The new NEW Central West and BBC Midlands thread

Presentation online at TV Liive.

I think Central have one of the nicest implementations of this new set design, the lighting is good, the background image isn't too distracting and the desk isn't a silly height. It's not a perfect design by any stretch - however it's a good effort. Well done to them!

There aren't any plans for Central to move. I am sure itv did a deal when they sold off Gas street

It'll be left in a situation like TLS studio 8 then. There may be potential to upgrade if any ITV Studios upgrade their kit to 4k.

Did a laptop make an appearance yesterday or is the desk only equipped for one monitor under the desk for single pres?

As far as I could see there was no laptop yesterday and the caps previous show that there wasn't one for lunchtime either.

I did notice that where Bob was sat was behind the blue solid piece and so wouldn't have been able to see into the glass easily.

I love how Bob describes the yellow and black look as "dog vomit".

I can appreciate them attemptIng to create a uniform look with the national news, but I don't think the execution of the sets for the regions looks that good.

The white part of Central's desk looks too bright and I don't think Bob looks too comfortable behind the desk.

The nighttime view of the Central Library looks very nice!

Theres something not quite right I feel about the shot of Centenery Square. The new library just looks wrong head on, just like a large cube. The images on the side panels are shot at an angle, to give a 'Cinerama' type effect, but on the three flat panels it just looks distorted.

Those black bars really are hideous. If you have to install small screens, at least do something to detract from this fact. Midlands Today's vastly (IMO) superior set is the obvious example...

I've never been a fan of that Midlands Today set for pretty much the same reason we're all criticising the ITV regions set - but their solution is much better and the backdrop and screens themselves look much better. Perhaps ITV would get away more with the black borders if it wasn't for the grey columns between each screen.

Couldn't the regions have just gone for a CSO screen as the backdrop instead. Many of the regions used CSO elements before the generic days and I'd have thought just using it for the backdrop to give a view like London Tonight has, while keeping the set real at the sides, wouldn't be beyond their capabilities.

I still think failing that it should have been noticed very early on they'd be better off using the five window screens vertically and then just using panelling at the sides.