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Sadly it looks like the BBC's just likely to be the regular news set, albeit possibly with different backdrops on the screens, from 2019 on seeing as they're just using the BH studios, the days of big, fancy bespoke sets are likely over.

ITN using their atrium in 1997 and 2001 was impressive, a shame they've never done it since.

Sadly I think you're right - although I'm excited about Sky using the Monday Night Football studio this year. I suspect it'll look better than what they built especially in 2019 and still cost less.

The ironic thing is that it's easy for ITV's usual studio is the easiest to turn into something that looks completely different - the virtual atrium in 2005 and what they did in 2010 are good examples of that. Yet they choose not to.

ITV's 2001 atrium set was more impressive than the 1997 one overall but, in my view, let down by the fact that the main presenter shot was essentially just Jonathan Dimbleby sitting in front of a salmon-coloured blind.