Don't you think the presenting line up on Look North is really boring at the moment. You've got Harry Gration and Ian White doing practically every bulletin going. Add the fact that you have to get up early in the morning to watch Claire, so if you never watch Breakfast you could watch Look North every day all week and only see 3 presenters!
It was much better when we used to have a bit more variety, like John Boyd on a Saturday.
Plus Katherine's favourite subject, banter, has been practically been wiped out, there's none at lunchtimes and at teatimes its usually just one line on the handover
Looking at pics posted in this forum of the set, it has to be one of the worst of all BBC regions IMO. The 'sofa' is awful. And when on the SLS, with the 'tables' in between each seat means the guests look too far apart.
The older set was bad enough with that NWT style bench and that hideous grey/silver desk, now that they have added those wonkey panels to the gameshow looking illuminated squares the studio looks terrible. And the new desk is vile too.
*Rant over*
Plus, I caught a few minutes of the Hull edition, do they always use that one shot with Peter Levy in front of those awful multicoulered panels at different angles? After the 'Still to come' sequence the wide showed a large sofa and two screens.
Nice one Gaynor...At this lunchtime's optout on Calendar, we were treated to Gaynor fooling about in the studio laughing with the floor manager...rubbing frantically something on her hand. Funny to see her face change and the sudden rise of her 'news' voice!
Looking at pics posted in this forum of the set, it has to be one of the worst of all BBC regions IMO. The 'sofa' is awful. And when on the SLS, with the 'tables' in between each seat means the guests look too far apart.
The older set was bad enough with that NWT style bench and that hideous grey/silver desk, now that they have added those wonkey panels to the gameshow looking illuminated squares the studio looks terrible. And the new desk is vile too.
*Rant over*
Plus, I caught a few minutes of the Hull edition, do they always use that one shot with Peter Levy in front of those awful multicoulered panels at different angles? After the 'Still to come' sequence the wide showed a large sofa and two screens.
The Hull set was arranged differently when the programme first started. There was a large screen behind the presenters and two sets of light panels the other screen was set at more or less a right angle and was used for the weather and the Look North news headlines in the days where standing up was in fashion. The earstwhile editor had the set shuffled to its present layout due to viewers complaints about the CGI humber Bridge which used to sit in the background. The wide shot is generally pre-recorded.
Can't see it getting a revamp till they get an editor
Looking at pics posted in this forum of the set, it has to be one of the worst of all BBC regions IMO. The 'sofa' is awful. And when on the SLS, with the 'tables' in between each seat means the guests look too far apart.
The older set was bad enough with that NWT style bench and that hideous grey/silver desk, now that they have added those wonkey panels to the gameshow looking illuminated squares the studio looks terrible. And the new desk is vile too.
*Rant over*
Plus, I caught a few minutes of the Hull edition, do they always use that one shot with Peter Levy in front of those awful multicoulered panels at different angles? After the 'Still to come' sequence the wide showed a large sofa and two screens.
The Hull set was arranged differently when the programme first started. There was a large screen behind the presenters and two sets of light panels the other screen was set at more or less a right angle and was used for the weather and the Look North news headlines in the days where standing up was in fashion. The earstwhile editor had the set shuffled to its present layout due to viewers complaints about the CGI humber Bridge which used to sit in the background. The wide shot is generally pre-recorded.
Can't see it getting a revamp till they get an editor
IMO the CGI Humber Bridge was better than the light panels they have as a background now.Surely it would have made snse to change the image rather than move the couch so that the lights were the background?
Looking at pics posted in this forum of the set, it has to be one of the worst of all BBC regions IMO. The 'sofa' is awful. And when on the SLS, with the 'tables' in between each seat means the guests look too far apart.
The older set was bad enough with that NWT style bench and that hideous grey/silver desk, now that they have added those wonkey panels to the gameshow looking illuminated squares the studio looks terrible. And the new desk is vile too.
*Rant over*
Plus, I caught a few minutes of the Hull edition, do they always use that one shot with Peter Levy in front of those awful multicoulered panels at different angles? After the 'Still to come' sequence the wide showed a large sofa and two screens.
The Hull set was arranged differently when the programme first started. There was a large screen behind the presenters and two sets of light panels the other screen was set at more or less a right angle and was used for the weather and the Look North news headlines in the days where standing up was in fashion. The earstwhile editor had the set shuffled to its present layout due to viewers complaints about the CGI humber Bridge which used to sit in the background. The wide shot is generally pre-recorded.
Can't see it getting a revamp till they get an editor
IMO the CGI Humber Bridge was better than the light panels they have as a background now.Surely it would have made snse to change the image rather than move the couch so that the lights were the background?
They didn't move the seat they moved the whole set & fiddled around with it. I think you hit the nail on the head when you said what would make sense. Nothing much makes sense at the BBC at the moment