[Former Member 406]

I note that the faux outdoor view this morning had a pure bright blue daytime sky from 6am, in tandem with the reality of sunrise occurring circa 5am at this time of year (and therefore there won't still be any traces or orange/pink etc "sunrise" hues in the real sky over Salford by 6am).

This makes me hopeful that the backdrop will now be appropriately light/dark in tandem with reality, across the seasons of the year and the time of morning.

I don't think that the dark mornings in winter would be the same problem they were for Daybreak, as many shots on Breakfast are now framed to include LED walls showing e.g. the orange & blue graphics and/or story-specific images etc either side of the faux window view. This brings brightness and colour in, even if the outdoor view is dark.

Alternatively, there could be the compromise of the darkest version of the view that they would show being from the early-mid part of the sunrise period (i.e. when it's at least 25% light, or whatever) even at times of the morning/year when the real world is still pitch black outside. Once the real world starts getting 51%+ light during the course of the morning, the faux backdrop can then start lightening up in tandem with reality.