Seems it is Michael Ball and Alfie Boe's fault Elstree is unavailable. They're recording a show for ITV the next day. 8 out of 10 Cats there the next week but can't see anything in the lead up, but could be booked for non-audience shows.
There is the wider BBC business politics involved too. BBC news doing the wider BBC out of revenue is an issue in these rather odd days. Whoever of who stumps up the money gets the best studios.
It's a bit of a big assumption that BBC News would have wanted to hire a big studio if one had been available.
They have already had to find the money to cover the European Elections in May from this financial year, now this General Election. It's quite possible that they wouldn't have the funds for a big production in Elstree D (which is more than just the cost of studio hire) on this occasion.
Really there is nothing to these election promos..
Is it supposed to be a generic black door, because the style of the numbers is wrong for the real Number 10 (which has an O not a 0)
Some nitpicking about QT: why is the multicoloured election hexagon branding on the backdrop in two different orientations? Why is LEADERS SPECIAL missing an apostrophe? Why is QUESTION TIME on the rostrum in Gill Sans?
It's a bit of a big assumption that BBC News would have wanted to hire a big studio if one had been available.
They have already had to find the money to cover the European Elections in May from this financial year, now this General Election. It's quite possible that they wouldn't have the funds for a big production in Elstree D (which is more than just the cost of studio hire) on this occasion.
The European Election coverage was produced from NBH in B as (smaller scale) test for a General Election. Using NBH had been under consideration for some time, whenever the General Election happened, it’s wasn’t suddenly decided last month because Elstree wasn’t available. If the election had happened in 2021 or 2022 then it would have been in NBH, because it’s a longer term budget consideration, not specifically related to there having been other elections this year.