Reporting Scotland

Is that the same desk used for both programmes, with the red front strip put on, like they do in N6, or do they have two desks?

It's the same desk.

Are the wall pannels only a colour by virtue of lighting? Or are thay actually plasma/projection screens (or something)? If not, then the physical effort of having to replace red panels with purple one for Newsnight would be a bit of a chore.

Apart from the two video projection screens, the rest of the set has just white panels which are lit to the appropriate colour from behind.

What was Scotland's old Newsnight set like?

Exactly the same apart from a different desk and no 'baking tray'.

Is Reporting Scotland STILL using a version of the 1999 titles then?

For the next few months, yes.

I like the change of colour, and the desk. It's
almost as if they are preparing for a "
Scottish Six" if the SNP wins in May.

I would have prefered something like this:
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I'm not sure If I like the Blue or Red better,
and the edinburgh view would be a videowall, or CSO if that's cheaper.

Wouldn't happen. Broadcasting is reserved to Westminster, and even then a government can't force a TV channel when to have news on - even though they can try. Remember the stink when ITV scrapped News at Ten? Still went ahead though.

but the BBC is owned by the government,

I would expect BBC Scotland to be controlled by Scotland.

I like the red better than the blue!

The BBC is not owned by the Government, it is independent. Don't expect a Scottish Six any time soon, might have looked good on paper, wouldn't work well in reality. Plus with a move to more on demand services, and less focus on fixed bulletins in general, the Scottish Six is an even more redundant idea.