The new NEW Central West and BBC Midlands thread

In that case, I suppose we can be pretty confident that the "window" gap to the left of the new set's "pillar" will indeed allow a direct view straight through the real window into the newsroom beyond. I'd wager that the panoramic gap to the right of the "pillar" will be filled with some sort of fake CGI newsroom view or similar, whether shown on TV screens like the previous set or simply a printed static image.

I think maybe that the larger gap to the left of the time-lapse will be a space for a large screen of some form rather than a view into the newsroom.

My first thought was that it was for a weather / stand-up screen position.

Looks like some happy soul made it down to give a cheeky wave from the 'love lock bridge' on tonight's bulletin. I had a nosey but didn't pass through until an hour after the bulletin went out.

It wasn't me!

Did they not think about that. BBC Breakfast was originally supposed to be in a studio with a view over the river, but they couldn't guarantee that all the people using the path behind would restrain themselves, so they ended up in their current studio with the room originally planned to be used as the studio now holding a mock-up studio. At least that is what the BBC tour guides told me.


Also, dvboy, why do I smell a lie like a fart in a lift?

No really, I've not been that way today.

Yes indeed the NWT studio was always meant to be on the ground floor rather than that poxy setup that became reality.

It is a pity that they couldn't get permission to close off the path during on air times. When I went into it, I really though it had potential, and yet, this is what it is used for:

I thought the NWT/Breakfast studio was originally going to be where the Sport newsroom and studio areas are?

No, it was going to be behind the Sport newsroom. I think it is too big to be used for a single studio. What you see on air is only part of the actual Sport newsroom. There is still a fair bit normally off camera.

If you were just to watch the Breakfast bulletins you wouldn't even know the set was about to change.