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BBC Breakfast

(March 2009)

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AP
aprilj
They should really take advantage of the move and try to make a relaunched programme with a new set and sofa etc. They could maybe even have a real backdrop rather than a fake one. I doesn't matter where they moved (BH or Salford), I would expect a new look to the programme rather than using the current one in a new place.
BA
Badger264
I know Granada Reports will be using a skyline view, so its perfectly feasible that BBC Breakfast will too. And providing Daybreak is still on air, it will be able to blow that view out of the water especially as, not only is Salford Quays a nicer view in general, but it is also lit up at 6am when its dark.
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
Apparently this morning some viewers are getting the wrong regional news due a 'problem with a cable'.
BS
Ben Shatliff
I know Granada Reports will be using a skyline view, so its perfectly feasible that BBC Breakfast will too. And providing Daybreak is still on air, it will be able to blow that view out of the water especially as, not only is Salford Quays a nicer view in general, but it is also lit up at 6am when its dark.


How do you know about Granada using a skyline view?
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Everything looks to be in order on satellite with all of the regions where they should be. South East Today have got a very noisy studio though!
BA
Badger264
I know Granada Reports will be using a skyline view, so its perfectly feasible that BBC Breakfast will too. And providing Daybreak is still on air, it will be able to blow that view out of the water especially as, not only is Salford Quays a nicer view in general, but it is also lit up at 6am when its dark.


How do you know about Granada using a skyline view?


When they ran a story on the day of the announcement last year, they had one of the presenters in what will become the new studio which has windows on two sides, she confirmed it herself.
DA
David
Everything looks to be in order on satellite with all of the regions where they should be. South East Today have got a very noisy studio though!


South East Today posted:
The problem we've had from our launch in 2001 is we don't have an acoustically isolated and treated studio like most regions do. For economic reasons our "studio" was just part of the newsroom with no acoustic barrier between. We then restyled the programme and put in translucent panels to show the newsroom behind the presenters.
This gave some acoustic separation, but didn't sort the inherently lively acoustic of the studio area. It's all hard surfaces and there's no space to fit absorbent panels which you'd find elsewhere.

The acoustic quality is acceptable when only one microphone is live, but when two or more are faded up it can sound a bit loose or "bathroom" like. On our lunchtime and evening programmes, which are directed from our Main Production Gallery, our Sound Operators work hard to minimise this effect by careful balancing, making sure only one microphone is fully faded up at a time.

But on the short bulletins, we don't have the luxury of a fully-staffed main gallery. It's just one technical person directing, vision mixing, dealing with name-supers and timings, all driven from a simple Presentation Gallery.
It proved difficult to mix studio sound while doing everything else. Our original fix for this was to give the presenter their own microphone fader so the Technical Operator only had to control the weather mic. But that introduced another risk.
As the presenter is concentrating on delivering the bulletin, opening and closing their microphone fader at exactly the right time isn't always on the top of their mind. So sometimes the fader has been left open when it shouldn't or not opened when it should.
LO
lobster
caught bbc breakfast for the first time in ages today...

why is bill turnbull's earpiece black/brown? the tubing is clear but the mold is brown... why?
SR
SomeRandomStuff
I know Granada Reports will be using a skyline view, so its perfectly feasible that BBC Breakfast will too. And providing Daybreak is still on air, it will be able to blow that view out of the water especially as, not only is Salford Quays a nicer view in general, but it is also lit up at 6am when its dark.

How do you know about Granada using a skyline view?

When they ran a story on the day of the announcement last year, they had one of the presenters in what will become the new studio which has windows on two sides, she confirmed it herself.

Dunno where you plucked Granada from, i remember the item, It was BBC North West Tonight, and the woman who you are talking about is Ranvir Singh, she gave a tour of the new studio & Office spaces.
CH
chris
I know Granada Reports will be using a skyline view, so its perfectly feasible that BBC Breakfast will too. And providing Daybreak is still on air, it will be able to blow that view out of the water especially as, not only is Salford Quays a nicer view in general, but it is also lit up at 6am when its dark.

How do you know about Granada using a skyline view?

When they ran a story on the day of the announcement last year, they had one of the presenters in what will become the new studio which has windows on two sides, she confirmed it herself.

Dunno where you plucked Granada from, i remember the item, It was BBC North West Tonight, and the woman who you are talking about is Ranvir Singh, she gave a tour of the new studio & Office spaces.


Bear in mind that was before it was announced Breakfast was going there so thinks are bound to have changed, hopefully for the better. That "new studio" was a tiny little corner.
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
caught bbc breakfast for the first time in ages today...

why is bill turnbull's earpiece black/brown? the tubing is clear but the mold is brown... why?


He might have a moulded earpiece, which they will cast in a flesh colour. Perhaps he had a fitting after returning from a holiday(!).

I see lots of TV talent using what appears to be the bog-standard type that isn't custom made - and these are often clear or milky white.

http://www.earpieceonline.co.uk/74-205-thickbox/replacement-acoustic-tube-for-the-good-quality-earpieces.jpg
WA
watchingtv
caught bbc breakfast for the first time in ages today...

why is bill turnbull's earpiece black/brown? the tubing is clear but the mold is brown... why?


He might have a moulded earpiece, which they will cast in a flesh colour. Perhaps he had a fitting after returning from a holiday(!).

I see lots of TV talent using what appears to be the bog-standard type that isn't custom made - and these are often clear or milky white.

Could he have a hearing aid or a special ear piece?

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