Room 101
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Host
Nick Hancock (1992-4) (Radio version)
Nick Hancock (1994-7) (TV version)
Paul Merton (1999-2007)
Frank Skinner (2012-)
Broadcast
BBC Radio 5, 9 January 1992 to 25 March 1994 (27 episodes in 4 series)
Hat Trick Productions for BBC Two, 4 July 1994 to 1997
Hat Trick Productions for BBC Two, 1999 to 2007
Hat Trick Productions for BBC One, January 2012 to present
Synopsis
A revamped version of the programme sees three celebrity guests battle it out across various rounds in an attempt to convince new host Frank Skinner to consign their pet hates to oblivion.
This programme has not yet aired. A full review will appear here after broadcast.
Trivia
Until its 2012 revival, Room 101 was not a game show, and was rather more of a talk show, in which each programme would see a single guest attempt to convince the host to let them add their pet hates to Room 101.
Room 101 is the name of the torture room in George's Orwell's 1984.
