A tour of BBC's old virtual studio (1997)

I always wondered how they made the old glass shield thing on BBC News and, while browsing YouTube, I found this virtual studio tour from 1997. As someone in the comments said, this virtual set looks more futuristic than the red one BBC uses now.

More from the BBC: That time BBC2 appeared in a Pizza Hut advert and The Cultural Legacy of the Russian Revolution (BBC Audio Doc)

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