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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 2 - Noel Fielding, Joanna Scanlan, Ian Wright

Room 101. Image shows from L to R: Noel Fielding, Frank Skinner, Ian Wright, Joanna Scanlan. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Surreal comic Noel Fielding, actress Joanna Scanlan and football pundit Ian Wright attempt to get rid of spiders, the film Grease and stinky cheese.

Preview clips

Round 1

- Noel: Spiders - Into Room 101.

- Ian: The film Grease.

- Joanna: Bad toast etiquette.

Round 2

- Ian: Stinky cheese.

- Joanna: Numbers - Into Room 101.

- Noel: Hangovers.

Bonus Choice

- Ian: Pockets on kids' clothes - Into Room 101.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 21st January 2016
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes
Recorded
  • Thursday 22nd October 2015 at Elstree Film Studios

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 13th July 2016 11:15pm
40 minute version
BBC1
Tuesday 4th July 2017 10:40pm Dave
Tuesday 19th December 2017 12:00am Dave
Tuesday 19th December 2017 2:00am Dave
Sunday 4th February 2018 11:30pm Dave
Monday 5th February 2018 2:30am Dave
Tuesday 20th March 2018 10:20pm Dave
Friday 27th April 2018 6:00pm Dave
Sunday 6th January 2019 6:40pm Dave
Monday 2nd March 2020 7:40pm Dave
Saturday 18th April 2020 6:35pm Dave
Sunday 19th April 2020 4:40pm Dave
Thursday 18th June 2020 8:20pm Dave
Thursday 15th April 2021 12:00am Dave
Thursday 15th April 2021 7:40pm Dave
Monday 24th May 2021 8:20pm Dave
Tuesday 25th May 2021 1:00am Dave
Sunday 5th September 2021 1:00am Dave
Thursday 10th March 2022 7:40pm Dave
Tuesday 21st June 2022 2:30am Dave
Monday 25th July 2022 7:40pm Dave
Tuesday 26th July 2022 2:00am Dave
Sunday 21st August 2022 4:00pm Dave
Thursday 1st September 2022 3:00am Dave
Tuesday 14th February 2023 7:40pm Dave
Sunday 26th March 2023 4:00pm Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Frank Skinner Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Noel Fielding Guest
Joanna Scanlan Guest
Ian Wright Guest
Writing team
Frank Skinner Writer
Production team
Ian Lorimer 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

Videos

Noel Fielding once trapped a giant spider

Frank Skinner discusses Noel Fielding's dislike of spiders, which The Mighty Boosh star wants to put into the depths of Room 101.

Featuring: Frank Skinner & Noel Fielding.

Ian Wright disapproves of Grease

Frank Skinner discusses Ian Wright's dislike of the film Grease.

Featuring: Frank Skinner & Ian Wright.

Press

Radio Times review

Two startling moments arrive in rapid succession this week. The first is Arsenal legend and football pundit Ian Wright launching what's more or less a feminist critique of Grease: as the father of daughters, he disapproves of the hoops the female characters have to jump through, and indeed the trousers they have to squeeze into, to be deemed worthy of the males. In the consequent badinage, host Frank Skinner claims not to be able to sing "Hopelessly Devoted" to You without bawling. He's willing to demonstrate.

Hard pushed to compete with this are Joanna Scanlan, who accurately details the top no-nos when sharing a butter knife, and spider-hater Noel Fielding.

Jack Seale, Radio Times, 12th January 2016

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