22-08-2022, 03:08 PM
(22-08-2022, 02:34 PM)ALV Wrote: The NC has decamped to Studio A this afternoon, featuring Victoria Derbyshire and her laptop. I think they're gonna decamp every Monday afternoon from now. They've decamped last Monday too, at the same time 2-5PM block~ Probably for regular maintenance or preparing for an upgrade with Studio E...
Come to think of it, with Studio D closing down temporarily for upgrades, it seems they're down to 1 large-scale backup studio. If C and E are down at the same time, one of them will have to use the tiny CSO setups in F, G or H or simulcast. A reminder how badly it looked when the NC decamped to F:
My assumption has been that D is being prepared for the BBC News channel to decamp to while a new set is installed in E. It seems unlikely they are upgrading it for London if they are moving into B in a few months. I'm not sure of the timetable with the new Breakfast/Sport set (it's nearly three months since Sport moved out (though I do think I prefer their temporary set to their prior one!)), but I wouldn't be surprised if they wait until that is complete to begin the next step of the NBH studio shuffle - you don't want too many temporary set-ups on the go at once.
Has the 'shadow' behind the side screen always been a part of the Studio A virtual set or is this something new? I don't recall seeing it before and it doesn't really make any sense (not only would a lighting director never allow such a shadow in a real studio, but it implies the set is being lit from below). I continue to be amazed that this set has been allowed to persist for nearly ten years and am not going to miss it for a single second when it eventually disappears. Honestly one of the worst TV news sets in the UK in a long while.