[Stuart]

Despite not being in there long, BBC South already showing up a lot of regions by demonstrating how a bit of creativity can be used to make the new sets shine to their full potential...
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That idea of replacing one of the sofa segments with a chair is something I've not seen elsewhere. It certainly works for a politics programme when you want it to appear to have a more formal distance between the presenter and the guests.

[Spencer]

That idea of replacing one of the sofa segments with a chair is something I've not seen elsewhere. It certainly works for a politics programme when you want it to appear to have a more formal distance between the presenter and the guests.

Leeds has the same setup, as seen at the beginning of this clip...
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Edit: a quick look around, and so do Birmingham, Nottingham and Tunbridge Wells. So I think that's everyone!

[Phil]

I think the chair was a later addition. When Nottingham and Birmingham first got the new set, they used the full sofa for Politics. The separate chair made an appearance a few weeks later.