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BBC Breakfast studio in Elections 2023 mode:


Weirdly, BBC Breakfast used these minimal lower-thirds for the first few minutes of the programme. 


You can see them in action here... 
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...and here:
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Normal service was restored at 0609, when the regular Breakfast L3s returned:
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This isn't the first time we've seen the 'alternate' ultra-minimal L3s in action - they were previously seen (with an appropriately customised design) during the BBC Breakfast anniversary celebrations (see: pres.cafe ); and I think they were also seen (again, with relevant logo/customisation) during the BBC's Jubilee coverage. 

I haven't previously seen the version that appeared this morning on Breakfast (with a vertical grey bar and downward white wipe). Is this perhaps the BBC News 'sombre' graphics set -- entirely unbranded and monochromatic?

I know the Tories did badly, but I'm not sure it calls for a period of mourning! 


Also on Breakfast, an appearance from the BBC News broom cupboard, showing 'London Newsroom' as the location: 


As always from this delightful new newsroom spot, the camera angle is typically dreadful, with a near focus on the least useful information on the screen, while the information we're supposed to see is so small as to be virtually illegible -- especially on mobile screens. You remember -- don't you, BBC News? -- those screens you were so terribly worried about when you were talking about people not being able to read the flipper? 

Why exactly is the setup here so sh*tty? Why did the BBC choose to make this new flagship newsroom location -- which appears across BBC News outlets -- look like the cramped display stand of a failing company at a trade show?