So by this time next year GMB would be kicked out of Studio 5 at the London Studios. I guess this is still too early to know where ITV are planning to put them along with Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women whilst they bulldoze Studios 1,2 and 3 and down size the London Studios on the Southbank from Spring 2018?
I wonder whether the title sequence during the redevelopment will include sweeping shots of whatever facility they've decamped to and/or an accompanying reference to it by the voiceover (e.g. "Live from the Riverside Studios..." or whatever), in the spirit of the current South Bank Tower footage and "ITV Studios" mention?
Or will they instead play down the non-ITV-owned location, by just having generic shots of the London skyline and a similarly vague "Live from London" voiceover until they eventually move "back home"?
Too early to know, of course. I highly doubt that even ITV have decided what to do yet.
I've always been convinced that the "ITV Studios" mention - along with "itv" logos appearing within the programme's studio set, lower thirds screen clutter, break bumpers etc etc - is motivated mainly by wanting to get up STV's (and also formerly UTV's) nose!
Without being able to say "from ITV Studios" for the duration, I wonder if they'll contrive some other STV-baiting way of mentioning "ITV" within the voiceover? (e.g. "Live from ITV", rather akin to Strictly Come Dancing's "Live from the BBC" whilst they've been decamped to Elstree)