Well in 2007 and 2008, they started the Santa vs Scrooge specials on the Monday of the week before Christmas, and the actual shows during Christmas were the Star shows.

I thought the 2006 Christmas specials had a really good atmosphere - an atmosphere which the 2007 and 2008 Star specials didn't have, in my opinion. So it'll be good to (hopefully) have normal DoND episodes airing over this Christmas period!

It'd be nice if (as with 2006), they were primetime evening specials, but I doubt that'll be the case as they haven't had any primetime specials for ages. In fact, I think the last time they had any were for the aforementioned 2006 Christmas specials!

See you there then, are you with your friend again or on your own?

Ooo Im there on the 5th as well, can I meet and say Hi???!

Scrooge and Santa overlapped a week last year(I think it was 15th-23rd), so maybe it is again?

Get pics!

(outside of course, before you have to hand over anything photographic )

Are they booking for October 26th already?! (tempting...) Of course, that'll mean they're only having a one week break after the first batch of shows, whereas last year they had 2 week breaks in the run up to xmas.

You were so lucky to see Alice's game live - I bet that was a real treat, and it was great that all the pilgrims kept it quiet (as they should do anyway of course, but still...) - and as I had recently been and not heard anything from the production team, I felt sure she was going to win the penny, as a jackpot win surely would've been spoilt! I think that's the most shocked I've ever been during an episode!

Do you have to travel far to get to the studios, Wokoman? For me and Collydolly it takes about 3 hours (coming from totally different directions!), which is fine for me really except I can't get down there as often as I might like!

I filled out the audience form on the 14th September and I still haven't had any call back, is there any other way of booking tickets?

Also I will be in Bristol on the 9th/10th November, anyone know if they are filming or on a break then?

Thanks

Ooo yes let's have a meet up and pics, my friend can't come this time so I am on my own, but everyone is so friendly It never worries me

Haha, Im looking forward to it Collydolly Let me know closer to the day



It's not too bad! I come from the midlands, and it takes 2 hours from Wolverhampton usually (By train, I usually go on a Tuesday, Wednesday or a Thursday, the train at Wolverhampton is 6:41, change at Birmingham, getting to Bristol about 8:45)

Alice's game was utterly awesome! A lot of very good bits were edited out of the BG decision, including the banker sending something very helpful down (a 1p coin), followed by Lisa's "Alice, that's a lucky penny" line

Wanting to apply for tickets but living in Leeds and not having public transport, getting to Bristol for 9am is an impossiblity and I don't really want to travel all the way down for 1 show in the afternoon? I know there is a Holiday Inn opposite the train station but does anyone know any cheaper hotels nearby?

There's always the Travelodge in Bristol which is cheap if you book far enough in advance, but I think it's quite a lengthy walk from their to the studio (I suppose you could get a taxi though).

Somebody I know has booked tickets for 29th October. It looks like it will be the old system, two weeks on, followed by a dark week.

Is it possible to get tickets for all 3 shows in a day?

Yes, I did on April 20th

Yes, I will be seeing 3 shows on 5th October, and also saw 3 back in March, and with staying overnight, there is no worries about missing the last train link back.



Probably not filming, I'm afraid, given we know they'll be filming week starting 26th October, so they'll also film week starting 3rd November and have the following week off.



On Mondays, they start around 12 which might be better for you. They run 2 shows 12-5 and 1 from 5-8. Although I think Mondays are more popular due to this later start allowing more long-distance pilgrims to come.

Travelodge is the option I tend to use, as they're fairly reliable and cheap. I got a room for £19 quite a while back, although near to the dates they can go up to £40 or more (although that's still less than the Holiday Inn). The walk to the studios is about 30-40 mins, but the route's fairly simple as you just follow signs for TM station.

Got tickets for morning and afternoon on Tues 3rd November. Got 2 options for £40ish hotel rooms (one the Ibis near the station and one a guesthouse which isn't too far away from the studios)

I had a phone call from Stacy this morning confirming Tuesday. I said I would be in Bristol on Monday as well and she said yes so I am also booked for 2 shows on Monday 5th at 12:15
So it looks like I may meet wokoman88, StatsMan and Collydolly.
You can recognise me from this recent claim to fame :
http://www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Carol_C

Great, the more the merrier, if they are short for the third show on Monday you might get to see that as well

Well, that worked out quite well, really! - I got to meet up with everyone who was going from the forum in some form at least. I sat with Collydolly for the first 2 shows, Wokoman was fairly near to us I think, but I didn't end up chatting to him (sorry!). Later on, I caught up with Kanga, and I also saw '1000+ shows' Lyn - an extraordinary feat, she's practically made being a pilgrim a full-time occupation! (at least it gives good summer holidays! )

I also sat with someone else, but I really couldn't say...

Ok, some filming dates for everyone, up until the xmas break!

OCTOBER:
MON 5: 14-Dec 15-Dec 16-Dec
TUE 6: 17-Dec 18-Dec 20-Dec
WED 7: 21-Dec 22-Dec 23-Dec
THU 8: 24-Dec 25-Dec 27-Dec
FRI 9: 28-Dec 29-Dec 30-Dec

MON 12: 31-Dec 1-Jan 3-Jan
TUE 13: 4-Jan 5-Jan 6-Jan
WED 14: 7-Jan 8-Jan 10-Jan
THU 15: 11-Jan 12-Jan 13-Jan
FRI 16: 14-Jan 15-Jan 17-Jan

ONE WEEK BREAK

MON 26: 18-Jan 19-Jan 20-Jan
TUE 27: 21-Jan 22-Jan 24-Jan
WED 28: 25-Jan 26-Jan 27-Jan
THU 29: 28-Jan 29-Jan 31-Jan
FRI 30: 1-Feb 2-Feb 3-Feb

NOVEMBER:
MON 2: 4-Feb 5-Feb 7-Feb
TUE 3: 8-Feb 9-Feb 10-Feb
WED 4: 11-Feb 12-Feb 14-Feb
THU 5: 15-Feb 16-Feb 17-Feb
FRI 6: 18-Feb 19-Feb 21-Feb

TWO WEEK BREAK

MON 23: 22-Feb 23-Feb 24-Feb
TUE 24: 25-Feb 26-Feb 28-Feb
WED 25: 1-Mar 2-Mar 3-Mar
THU 26: 4-Mar 5-Mar 7-Mar
FRI 27: 8-Mar 9-Mar 10-Mar

MON 30: 11-Mar 12-Mar 14-Mar

DECEMBER:
TUE 1: 15-Mar 16-Mar 17-Mar
WED 2: 18-Mar 19-Mar 21-Mar
THU 3: 22-Mar 23-Mar 24-Mar
FRI 4: 25-Mar 26-Mar 28-Mar

XMAS BREAK

Red is Scrooge and Santa specials
Pink is possibly Love Week specials

So are there definitely no Christmas Star shows this year then?