[Neil Jones]

2) The BBC had a lying-in-state feed running 24/7 - would they have had human camera operators or fixed cameras? It seemed there was a lot of zooming in and out and switching of cameras - would there have been directors working around the clock? Sounds like quite a big operation!

I am pretty sure they will have been the same sort of camera used in Parliament - remote controlled.

It was directed by an OB during the day and by someone at the BBC overnight (when I think the cameras were fixed) . The output was delayed, which is why the incident where someone walked towards the coffin wasn't seen (although when one of the guards fainted on day 1 it was seen)

Having rewound the live feed on YouTube when it was being "broadcast" to see some of the overnight for some reason (maybe I was bored), I can tell you it was pretty much the same as the daytime - so lots of arty shots (focusing on the cross, zooming on some random member of the public, panning, wide shots etc) and then following the changing of the guard (I know it's not the same thing as they do at Buckingham Palace but it's the closest equivalent) every 20 minutes or so.

But yes the only difference between the overnight and the daytime was that the windows were dark and the effect of artificial light at night-time