted it to be extended to four nights a week the following September and then, every weeknight. Its original presenter was Dick Joice. Early regular features included gardening, Police Call and in-depth weather forecasts for the region provided by Anglia's in-house weather department. Some early elements 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: Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Lincolnshire and east Yorkshire.

Links to Peel
Peel made an appearance in a report on About Anglia, where he opened the Cambridge Junction in 1990. He was also briefly interviewed on the programme. The date of the opening was done on Valentines Day, where Peel on his 14 February 1990 show mentioned that during lunch time, he was in Cambridge to open the Junction, a live music and arts centre.