Room 101 (radio series)

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.

History

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.

Episode guide

Room 101

Series One (1992)

Series Two (1992)

Christmas Special (1992)

Nick Hancock – Guest host for this episode was Danny Baker

Series Three (1993)

Series Four (1994)

Room 101 with Paul Merton

Series One (2023)

Series Two (2024)

Series Three (2025)

Title

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.