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BBC English Regions sub-opts

Channel Islands, Look East (West) & Oxford (January 2011)

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive
DV
DVB Cornwall
Most if not all of these subregions 1830 output can be viewed on the iPlayer now.
DE
deejay

It has always had its own studio from my knowledge from Cambridge. Yes they have a separate set of presenters sometimes used in Norwich for reporting and occasionally for presenting. Cambridge did do a full programme I believe in December, someone did note it on here in the Look East thread. Stuart from Norwich went over there for that edition, not sure the reason why.

I think they could manage to do full bulletins and perhaps let Norwich cover for them at weekends. But then other regions may be able to justify opt outs and it would get silly.


The opt started I believe as watchingtv says in converted office space in the old BBC Cambridge offices. More recently it moved into purpose built offices. You can see the studio here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/panoramas/look_east_studio_360.shtml

I'm not sure there would be a massive benefit to separating the two programmes fully. I could however see a benefit to more frequently splitting the opening of the programme so they run separate leading stories and come back together for the weather and the more magazine parts of the programme.

There could also be a benefit to running split sport at the weekends but I would imagine the short duration of the bulletins might make this harder to achieve.


Just to say that the panorama on the weblink is of the old BBC Cambridge TV Studio. The new centre is extremely smart, but I haven't seen any photos on a public website Wink
MW
Mike W

It has always had its own studio from my knowledge from Cambridge. Yes they have a separate set of presenters sometimes used in Norwich for reporting and occasionally for presenting. Cambridge did do a full programme I believe in December, someone did note it on here in the Look East thread. Stuart from Norwich went over there for that edition, not sure the reason why.

I think they could manage to do full bulletins and perhaps let Norwich cover for them at weekends. But then other regions may be able to justify opt outs and it would get silly.


The opt started I believe as watchingtv says in converted office space in the old BBC Cambridge offices. More recently it moved into purpose built offices. You can see the studio here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/panoramas/look_east_studio_360.shtml

I'm not sure there would be a massive benefit to separating the two programmes fully. I could however see a benefit to more frequently splitting the opening of the programme so they run separate leading stories and come back together for the weather and the more magazine parts of the programme.

There could also be a benefit to running split sport at the weekends but I would imagine the short duration of the bulletins might make this harder to achieve.


Just to say that the panorama on the weblink is of the old BBC Cambridge TV Studio. The new centre is extremely smart, but I haven't seen any photos on a public website Wink

Apparently it has Viz, but because nobody knows how to program it they just throw astons up, which is a real shame.
MI
m_in_m

It has always had its own studio from my knowledge from Cambridge. Yes they have a separate set of presenters sometimes used in Norwich for reporting and occasionally for presenting. Cambridge did do a full programme I believe in December, someone did note it on here in the Look East thread. Stuart from Norwich went over there for that edition, not sure the reason why.

I think they could manage to do full bulletins and perhaps let Norwich cover for them at weekends. But then other regions may be able to justify opt outs and it would get silly.


The opt started I believe as watchingtv says in converted office space in the old BBC Cambridge offices. More recently it moved into purpose built offices. You can see the studio here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/panoramas/look_east_studio_360.shtml

I'm not sure there would be a massive benefit to separating the two programmes fully. I could however see a benefit to more frequently splitting the opening of the programme so they run separate leading stories and come back together for the weather and the more magazine parts of the programme.

There could also be a benefit to running split sport at the weekends but I would imagine the short duration of the bulletins might make this harder to achieve.


Just to say that the panorama on the weblink is of the old BBC Cambridge TV Studio. The new centre is extremely smart, but I haven't seen any photos on a public website Wink


Whoops yes sorry having re-read that sentence it is misleading. The panaroma as you say is the old studio in converted office space. The new studio is purpose built. It looks very similar to the Norwich studio but everything is on a smaller scale. I'm not sure if Cambridge has a screen on both side walls - it might just be the right as you look at the presenter sat at the desk.
DV
DVB Cornwall
... an aside, seems that the English News Magazine websites are amongst those listed for closure today.
ST
Stuart
The new studio is purpose built. It looks very similar to the Norwich studio but everything is on a smaller scale. I'm not sure if Cambridge has a screen on both side walls - it might just be the right as you look at the presenter sat at the desk.

It doesn't look as though it has screens on both side walls. There are some nice pics on the TV Newsbreak website.

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