LO
Its back now
No curtain in the back tonight.
Or whatever is making it purple.
Or whatever is making it purple.
Its back now
JW
This is one sexy lighting change!
Good evening from New Broadcasting House 👋🏻 pic.twitter.com/SyObo2PIgW
— Jack Surfleet (@JackSurfleet) July 23, 2020
SP
Anybody know what the curtain looks like from the back?
Also, is this recently installed? I can’t recall seeing it before lockdown. Perhaps it was installed as a precaution in case the newsroom background became too busy and distracting.
Also, is this recently installed? I can’t recall seeing it before lockdown. Perhaps it was installed as a precaution in case the newsroom background became too busy and distracting.
ST
I asked that question when it first appeared on screen a few months ago, but nobody replied.
I think it might me the same curtain/blind they use when doing the 'royal death rehearsals', so that people in the media café can't see into the studio. So I guess it's been there from the beginning, but this time has been backlit for Newsnight.
Anybody know what the curtain looks like from the back?
Also, is this recently installed? I can’t recall seeing it before lockdown. Perhaps it was installed as a precaution in case the newsroom background became too busy and distracting.
Also, is this recently installed? I can’t recall seeing it before lockdown. Perhaps it was installed as a precaution in case the newsroom background became too busy and distracting.
I asked that question when it first appeared on screen a few months ago, but nobody replied.
I think it might me the same curtain/blind they use when doing the 'royal death rehearsals', so that people in the media café can't see into the studio. So I guess it's been there from the beginning, but this time has been backlit for Newsnight.
SP
I think more in case they have to do an obit broadcast from E for real. They tend to do the rehearsals in C but I guess that if C was out of action for any reason it could transfer to E quite easily.
IT
I'm surprised that staff who work in the newsroom haven't complained about that lighting. It looks terrible to have to work in. There must be some BBC News employees who suffer with eye strain and headaches, I know I would.
itsrobert
Founding member
This is one sexy lighting change!
Good evening from New Broadcasting House 👋🏻 pic.twitter.com/SyObo2PIgW
— Jack Surfleet (@JackSurfleet) July 23, 2020
I'm surprised that staff who work in the newsroom haven't complained about that lighting. It looks terrible to have to work in. There must be some BBC News employees who suffer with eye strain and headaches, I know I would.
ST
They could always complete a DSE and ask for a desk lamp.
I'm surprised that staff who work in the newsroom haven't complained about that lighting. It looks terrible to have to work in.
They could always complete a DSE and ask for a desk lamp.
BC
Blake Connolly
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An angle you don't see often towards the end of Newsnight tonight. Lewis Goodall had to pop up again to explain the latest version of the constantly-changing new restrictions for the north of England as it contradicted what he'd said earlier in the programme, and as there was already a guest in the usual spot he had to be socially distanced on the other side of the desk.
CH
Newsnight billed at 10:45 for at least the next two weeks. Has this been announced as a permanent change? I wonder how it’s affecting ratings.
A bit more studio swapping could see it return to 10:30. The BBC London bulletin could come from the catwalk of E, a news channel / world simulcast from D and give C to Newsnight. Longer-term, perhaps a rejig of C’s set could mean more space for guests - not sure you truly need the big screen behind the desk and the catwalk.
A bit more studio swapping could see it return to 10:30. The BBC London bulletin could come from the catwalk of E, a news channel / world simulcast from D and give C to Newsnight. Longer-term, perhaps a rejig of C’s set could mean more space for guests - not sure you truly need the big screen behind the desk and the catwalk.