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NWT is getting the new regional set, as revealed back in January by one of their producers.
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The current 2nd floor NWT studio isn't small. In fact, in terms of floor space it's larger than the refurbished Breakfast/Sport studio on the ground floor. 

The issue has always been the very low lighting rig and weird shape because it's in the corner of space originally intended for offices in an oddly shaped building.

They can certainly put in one of those NBH-style sets, but I think they'll have to sacrifice the narrower end of the studio for camera use or reconfigure the studio to have the set in the middle and waste quite a lot of space.

It will look similar to all the other English regions - if you're into 'sofa news', which they've put up with for a while in the North West and other areas.

I dread the day they downgrade Plymouth to one of these.

One does wonder if with NWT remaining where it is as it seems to being alluded to if they do something. Because of how and what the studio space behaves as is if they would be brave enough to flip the set and have something like below in the altered image below.


Original Image Source: TV Live - BBC Midlands Today: 2023-