24-12-2023, 12:19 AM
(23-12-2023, 11:10 PM)Brekkie Wrote: Ideally of course E would be kept but if one studio is essentially little more than a backup surely a simple operation suits that best, which might suggest D. And of course Studio B itself is going to be used even less once the One moves to Salford so that can act as a backup during the day too. Things get more complicated in the evening when the Six, London and (World) News Channel need their own space, but even then with London sharing with the Six that would still be a studio spare. I guess at worse there is the UK opt position too and then Millbank as well. Keeping an entire studio spare just in case is likely a luxury the BBC can no longer afford.I'd agree, you only really need B (network, London), D (London, HARDtalk?, back-up), C or E (channel). I mean, circa 2010, they were only using three studios at TVC and producing literally twice as much output per day as currently comes from the four in-use main studios at NBH. While you did technically have N9 as a fourth studio, I don't recall that ever being used for emergency contingency, only as cover for pre-planned maintenance.