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I wonder if the episode had actually already been pre-recorded with Ben, Kate and Susanna and this was a hasty re-record?

Has Sean got his annual stint hosting this week?

I’ve also seen the suggestion that a show had already been recorded with Susanna, Ben and Kate, but haven’t seen that confirmed for sure. Understandable in the circumstances if so that it wasn’t used.

Although Christmas Day usually includes best bits, there’s also a fair amount of new links and usually new performances, so I can certainly see why they may not have had time or the resources to record another Christmas show having decided not to use the first version.

From what I’ve seen, the Christmas Day show this year was a very brief intro with Ben and Ranvir recorded last Thursday or Friday, then a repeat of the 1 Million Minutes Awards from this month, with no outro.