BEAUTIFUL SET FOR A BEAUTIFUL GAME: BBC Sport wins with the best customised TV set for Euro 2012.

South African viewers can't see it (unfortunately!) but the very best sports studio sets for coverage of Euro 2012 undoubtedly goes to BBC Sport, broadcasting from custom-built studios into Britain.

Auburn backdrops, smooth floor designs and almost best of all ... glass-like, translucent and beautiful 3D virtual graphics super-imposed on the set for viewers, creating a beautiful "glass curtain" effect. Beautiful, refined and sophisticated sets to cover a beautiful game.

Sigh. When will South African broadcasters ever catch up ... 

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. The beautiful TV promo for Euro 2012 from BBC Sport.

The TV promo for Euro 2012 from BBC Sport is better than anything else I've seen from South African TV channels or internationally amongst all the broadcasters showing the Euro 2012.

Broadcasters all usually make their own bumpers and customise their on-screen coverage and graphics and build their own studios for big sport events.

SET VISIT: Behind the scenes at Football Focus and the high in the sky super set of the BBC in Cape Town.

The BBC's coverage of the beautiful game can only be described as, well . . . beautiful.

For the 2010 FIFA World Cup the Beep has set up shop in a big way as a global broadcaster in Cape Town, with a extraordinary broadcasting centre and control room in Greenpoint. The BBC constructed a visually wonderful set for the broadcaster's global magazine show Football Focus with Manish Bhasin that's perched atop the Somerset hospital. With the elegantly designed set, basking in a soft amber glow and infused with inspiration from the new elliptical wave designed Cape Town Stadium, the BBC can boast with the completely unrivaled and best panoramic backdrop of any football show covering this World Cup tournament.

Football Focus which can be seen in South Africa on BBC World News (DStv 400 / TopTV 400) at 14:30 is simply a visual delight to watch. I visited the BBC's broadcast fascility which is an impressive bee hive of activity, went up with the BBC's specially constructed lift, and got access to the Football Focus set.

Click on READ MORE below for more photos and insider info from my set visit to the BBC's World Cup broadcasting hub in Cape Town and the BBC Football Focus set.