Room 101. Paul Merton. Credit: BBC, Hat Trick Productions
Room 101 (2023)
- Radio chat show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2023 - 2024
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Paul Merton returns as host of a new radio version of the show where celebrities banish the things they hate the most.
- Continues on Wednesday on Radio 4 at 6:30pm with Series 2, Episode 4
- Catch-up on Series 2, Episode 3
Some other productions also have this name.
Room 101. Paul Merton. Credit: BBC, Hat Trick Productions
Key details
- Genre
- Chat Show
- Broadcast
- 2023 - 2024
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 12 (2 series)
- Star
- Paul Merton
- Writers
- John Irwin and Suki Webster
- Producer
- Richard Wilson
- Company
Room 101 is on Radio 4 for the first time, with host Paul Merton interviewing a wide variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment about their pet hates and worst nightmares.
The series originally began on BBC Radio 5 in 1992 with Nick Hancock, and then transferred to television in 1994, with Merton acting as host between 1999 and 2007. Frank Skinner did a revised TV version from 2012 to 2018.
This version returns to the format of having a single guest per episode.
Catch-up
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 24th May 2023 at 6:30pm on BBC Radio 4
- Next repeats
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- Series 2, Episode 3: Wednesday at 10pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Most recent repeats
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- Wednesday 17th April 2024 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 2
- Wednesday 10th April 2024 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 1
- Wednesday 10th April 2024 at 9:00am on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 1
Recording details
- Shaw Theatre and Leicester Square Theatre (London) - Series 1 (Shaw also Series 2)