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when was the christmas repair shop filmed

“The Repair Shop at Christmas” isn’t filmed at Christmas itself – like most festive TV specials, it’s shot earlier in the year, then broadcast in late December. For all recent Christmas specials, filming takes place at the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex, which is where the main barn set is located.

Key points

  • The specific day‑by‑day filming schedule for each Christmas special is not publicly released, so only the broadcast dates are known (for example: 24 December 2021, 26 December 2022, 24 December 2024). These are transmission, not filming, dates.
  • Production for Christmas TV usually happens months in advance (often in autumn or even late summer) so that editing and scheduling can be completed in time for a Christmas Eve/Boxing Day slot. This is consistent with how The Repair Shop’s specials are produced, even though exact filming weeks are not disclosed.

Where it’s filmed

  • All Christmas editions are filmed at the Weald and Downland Living Museum (also called Weald and Downland Open Air Museum) in Singleton, near Chichester, West Sussex.
  • The Court Barn at this museum is the primary interior used for the show, with some work also done in the Victorian smithy and nearby sheds.

Broadcast vs filming (by year)

Although the question is “when was it filmed?”, publicly available information mostly gives air dates , which at least tells you when that year’s Christmas special reached TV screens:

  • 2017 Christmas special aired on 19 December 2017.
  • 2019 Christmas special aired on 29 December 2019.
  • 2020 Christmas special aired on 26 December 2020.
  • 2021 “At Christmas 2021” episode aired on 24 December 2021.
  • 2022 Christmas special aired on 26 December 2022.
  • 2023 Christmas special aired on 24 December 2023.
  • 2024 Christmas special aired on 24 December 2024.

So, what can be said confidently?

  • Exact filming dates are not published, so a precise calendar day answer is not available.
  • It is clear that the Christmas specials are filmed at the Weald and Downland Living Museum in West Sussex and completed well before their late‑December broadcast dates listed above.

TL;DR: The Christmas Repair Shop specials are filmed earlier in the year (exact dates not public) at the Weald and Downland Living Museum, then aired on TV around Christmas Eve or Boxing Day each year.

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