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I know it’s a Bank Holiday, but I’m enjoying how Niall Paterson is once again presenting this morning but it’s just branded as “@ Breakfast”, even though it’s pretty much the same Kay Burley-branded show he’s been presenting for weeks. Well, he’s sitting down instead of standing up.

If it's called '@ Breakfast' at weekends, then they seem to be counting this public holiday as part of the weekend ('Bank Holiday Weekend').

Yes. That’s normally what happens...

But it’s also single headed, when @Breakfast on weekends is usually two (it seems Kimberley did two hours solo on Saturday however) but today it was Niall solo sitting behind a desk, but with quite a few big interviews/weekday style, which sort of mixed the weekday/weekend formats a little.

The revamped Millbank studio looks OK, but she may as well be in Studio 6.

No new titles or graphics.

Seems a pointless change to me. The videos don’t look great on the screen either, some sort of shadow problem?

We just launched a new studio in the heart of Westminster. Massive achievement, well done to everyone involved!#skynews pic.twitter.com/ep6Wq69Jy8

— Harry Ward (@harryashleyward) September 1, 2020

As with Studio 21, it looks as though they ran out of either money or enthusiasm to actually finish laying the flooring.

Why do the screens look so washed out? Intentional 'Breakfast' light look or the wrong screen/lighting combo?

Great looking set but disappointing to see very little else different given the hype.

I'm not a fan of the new studio so far. It might look a bit better with the desk, but it feels quite empty in the current set-up. The video wall also looks quite washed out. It also feels a bit strange that given they're trying out a fresh presentation style, they've stuck with the old graphics.