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BBC News seems to have gone through umpteen relaunches in the past few years, but despite this, on 21st April 2008 it went through yet another. And just like the 2006 update, this update is driven by the need to cut costs.

Above: the whizzy new title sequence. Watch a clip

The news bulletins on BBC1, the BBC News channel (formerly BBC News 24) and all regional news programmes have reverted to using music, titles and graphics that share a common theme, much as they did with the relaunch that was rolled out around 1999/2000. And just like that relaunch, the 2008 look is designed by Lambie-Nairn.

The One and Ten O'Clock News and weekend bulletins now share the refurbished studio N6 (above) with the BBC News channel; although the existing bank of screens remains, the backdrop shown on them has changed from a skyline to another fake newsroom.

The Six O'Clock News, meanwhile, stays in the larger TC7 (above), also used by Breakfast, Working Lunch, Newsround and Newsnight. The sets in both studios are virtually identical, however, the only obvious difference being the round desk in TC7.

Hold on a minute - I shouldn't be referring to One O'Clock News, Six O'Clock News etc! The BBC are once again trying to rename the main bulletins as BBC News at One, BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten. It'll never last, I tell you...

It is probable that this is the last relaunch before BBC News moves into the new extension of Broadcasting House early in the next decade.

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