Lifting the roof

If you notice a little too much glistening in upcoming episodes of Casualty, there's a simple explanation - and it won't last long.

In the move from Bristol to the new BBC Drama Village at Roath Lock, Cardiff, the sets had to be rebuilt and refreshed.  The Casualty team re-erected them the way they're used to - with full ceilings. However putting a "lid" on a set in a traditional studio defeats the expensive air conditioning  - and temperatures on the new sets have been hitting 27C/80F.   Now the boxes have been opened up, and we can all breathe more easily.  There'll just be fewer shots with ceilings in...