[JMT1985]

I remember watching the new look on this day in 1999 and was so happy they had finally ditched the computer generated studio design of 1993 - yes, there music was fantastic, but the look of the set was so dated come 1997 and they still had problems with the virtual reality of the set.

The new set looked decent, with the window into the BBC News Centre, which had only opened the year before.

I was lucky enough to get to visit BBC Television Centre back then a few times, and got to see N6 where the main bulletins were presented from. In fact it was a fairly small studio, but with wide angle lenses on the camera, it made it look and feel bigger on screen.

I think the 1999 initial look was excellent, and in December 2001 they decided to add some warmth to the set, with more red panels, a smaller news desk and a tweak to the window into the news centre, which I think made the set look even better.