Studio 2

223 square metres (2,400 ft²)

Opened in late 1960, it housed comedy programmes such as That Was The Week That Was. It was not initially converted to colour and closed in 1969, with the space being used as storage, but reopened in 1981. It was used by BBC News until they moved in 1997, and has played host to the Sport and Children's department. It was the main studio used for Blue Peter for the 2007 and 2008 series. It was vacated following the move of both departments to dock10. It was reopened on 1 September 2017.[13] Studio 2 is currently the home of the ITV programmes Loose Women, Peston and Lorraine, in addition to Channel 4's Sunday Brunch.