Look and feel

Of course, it's not just the main BBC news bulletins now coming from Lund Point, the tower block overlooking the Olympic Park; there's much more going on, in a shameless triumph of style over content. The 23-storey building, completed in 1968, is in the Carpenters Road Estate, owned by Newham Council, and was being cleared for demolition, now scheduled for after the Olympics

A sage insider says the BBC operation, on the top five floors, feels like a collision between Shameless and Drop the Dead Donkey. The makeshift air conditioning in the wood and glass studio is still overwhelming the breathy tones of Fiona Bruce.

But there are those with child-like enthusiasm. Here, Lucy Hockings of BBC World take you on a tour of some of the facilities - it is not to be watched by anyone from Newham elf-and-safety or building control.  Note the air conditioner behind her on the first shot; the helpful guys hanging around in the "tea room"; the clear disabled access, etc. If there was any sense that this was improving the journalism, rather than the view, it could be forgiven...