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Room 101

Room 101 (2012)

  • TV panel show / chat show
  • BBC One
  • 2012 - 2018
  • 56 episodes (7 series)

Frank Skinner hosts Room 101, where celebrities compete in a series of themed rounds to get their most hated item banished forever.

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Series 5, Episode 1 - Aisling Bea, David Tennant, Trevor McDonald

Room 101. Image shows from L to R: David Tennant, Aisling Bea, Frank Skinner, Trevor McDonald. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Comedian Aisling Bea, Doctor Who star David Tennant and newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald attempt to cast David's South African accent, lateness, and pigeons on the front page into the Orwellian chamber.

Preview clips

Round 1

- David: Sushi.

- Trevor: Queuing - Into Room 101.

- Aisling: Pigeons.

Round 2

- Trevor: Lateness.

- David: His South African accent - Into Room 101.

- Aisling: Scooters.

Bonus Choice

- David: Flossing - Into Room 101.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 14th January 2016
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes
Recorded
  • Tuesday 27th October 2015 at Elstree Film Studios

Upcoming repeats

  1. Wednesday 11th September 2024 at 1:40am on U&Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Frank Skinner Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Aisling Bea Guest
David Tennant Guest
Trevor McDonald (as Sir Trevor McDonald) Guest
Writing team
Frank Skinner Writer
Production team
Paul Wheeler Director
Adam Copeland Series Producer
Aoife Bower Producer
Jimmy Mulville Executive Producer
Richard Wilson Executive Producer
Stu Mather Executive Producer
Ruby Kuraishe Executive Producer
Tim Ellison Editor
Dennis De Groot Production Designer

Video

David Tennant's South African accent

Frank Skinner discusses David Tennant's dislike of his South African accent.

Featuring: Frank Skinner & David Tennant.

Press

David Tennant wants to put sushi into the titular dungeon. "It doesn't even come with chips!" "To be fair," says Frank Skinner, "you come from a place where they won't even eat raw Mars bars." Elsewhere, comedian Aisling Bea has it in for pigeons, along with adults on scooters ("like getting breastfed at 40"). But what are we to make of the rapturous applause that greets Sir Trevor McDonald's request for less queuing? Truly, the UK is going to hell in a handcart.

Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 14th January 2016

Room 101 - review: isn't it time for Room 102?

It would be churlish to complain about the new series of Room 101 (BBC One). Fortunately, churlish is my middle name. If TV commissioning editors had any sense, and they don't, they would commission Room 102, a meta-TV series in which every celebrity who's ever been on Would I Lie to You?, Mock the Week, Celebrity Mastermind, Celebrity Masterchef and Room 101 would have to plead for their lives before an audience of licence-fee payers.

Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 14th January 2016

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