27-11-2022, 12:37 AM
(25-11-2022, 10:34 PM)Jon Wrote: How does the 5m clearance compare to the current set up? And do we know the size compared to present?
5m would certainly be a greater ceiling height than the current studio. I've never been able to get any dimensions for the current studio, but, in terms of height, it does seem to be at the reasonable end of converted office space studios. For comparison, N8 and NBH-E have ceiling heights of about 3m, while the NWT/Breakfast studio seems more around 2.5m. A typical full-size TV studio (e.g. NBH-B) is about 7.5m, but such height is rarely needed for news.
5m is in the ballpark of the mezzanine level of the Broadcasting House newsroom (the Outside Source 'studio') and the ground floor of Quay House (the old BBC Sport news/future BBC Breakfast studio). Overall, not a bad size - at least they seem to be taking regional studios seriously, which they weren't in the 2000s.