Well it doesn't actually belong to the BBC. Ar least I don't think so. I guess they must have put in a lot of money. The Forum doubles as a public library and includes a coffee shop and various other stuff..
Well it doesn't actually belong to the BBC. Ar least I don't think so. I guess they must have put in a lot of money. The Forum doubles as a public library and includes a coffee shop and various other stuff..
I'm intrigued now - I am going to have to get the train to Norwich and have a look sometime.... it's good planning to have so many resources under one roof. Although it's not perfect - there's no corner shop in it!!
It really is a smashing building. I had to go there for my BBC Talent audition. Seemed a bit of an odd building at first. Had BBC Radio Norfolk, a public library, a tourist information office, an odd shop selling god knows what and a coffee shop. Just seemed a very odd collections of attractions under one roof.
Incodently, BBC Online for the region are based there as well.
Well it doesn't actually belong to the BBC. Ar least I don't think so. I guess they must have put in a lot of money. The Forum doubles as a public library and includes a coffee shop and various other stuff..
I'm intrigued now - I am going to have to get the train to Norwich and have a look sometime.... it's good planning to have so many resources under one roof. Although it's not perfect - there's no corner shop in it!!
Norwich central library (the old one was devastated by a fire several years ago).
My Grandma lives in Norwich, and she had to use a mobile library for a while because of that fire... who'd want to burn a load of old books? (Assuming it was arson)
Looking at the screenshot of the new studio - it looks like they are still using a projector for the backdrop, rather than a real view.
AIUI the studio is a real studio - i.e. no windows, though it is in a slightly awkward position access-wise?
I don't know of any changes planned for Cambridge technically - though it may be that they harmonise the studio "look" so it doesn't stick out during the 1830 sub-opt.
Norwich central library (the old one was devastated by a fire several years ago).
My Grandma lives in Norwich, and she had to use a mobile library for a while because of that fire... who'd want to burn a load of old books? (Assuming it was arson)
It was an electrical fault in the American Airmen Memorial bit of the library....
Looking at the screenshot of the new studio - it looks like they are still using a projector for the backdrop, rather than a real view.
AIUI the studio is a real studio - i.e. no windows, though it is in a slightly awkward position access-wise?
I don't know of any changes planned for Cambridge technically - though it may be that they harmonise the studio "look" so it doesn't stick out during the 1830 sub-opt.
Yes, right as always Noggin
The main studio is on the far left of the building, in a "bulge" which sticks out the side. There are no windows and its away from the main section of the Forum. So there is a massive screen for their window on the world.
However, the newsroom looks out into the main Forum so expect to see some sections presented from there. I have seen them through the window doing dummy runs with reporters in the newsroom doing lives against the backdrop of the library.
