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Recordings usually take place over a few weeks in May or June; three episodes are typically filmed per week and sixteen are filmed for each series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qi.com/join-the-audience/|title=Join the Audience|publisher=[[Quite Interesting Limited]]|accessdate=24 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315023026/http://qi.com/join-the-audience|archive-date=15 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Series A–P were filmed at [[The London Studios]], with Series Q onwards being filmed at [[Television Centre, London|Television Centre]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Studioworks tops the year with Christmas specials bumper |url=https://bbcstudioworks.com/news/bbc-studioworks-tops-the-year-with-christmas-specials-bumper/ |website=BBC Studioworks |accessdate=23 May 2020 |language=en |date=11 December 2019}}</ref>
In the morning on the day of recording, the studio has to be set up. Seven cameras are used to record ''QI''.<ref name="QI Recording"/> To check that images, forfeits, buzzers and lighting are working, the first technical rehearsal is hosted by floor manager Guy Smart with stand-ins for panellists. Fry, who was given the list of questions roughly an hour beforehand,<ref name="Factoid"/> hosted the second technical rehearsal at 2:00 pm.<ref name="BBC Recording">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/entries/308f5e98-316e-34b9-b5af-af712a2c16ab|title=QI: A day in the life of a QI Elf|publisher=[[BBC]]|last=Bell|first=Alex|date=3 October 2014|accessdate=4 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109153655/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/entries/308f5e98-316e-34b9-b5af-af712a2c16ab|archive-date=9 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Guests may have time to practise with a set of warm-up questions.<ref name="QI Recording"/>
For earlier series, warm-up comedians were used before recording began, frequently [[Stephen Grant (comedian)|Stephen Grant]], credited as the "audience wrangler".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/live/circuit_training/stephen_grant_interview/|title=Circuit Training 28: Stephen Grant|work=[[British Comedy Guide]]|last=Hawkins|first=Si|date=January 2011|accessdate=4 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104201354/http://www.comedy.co.uk/live/circuit_training/stephen_grant_interview/|archive-date=4 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> However, there have been no warm-ups for recent series. Fry recorded and tweeted audience [[AudioBoom]]s and introduced the guests before the show.<ref name="QI Recording">{{cite web|url=http://qi.com/behind-the-scenes/bts-recording-the-show|title=Recording The Show|publisher=[[Quite Interesting Limited]]|accessdate=4 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104203323/http://qi.com/behind-the-scenes/bts-recording-the-show/|archive-date=4 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Recordings start at either 4:30 pm or 7:30 pm and last up to two hours,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bowden |first1=Ebony |title=Stephen Fry quit QI over BBC budget cuts pain, says co-star Alan Davies |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/stephen-fry-quit-qi-over-bbc-budget-cuts-pain-says-costar-alan-davies-20161207-gt5u40.html |accessdate=10 December 2019 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=7 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref> although only 30 minutes of footage is used for normal episodes and 45 minutes for "XL" episodes. By 10:00 pm, recording has usually finished and the set has been disassembled.<ref name="QI Recording"/> Roughly 16 questions are asked and about half of those make it into the show;<ref name="QI Recording"/> about 20% of material researched is used in a ''QI'' episode, while other facts may appear in the XL versions, a ''QI'' book, on ''QI''{{'}}s Twitter feed or on their website.<ref name="BBC Recording"/>
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