BBC East Branding

The BBC East region, which covers the eastern part of England, was officially launched on 5 June 1959. Here’s how the BBC’s channel branding has looked from BBC East in Norwich over the years.

1960s

BBC1 East Anglia Caption Card 1960s
BBC1 East Anglia Caption Card 1960s ~ This photograph was kindly contributed by Stephen Bumfrey

1970s

BBC East Anglia Symbol
BBC East Anglia Symbol ~ Before the introduction of the regional BBC1 globe in 1974, each BBC region had a graphic symbol to represent their area of the country. The image shown on the left is courtesy of Francois Frappe. Francois took this black and white photo in July 1971 of a transmission from the Tacolneston trasmitter, showing the symbol in action. The right image is courtesy of James Barrington. A photograph of the actual cardboard graphic, that would have been placed infront of a studio camera.
BBC Colour Norwich Caption Card
BBC Colour Norwich Caption Card ~ This photograph was kindly contributed by Stephen Bumfrey

1974 – 1981

No video of the BBC1 East globe at present. If you can help with a recording of it then please get in touch.

BBC 1 East Ident Caption Card - 1970s
BBC 1 East Ident Caption Card – 1970s ~ This photograph was kindly contributed by Stephen Bumfrey

1981 – 1985

BBC1 East Ident

New, it's not

Quality: ST

5th October 1984

Views: 206

Format: 4:3

1985 – 1991

BBC1 East Ident

New, it's not

Quality: HQ

26th January 1989

Views: 121

Format: 4:3

1991 – 1997

BBC1 East Ident

New, it's not

Quality: HQ

circa 1991

Views: 82

Format: 4:3

BBC1 East Ident

New, it's not

Quality: HQ

circa 1991

Views: 91

Format: 4:3

BBC1 East Ident

New, it's not

Quality: ST

28th August 1997

Views: 117

Format: 4:3

1997- 2002

2002 – 2006

2006 – 2017

2017 – 2023