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'Glitch In The Matrix' Exposes BBC's Real Olympics Set

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Entertainment Reporter, The Huffington Post UK

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If you’ve spent the last two weeks believing the BBC’s team of Olympics presenters are out in Tokyo, prepare to have your mind blown.

There was a technical glitch during Saturday’s edition of Olympic Breakfast that proved the skyline of the Japanese capital – which can be seen as the hosts introduce and dissect all the action from the Games – isn’t actually real. 

The blip exposed that the show’s real set is actually a huge green screen, which has scenes from Tokyo computer-generated for viewers at home. 

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BBC Olympics studio is actually a giant green screen.
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In actual fact, the majority of the BBC’s presentational are based in the U.K., rather than out in Japan, due to the pandemic. 

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