14-01-2023, 04:51 PM
(09-01-2023, 07:22 PM)DTV Wrote: Hull is slightly smaller than Birmingham, but also significantly longer - Hull is 13.5 x 7.2m (~97 sqm), while Birmingham is roughly 11 x 9m (~99 sqm). If the identical set thing is to be believed (which I doubt), this would mean that it'd have to fit in a space of 11m x 7.2m (~79 sqm) - which would be ludicrously small. The Washington studio is a similar floorspace (~80 sqm), but is virtually square so not as constrained with regards to depth. It'd also be quite a low set owing to Salford's set having an unusually low ceiling.
Just to bring some more colour to the discussion from a few days ago, I've managed to put together this diagram showing the comparative sizes of BBC national and regional studios. There's a little incompleteness - I don't have a good figure for Leeds or Nottingham - but it should help explain things and I don't think either the missing studios are at the small end. I've simplified the shapes of the studios (most aren't perfect rectangles) and these are wall-to-wall dimensions (Studio B, for instance, has firelanes that take about 1-1.5m off each side).