After multi-million revamp, can Huw spot the difference at BBC?
THE BBC has unveiled a multi-million pound news studio with a ‘giant curved catwalk’ just as it is making drastic cuts.
The set was unleashed on last night’s News At Ten – but even eagle-eyed viewers may struggle to see what the revamp, costing up to £5million, has changed.
Meanwhile, the BBC is to combine news channels and cut jobs to save money. Huw Edwards, who spoke about the set last night, stressed during a video tour that it will add impact to stories. But one BBC insider said staff were ‘constantly told by management that there is no money’.
‘When they see millions being spent on a studio refurbishment, they wonder where that sort of cash is coming from,’ they added. Jonathan Munro, interim head of news, said it was the ‘first major refurbishment’ in a decade.
A BBC spokesman said the more versatile set was better value in the long run.