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A former member
Isn't next going to have to be live aswell as its the budget? IF itv wanted kudos it should move it to 9pm..for that one.
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Stuart
623058 posted:
Isn't next going to have to be live aswell as its the budget? IF itv wanted kudos it should move it to 9pm..for that one.

The budget and subsequent speeches are in the afternoon. I doubt anything would change between the 8pm recording time and transmission at 10:45pm.
MC
mccanmat
I personally don’t see the fuss about Peston being recorded a few hours before transmission... question time is usually recorded and we don’t hear a fuss about that
Stuart, BBI45 and watchingtv gave kudos
JK
JKDerry
mccanmat posted:
I personally don’t see the fuss about Peston being recorded a few hours before transmission... question time is usually recorded and we don’t hear a fuss about that

Question Time is recorded, but the programme that follows, the quirky This Week is live, and sometimes does better in the ratings than Question Time.
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Andrew Founding member
JKDerry posted:
mccanmat posted:
I personally don’t see the fuss about Peston being recorded a few hours before transmission... question time is usually recorded and we don’t hear a fuss about that

Question Time is recorded, but the programme that follows, the quirky This Week is live, and sometimes does better in the ratings than Question Time.

Where have you heard that?
JK
JKDerry
Andrew posted:
JKDerry posted:
mccanmat posted:
I personally don’t see the fuss about Peston being recorded a few hours before transmission... question time is usually recorded and we don’t hear a fuss about that

Question Time is recorded, but the programme that follows, the quirky This Week is live, and sometimes does better in the ratings than Question Time.

Where have you heard that?

A Mr Andrew Neil.
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scottishtv Founding member
I've not watched the show (it's on even later in Scotland), but from the clips I've seen online the physical layout for debate and conversation seems a bit awkward. I'm guessing coffee tables are out of fashion on these types of show now.

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Spencer
noggin posted:
Cando posted:
JKDerry posted:
This will mean the production crew will be working fast overnight to get the Lorraine set ready for 8.30am Thursday. I do appreciate the fast turnaround of sets at Television Centre these days. Many worried that fast turnaround would be hard in the smaller three studio environment. But it is going well, especially TC1 with Bake Off Extra Slice, Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton and the Last Leg all on TC1 in one week.

By any chance do you know the SQ footage of these studios?


http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/index.htm#top%20of%20page

Is always a useful site for those kind of details for studios both past and present. (Beware metric feet though. A metric foot is 30cm not the 30.48cm that an imperial foot would be...)


Call me stupid, but would it not be less confusing to use metres instead?

Or is there an imperial metre measuring 40 inches as opposed to the metric 39.37 inch metre? Wink
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noggin Founding member
Spencer For Hire posted:
noggin posted:
Cando posted:
By any chance do you know the SQ footage of these studios?


http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/index.htm#top%20of%20page

Is always a useful site for those kind of details for studios both past and present. (Beware metric feet though. A metric foot is 30cm not the 30.48cm that an imperial foot would be...)


Call me stupid, but would it not be less confusing to use metres instead?

Or is there an imperial metre measuring 40 inches as opposed to the metric 39.37 inch metre? Wink


Remember that these aren't just abstract measurements, they tie up to markings on the studio walls - so legacy and history dictate the 'standards' to a degree. If you are building and setting a studio which has measurements on its walls in Metric Feet, there's a lot of sense in building and plotting in Metric Feet etc.

These studios were built before the UK had totally switched over to metric measurement in the building industry too - so I think Metric Feet was seen as a useful hybrid.
ST
Stuart
scottishtv posted:
I've not watched the show (it's on even later in Scotland), but from the clips I've seen online the physical layout for debate and conversation seems a bit awkward. I'm guessing coffee tables are out of fashion on these types of show now.

The layout isn't much of a change from the original concept at TLS, or indeed what is used on Marr to a large extent.

A 'hard interview' area (albeit with a comfier chair than on Marr), and a soft 'guest area' to provide comment without being 'grilled'.

Peston is all politics, so the desk is a better vehicle for the presenter; whereas Marr has an additional arts element which makes the sofa better for the soft interviews/discussions.

One thing I didn't initially like about the new Peston set is the lit curtain backdrop. It made it seem as though they were just covering something on a temporary basis. Sad
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Square Eyes Founding member
Stuart posted:

One thing I didn't initially like about the new Peston set is the lit curtain backdrop. It made it seem as though they were just covering something on a temporary basis. Sad


Maybe it's located in front of the Lorraine set?
ST
Stuart
Square Eyes posted:
Maybe it's located in front of the Lorraine set?

Looking at this picture, I don't think they're covering anything up other than the bare studio walls, which could be achieved with an unlit black curtain.
http://i68.tinypic.com/2wdrltc.jpg

It seems that the only element of the Lorraine set is the LED screen and surrounding fixtures.

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