User blog comment:The LostWhisperer/Mid-season break?/@comment-9058532-20130907194952/@comment-10390252-20130907220949

Here's how I see it: Season 1 is going to be ~30 episodes comprising volume 1 and volume 2. We're half-way through volume 1.

Monty (or it could have been Miles or Kerry) said that the mid-season episode would be double length and also the season finale. So, that means 1x16 (the end of volume 1) and 1x?? (the end of volume 2) will both be double-length. The double-length episode 8 indicates that there is also going to be double-length episodes during the season when required (as Kathleen mentioned, IIRC).

The wrap of volume 1 is about four weeks away with the volume finale/mid-season break at least 8 weeks away; this will let Monty and the team get a few days (hopefully a couple of weeks at least) downtime before starting work on volume 2. Knowing Monty, the guys will hae to tie him up and stick him in the voice recording booth to make him relax. As it stands, I would be shocked if some volume 2, episode 1 footage isn't already in the can.