BBC Look East is the name of two separate BBC regional television news programmes for the East of England made by BBC East.
The first BBC television news bulletins for the East of England began on 5 October 1959. These bulletins were only three minutes in length. The programme was extended to 10 minutes in 1962 and named East Anglia at Six Ten, and then in 1964 to 20 minutes and renamed Look East. Look East is broadcast from BBC East's headquarters at The Forum, Norwich. Prior to 29 September 2003, the programme aired from studios in St Catherine's Close, Norwich.
The programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) on Sky Digital channel 961, and channel 962 for the "west" sub-regional service from Cambridge or Freesat channels 953 (East) and 954 (West), on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service. The services were added to the Sky Digital platform on 29 July 2003 and were available on Freesat from launch.
In 1997 Look East launched the sub-regional service, Close Up, for viewers covered by the Sandy Heath transmitting station and its relays. The opt-out allowed the two sub-regions to provide, during the main evening programme, around 10 minutes of news relevant to their area.
Since 2018, there are two separate Look East programmes on weekdays for the evening and late news bulletins - Look East - East which covers Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, and Look East - West which covers Bedfordshire (particularly Luton), Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire), Northamptonshire, parts of Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
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BBC News+Look East - DJ John Peel Dies,... (25 Oct 2004)
Look East pays tribute to John Peel from 31:35 of the video
After Peel's death in October 2004, Look East paid tribute to the DJ by reporting on his life and speaking to villagers in Great Finborough who knew him. Also the programme interviewed Steve Harley, who paid tribute to the man.