[DavidWhitfield]

They seem to be taking it in turns - Jon on duty today.




Splitting it 50/50 seems to be a sensible way to do it - fair for the presenters and offers a bit of variation for the viewer.

[030293]

I've really enjoyed what I've seen from the set so far. Much improved on the previous set. Graphics are a bit uninspiring, but hey, welcome to BBC News!

Forgive me for sounding awful here, however, I've seen a lot of commentary around the build being "a tough challenge". To a viewer like myself (no TV experience, and just like pres as a hobby sort of thing), why was this a specific challenge?

[m_in_m]

They seem to be taking it in turns - Jon on duty today.




Splitting it 50/50 seems to be a sensible way to do it - fair for the presenters and offers a bit of variation for the viewer.

I realised that it is probably easier script wise to alternate by day rather than on the day as I assume much of the top of the hour script will be repeated a number of times and presumably is done in building blocks.

[Brekkie]

And nice to see the presenters split up briefly rather than just sat on a sofa reading every other sentence.

[m_in_m]

And nice to see the presenters split up briefly rather than just sat on a sofa reading every other sentence.

A reduction in the Elstree triangle 😂

[JexedBack]

I've really enjoyed what I've seen from the set so far. Much improved on the previous set. Graphics are a bit uninspiring, but hey, welcome to BBC News!

Forgive me for sounding awful here, however, I've seen a lot of commentary around the build being "a tough challenge". To a viewer like myself (no TV experience, and just like pres as a hobby sort of thing), why was this a specific challenge?

Connecting a gallery and studio that had never been linked before - and in a building not designed to link them. Space issues, it’s smaller than their old set although has height. Sport and news using different technology and making the sofa spin. Having to build a temporary studio for sport. Two gallery refurbs and building a temporary gallery. All while keeping Breakfast, sport and NWT on air.

[oscillon]

It appears that swipes in the headlines sequence are not limited to orange colour - before the weather they are blue!

[VMPhil]

It appears that swipes in the headlines sequence are not limited to orange colour - before the weather they are blue!

I didn’t know they’d signed up Sting to be a reporter.

[mark]

Its a very dry programme. Feels like any bit of personality is drained out of the presenters and it just feels kinda generic. But at least they got a news set. Well done.

I agree. I switched on this morning midway through a lengthy discussion on - and this is just a guess as it was hard to tell exactly what the story was - the state of school buildings. It felt better suited to something like Newsnight that you can give your undivided attention to, rather than 'background' breakfast TV.

Compared to the warmth and bite-size segments of the US morning shows, it definitely feels dry to me and not my (morning) cup of tea. 

It's not just Breakfast - I do think length and tone of segments is an issue for UK breakfast TV in general. For example, the long and confrontational political interviews and debates on Good Morning Britain. 

I appreciate this is all just my personal preference though and there's clearly a market for this kind of content.

[Pete]

I agree. I switched on this morning midway through a lengthy discussion on - and this is just a guess as it was hard to tell exactly what the story was - the state of school buildings. It felt better suited to something like Newsnight that you can give your undivided attention to, rather than 'background' breakfast TV.

the state of school buildings would appear somewhat to be the perfect fodder for a show aimed significantly at "mums"