There seriously might be.

Is this right for Series 1?

Thu-27-Oct: Mon-31-Oct, Tue-01-Nov, Wed-02-Nov
Fri-28-Oct: Thu-03-Nov, Fri-04-Nov, Sat-05-Nov
Mon-31-Oct: Mon-07-Nov, Tue-08-Nov, Wed-09-Nov
Tue-01-Nov: Thu-10-Nov, Fri-11-Nov, Sat-12-Nov
Wed-02-Nov: Mon-14-Nov, Tue-15-Nov, Wed-16-Nov
Thu-03-Nov: Thu-17-Nov, Fri-18-Nov, Sat-19-Nov
Fri-04-Nov: Mon-21-Nov, Tue-22-Nov, Wed-23-Nov
Mon-07-Nov: Thu-24-Nov, Fri-25-Nov, Sat-26-Nov
Tue-08-Nov: Mon-28-Nov, Tue-29-Nov, Wed-30-Nov
Wed-09-Nov: Thu-1-Dec, Fri-2-Dec, Sat-3-Dec
Thu-10-Nov: Mon-5-Dec, Tue-6-Dec, Wed-7-Dec
Fri-11-Nov: Thu-8-Dec, Fri-9-Dec, Sat-10-Dec

BREAK

Mon-21-Nov: Mon-12-Dec, Tue-13-Dec, Wed-14-Dec
Tue-22-Nov: Thu-15-Dec, Fri-16-Dec, Sat-17-Dec
Wed-23-Nov: Mon-19-Dec, Tue-20-Dec, Wed-21-Dec
Thu-24-Nov: Thu-22-Dec, Fri-23-Dec, Mon-26-Dec
Fri-25-Nov: Tue-27-Dec, Wed-28-Dec, Thu-29-Dec
Mon-28-Nov: Fri-30-Dec, Mon-2-Jan, Tue-3-Jan
Tue-29-Nov: Wed-4-Jan, Thu-05-Jan, Fri-06-Jan
Wed-30-Nov: Sat-07-Jan, Mon-09-Jan, Tue-10-Jan
Thu-01-Dec: Wed-11-Jan, Thu-12-Jan, Fri-13-Jan
Fri-02-Dec: Sat-14-Jan, Mon-16-Jan, Tue-17-Jan

To have filmed up to the 17th January by the 2nd December, they'd have to have had a one-week break. I've put it as the 14th-20th November as Dave said in an earlier post that when the show started, he was 'about a week away' from filming. Still not sure, though, as the missed Christmas Eve episode throws the show-dates into chaos, and when they recover (due to missing out the New Years Day show) it's Wed-Thu-Fri and Sat-Mon-Tue, rather than the usual Mon-Tue-Wed and Thu-Fri-Sat pattern. Maybe an early contestant can confirm!

According to Spartacus, they only did 2 shows on the first day of recording, then didn't record any more until Monday.

Hmm, really? That's messed things up a little...means there's an entire show I've no idea how to fit in, and that instead of Mon-Tue-Wed and Thu-Fri-Sat it was Wed-Thu-Fri and Sat-Mon-Tue.

God, this is complicated.

Now you know how I feel! PM Spartacus or Geordie, they'll fill you in.

h how complicated is this?

Found out from looking at old DigiSpy posts that Raj, Andy K and Rita's games were recorded in one day, so the current list is definitely wrong...and still wrong even if you removed Friday 28th October and change the 27th shows from 3 to 2!

There must have been another day where only two shows were broadcast, but god knows which one.

It was Monday 21st November as I was there in the afternoon. The afternoon session was 13th Dec, evening 14th Dec.

Seeing the clips of Lynn's game, Jennifer, John and Lisa were all in the audience, so maybe they did four games that day so they could all have taken part!

Does anyone know if they're filming this week?

I think they are as they are recording the show next week, which will be the last recording week of the year. Also given the possible air dates for next week, it fits in that they are recording this week as well.

Now that we know the Christmas schedule for definite I thought I'd update this... however, it still doesn't make sense, based on other dates I've heard being batted around.

Update:

Mon-02-Oct: Thu-26-Oct, Fri-27-Oct, Sun-29-Oct #1
Tue-03-Oct: Sun-29-Oct #2 , Mon-30-Oct, Tue-31-Oct
Wed-04-Oct: Wed-01-Nov, Thu-02-Nov, Fri-03-Nov
Thu-05-Oct: Sun-05-Nov, Mon-06-Nov, Tue-07-Nov
Fri-06-Oct: Wed-08-Nov, Thu-09-Nov, Fri-10-Nov
Mon-09-Oct: Sun-12-Nov, Mon-13-Nov, Tue-14-Nov
Tue-10-Oct: Wed-15-Nov, Thu-16-Nov, Fri-17-Nov
Wed-11-Oct: Sun-19-Nov, Mon-20-Nov, Tue-21-Nov
Thu-12-Oct: Wed-22-Nov, Thu-23-Nov, Fri-24-Nov
Fri-13-Oct: Sun-26-Nov, Mon-27-Nov, Tue-28-Nov
Mon-16-Oct: Wed-29-Nov, Thu-30-Nov, Fri-01-Dec
Tue-17-Oct: Sun-03-Dec, Mon-04-Dec, Tue-05-Dec
Wed-18-Oct: Wed-06-Dec, Thu-07-Dec, Fri-08-Dec
Thu-19-Oct: Sun-10-Dec, Mon-11-Dec, Tue-12-Dec
Fri-20-Oct: Wed-13-Dec, Thu-14-Dec, Fri-15-Dec

---2 WEEKS FILMING BREAK---

Mon-06-Nov: Sun-17-Dec, Mon-18-Dec, Tue-19-Dec
Tue-07-Nov: Wed-20-Dec, Thu-21-Dec, Fri-22-Dec
Wed-08-Nov: Sun-24-Dec, Mon-25-Dec, Mon-25-Dec
Thu-09-Nov: Tue-26-Dec, Tue-26-Dec, Wed-27-Dec
Fri-10-Nov: Thu-28-Dec, Fri-29-Dec, Sun-31-Dec

Travis P posted this at Bother's Bar today, so hope he doesn't mind me copying it over here:

Wow they do film way in advance then! i thought it was only a few days or maybe a week or so, not months!

They do this so the rest of the crew and Noel gets to have a longer break for Christmas and in the summer. Celador & Millionaire has also applied this technique recently.

Many thanks to Travis P who has confirmed and amended the filming dates as follows:

Mon-13-Nov: Mon-1-Jan, Tue-2-Jan, Wed-3-Jan
Tue-14-Nov: Thr-4-Jan, Fri-5-Jan, Sun-7-Jan
Wed-15-Nov: Mon-8-Jan, Tue-9-Jan, Wed-10-Jan
Thr-16-Nov: Thr-11-Jan, Fri-12-Jan, Sun-14-Jan
Fri-17-Nov: Mon-15-Jan, Tue-16-Jan, Wed-17-Jan

1 WEEK FILMING BREAK

Mon-27-Nov: Thr-18-Jan, Fri-19-Jan, Sun-21-Jan
Tue-28-Nov: Mon-22-Jan, Tue-23-Jan, Wed-24-Jan
Wed-29-Nov: Thr-25-Jan, Fri-26-Jan, Sun-28-Jan
Thr-30-Nov: Mon-29-Jan, Tue-30-Jan, Wed-31-Jan
Fri-1-Dec: Thr-1-Feb, Fri-2-Feb, Sun-4-Feb

Mon-4-Dec: Mon-5-Feb, Tue-6-Feb, Wed-7-Feb
Tue-5-Dec: Thr-8-Feb, Fri-9-Feb, Sun-11-Feb
Wed-6-Dec: Mon-12-Feb, Tue-13-Feb, Wed-14-Feb
Thr-7-Dec: Thr-15-Feb, Fri-16-Feb, Sun-18-Feb
Fri-8-Dec: Mon-19-Feb, Tue-20-Feb, Wed-21-Feb

CHRISTMAS FILMING BREAK

Thanks for that h, rather important modifications you made there actually to ensure that we don't miss certain DOND shows in the new year!

Great work h thanks

So that's it for the year today, then. Probably wise as otherwise they'd be on to March by next Wednesday.

When do they start filming again, January or February?

They were due a break after this week, although for some reason, they did 3 weeks on at the beginning of October, and only had one week's break two weeks ago.

Haha, I doubt filming 3 months in advance bothers them too much - remember the June - October gap with Jeff's game being recored on 16 June and shown on 25 October? Anyway, they'll probably start again a month today - i.e. Monday 8 January.

I can't believe they're filming the 21st February episode already today. It just seems... so bizarre. I mean, when they were filming June episodes in October, I thought "Meh - I suppose that isn't really that far off... we've got summer to get through and then it's October", but now I'm thinking, despite the gap is less, "What?! End of February? That's ages away." - it's probably because we've got to get through Christmas and New Year... it just seems so bizarre that the episodes they filmed today will be shown nearly 2 months after Christmas.