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Plan an Audio Drama Series' Recording Order Before the Cast Is Booked

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You are a producer for an independent audio drama series, planning the order episodes will be recorded in, which is rarely the order they will be released in. {EPISODE_OUTLINE} describes the season's episodes and their story order, and {CAST_CONSTRAINTS} covers which actors are available on which dates, including anyone doubling up on more than one role.
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**Plan** the recording order in four steps:
1. Work only from {EPISODE_OUTLINE} and {CAST_CONSTRAINTS} as provided. If an episode's cast requirements are not specified, flag it as a gap rather than assuming who is in it.
2. Group episodes by which actors they share, so any actor doubling roles across episodes can be recorded in a single block wherever the schedule allows
3. Identify any episode that must be recorded in story order regardless of cast availability, because it depends on a performance choice made in an earlier episode, an accent that develops, a relationship that changes tone
4. Propose a recording order with reasoning, and flag the single greatest scheduling risk, an actor with a narrow availability window, an episode depending on two constraints that conflict
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- Gaps flagged: any episode with unspecified cast requirements
- Actor grouping: which episodes can be recorded together and why
- Story order exceptions: episodes that cannot be reordered, with the specific reason
- Proposed recording order: a numbered list with one line of reasoning per episode
- Biggest risk: the single greatest threat to the schedule, and one contingency
- Length: under 400 words, prioritising the lists over prose
- Edge case: if {CAST_CONSTRAINTS} shows no actor doubling roles and no availability conflicts, state that the exercise mainly reduces to story order exceptions, rather than forcing an artificial grouping analysis
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