BBC Washington Set

Probably going to get lambasted for this, but I thought the idea of this new subforum was that the revealing of new sets wasn't done in the middle of a 30 page "BBC World- Making Sense of It All" thread....this incidentally has been overtaken by the speculation about the new London set, so this thread is needed.

Anyway, enough justifying- these are BBC LDN's captures- not great quality but that new set is....in fact why don't I just quote BBC LDN's observations:

"Two-way
Note of course the plasma screen for two-ways, but also a view I hadn't seen before this evening with N24-style red perspex showing a newsroom-esque view beyond it. Well people could be seen milling about behind it anyway.

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/bbc_news_washington_studio__311020041.jpg

New panel insert
Where previously there was just a red panel, there now sits a US ELECTION 2004 panel, seen here between Jon Sopel and the guest. Reminds me of the panel inserts that were briefly introduced when they updated the ivory/China red 1999 era National studio.

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/bbc_news_washington_studio__311020042.jpg

...and finally
For anyone who hasn't seen the studio in full, here's a wide shot. Again, my apologies for the image quality. The 'view' out of the left 'windows' is towards Capitol Hill; the right looks out over the White House.

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/bbc_news_washington_studio__311020043.jpg

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Anyway- my observations....excellent use of larger screens behind really opens up the studio....love the first cap showing some of the newsroom behind red perspex., providing continuity with News 24.

And the third cap is very impressive....this really is the first example of a UK broadcaster having what I would class as a "proper" studio-space outside of the UK and Ireland- a studio designed to tie in with the London base but sufficient in size to not look like an office space (i.e. the old studio).

Pretty good effort I feel.

I love it
They should have a London version.

that would be the n24 set dear

There was quite a good facsimile of the new Washington studio on Dead Ringers tonight. Not the real thing obviously, but a lot of effort obviously went on approximating it, from the desk itself to the panel inserts behind the presenter.

Its particularly nice (from every angle), isn't it.

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/wasington1.jpg
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/washington2.jpg
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/washington3.jpg
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/washington4.jpg

It's quite nice - but why the LIVE dog. You don't get that from the London studios.

Also, although being in a studio has it's obvious advantages, the first thought I had was couldn't it be done from the London studio?

Also - thanks for creating the seperate thread. Exactly what this forum was designed for, not hiding details of a complete revamp to Midlands Today in the middle of a 30+ page Midlands/Central thread.

I wish there was one like that with London in the background.

Yes, it would be a lot better for Newsnight, than the current set, which is, IMO, out of date.

It would have to be bigger and have completely new graphics.

It's not really out of date at all. This is just the default reason that TV Forumites give because they want everything to change every few days. Newsnight is content-driven; it's not about the style of the show, so it's not critical to its longevity that it keeps up with every fad of the day. Of course shows like Newsnight need periodic updates to their presentation, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with it at the moment, and it certainly isn't out of date.

The only change to reasonably expect in the foreseeable future is minor graphics tweaks to introduce Swiss in place of Gill Sans.

Emmmm, I don't want sets to change all the time. I just think the NN set looks tired .... ok, maybe not out of date, but I think the studio needs a lot more lighting.

I agree with BBC LDN. News sets in the US dont change for atleast 4-5 years and consider yourself lucky if they do minor changes in between.