[chaose]

I don't see any advantage in dismantling the 'soft area' set, simply to leave it as empty space, when it can easily be used for other programmes or the fluffy stuff with guests if you've retained a desk in the revamped area.

Normally I would say you wouldn't want to retain parts of an old set so as not to mix two different eras of branding. But this is the BBC, so that's probably exactly what's going to happen