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'''''Roundabout East Anglia''''' was a [[BBC radio]] programme providing news and current affairs coverage for the [[East Anglia]] region of England during the 1970s.<ref name="book">{{cite book|title=Taking the Norfolk Air: BBC Radio Norfolk - The First 25 Years|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOJUWiWaT78C&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false|year=2005|publisher=Grice Chapman|isbn=0-9545726-7-X|pages=10–11|chapter=1}}</ref> It was broadcast on the area's [[VHF]] frequency of [[BBC Radio 4]] as a [[Regional variation|regional opt-out]] from the flagship [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'' programme]], from 6.45am to 8.45am each morning.<ref name="website">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2005/09/09/local_radio_25_years_book_feature.shtml|title=BBC Radio Norfolk's 25th anniversary|date=9 September 2005|accessdate=10 February 2012|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]}}</ref>

The programme covered the same geographical area as the BBC's television news programme ''[[BBC Look East|Look East]]''.<ref name="website"/> It was also broadcast from the same building as ''Look East'', [[BBC East]]'s regional headquarters at All Saint's Green in [[Norwich]].<ref name="book"/> Presenters who worked on ''Roundabout East Anglia'' included Ellis Hill, [[John Mountford (broadcaster)|John Mountford]], and [[Christopher Trace]].<ref name="website"/> In addition to the news items there was also lighter, more features-based content such as advice from gardening experts.<ref>{{cite book|title=BBC Radio Norfolk - The First Ten Years|editor1-first=Keith|editor1-last=Skipper|publisher=Jim Baldwin Publishing|year=1990|page=46}}</ref>

''Roundabout East Anglia'' came to an end in midearly-19801980s. This was due both to BBC budgetary cutbacks in regional broadcasting,<ref>{{cite news|title=MPs to see BBC chief over fears for regions|author=Kenneth Gosling|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=27 February 1980|page=5}}</ref> and because a dedicated [[BBC Local Radio]] servicesservice werewas beingto be introduced to part of the area for the first time, with [[BBC Radio Norfolk]] launching in September 1980.<ref name="book"/> Several ''Roundabout East Anglia'' personnel transferred to working for Radio Norfolk when that service began, with John Mountford becoming the station's first breakfast show presenter.<ref>''BBC Radio Norfolk - The First Ten Years'', page 15.</ref> However, it wasn't until 1990 that [[Suffolk]] got its own [[BBC Radio Suffolk|local BBC radio station]].