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British radio comedy series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Room 101 is a radio comedy series on BBC Radio 4 hosted by Paul Merton. Celebrities are invited to discuss their "least favourite people, places and pop songs" in order to have them consigned to Room 101.
Genre | Comedy |
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Running time | 30 mins |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 5 (1992–94) BBC Radio 4 (2023–) |
Syndicates | BBC Radio 1 |
TV adaptations | Room 101 |
Hosted by | Nick Hancock (1992–94) Paul Merton (2023–) |
Original release | 9 January 1992 – present |
No. of series | 6 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
It originally ran from 1992 to 1994, hosted by Nick Hancock. on BBC Radio 5, before transferring to BBC television in 1994 after Radio 5 was discontinued and replaced by its current format, BBC Radio 5 Live. Hancock was also the first presenter when the series transferred to television.
In January 2023, it was announced that the series would return to radio, this time on BBC Radio 4 and hosted by Paul Merton, who was the first guest on the original radio version and hosted the TV version of the series from 1999 to 2007.[1]
The title refers to the room in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four which, for each person, represents the worst fear they can imagine. Appropriately, this is supposedly named after a conference room at BBC Broadcasting House where Orwell used to sit through tedious meetings.
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