 The programme was initially broadcast late at night (after 10.30pm) but was moved to a 7.30pm - 8.00pm time-slot in 1968.The schedule change was followed by a switch from monochrome to colour transmission; "Newsroom" was, in fact, the first British news programme to be shown in colour.Until September 1969 it originated from BBC News Studio A at Alexandra Palace, and after this date from Studio N2 at Television Centre.