[AaronLancs]

Just to clear up any confusion about the location of the 'News Centre' studios at TVC, here is a floorplan showing their locations relative to each other and the newsroom.

I wonder if when Huw said it was relatively small was because of the 1999-c.2002 set was on a curve and not right up to the fire lane like it is shown in the BBC Breakfast clip.

That N6 set did take up relatively little of the studio's floor space, largely due to its use of rear projection, but I guess referring to the studio as small depends on the point of reference - compared to the main block studios, N6 was tiny, but compared to the other news studios (both at the time, previously and since) N6 was not abnormally sized - being only slightly smaller (though less weirdly shaped) than N2 and about the same size as Studio E at NBH (though with a higher ceiling, but without the depth afforded by a newsroom view).

I doff my green army cap to you DTV.

Looking at that picture N8 is instantly recognisable for me as someone who has seen the Martin Lewis Design models for BBC News 24. For both the original 1999-2003 era set and then something that evolved to be the 2003-2008 one. Can't seem to find it since their (Lewis Design) website has had a redo and their archive section seems to be unavailable.

N9, oh hello the gallery at the back. Plus above where you have added 'N9' is that partial circle the famous column? If so, also instantly recognisable.

N6, talk about so well hidden. If TVC still stood as it did today and you told me to go find it. I would be lost trying to find it. Surrounded by three offices and several edit suites.

As I said, I doff my cap to you.

P.S. If I can find the concept images that I mentioned about N8 I'll post them as and when.