[SuperSajuuk]

The sad thing is that the compilations put out last week and tonight include episodes featuring the dearly missed Sean Lock and an actual studio audience, which would suggest how old some of these ‘new’ bits are.

My understanding is that there a number of Cats episodes recorded with Anne-Marie Imafidon whilst Rachel was on maternity leave that have yet to be shown. Which I think must be at least 12 to 18 months old now.

You do have to wonder if the episodes can't be aired for some sort of legal or regulatory reason, or they simply can't find a slot in the schedules to actually broadcast them (then again, you'd just "create" a slot to ensure they are broadcast). If it were me, leaving episodes recorded over a year ago without airing them would be something I'd want to get to air as soon as practicably possible, otherwise people will forget they even happened and it'll cause the rumour vultures to come swirling with false reports about the show being cancelled.