BBC Breakfast

I doubt News would want to spend money hiring a non-News studio. (And as mentioned elsewhere I doubt the owners of The One Show studio would want it compromised by having a lot of News-only equipment installed just for Derbyshire)

The One Show studio is a bit of an anomaly in the BBC - it is neither owned or operated by BBC News, BBC Sport or BBC Studioworks... It is the only studio in W1A that uses conventional, industry-standard equipment which freelance crew are fully able to operate (as BBC Sport also use in Salford) rather than systems optimised for automated news production which require staff to operate (as they aren't really in use elsewhere in the industry in the UK).

I think I know the answer to this, but...

Didn't Studio V got a new gallery when the One Show took over, with the existing gallery being retained by BBC London (albeit re-equipped with Mozart) for use with Studio D?

I don't suppose they would have left wallboxes etc in V that were connected to D's gallery, such that with a bit of replugging that studio floor could be used with D's news gallery?

I can't think why they would have done that, but you never know.

Although I do think Breakfast should have stayed in London I don't think there is any justification for moving it back. A small set has worked for them for years and no reason why a replacement set in that space wouldn't either - and that seems more likely than them moving in with BBC Sport.

Will be interesting to see where they went when the set was replaced then - a risk moving in with BBC Sport again would undermine their new set so a temporary relocation to London may be necessary, though I guess another BBC region could host them too. Failing that it's temporary space in Salford - where was it the BBC set up for the athletics a couple of years back?

BBC Reith font comes to BBC Breakfast tomorrow:

Plus the BBC Breakfast launch of the Reith font I am led to believe? https://t.co/RAfQ94ad9v

— Peter Ruddick (@ruddick) November 27, 2017

Indeed #reith

— James Mobbs (@jamesmobbs) November 27, 2017

Interesting.... and on a Tuesday?!

I wonder where the Reith will be applied? On the logo, the astons or maybe both?

The mix of Helvetica and Gill Sans is looking a bit boring and tired now. I'm hoping News will have a similar graphics refresh as Sport has.

The original BBC London studio was a very temporary build in what was going to be the BBC Shop.

When The One Show moved in the whole space was re-designed and the temporary structure that BBC London's studio was built within was entirely removed, and the studio expanded to use as much of the available space as possible (as well as a small isolated 'apps bay' area to house all the noisy equipment needed within the studio.

It wasn't a case of The One Show moving into a studio space that already existed, the new studio was a total 'start from scratch' build. The space was taken back to the bare building and new walls, floor and lighting grid put in. No connectivity infrastructure was retained, mainly because none of it connected back to anywhere that useful.

BBC London retained their existing gallery space (though it was re-engineered), with The One Show building a new gallery, working in a conventional manner with 'industry standard' equipment.

It all looked the same to me this morning during the brief time I tuned in. To be fair I couldn’t bear more than a few minutes - Christ it’s a dull show.

I believe the "debut" was in the AR (style?) captions during the Sports Personality of the Year segment, with the set turned blue for the occasion - they looked like they were using BBC Reith to me.

*OH*

Well that’s a let down.

Yes it was just those graphics, news in general switches next year.

Regarding what to do with Derbyshire should Breakfast return to London. How about sending Derbyshire the other way and let her work from Manchester.

Is there a single shred of a suggestion that Breakfast is going to relocate to London anytime soon? Why the pointless speculation?

(And where would you make Derbyshire in Salford? The BBC don't have any studios suitable for that style of programme there, and are hardly likely to hire out from Dock10...)