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.
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 1 - Aisling Bea, David Tennant, Trevor McDonald
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
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- Tuesday 27th October 2015 at Elstree Film Studios
Cast & crew
| Frank Skinner | Host / Presenter |
| Aisling Bea | Guest |
| David Tennant | Guest |
| Trevor McDonald (as Sir Trevor McDonald) | Guest |
| Frank Skinner | Writer |
| 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 2016Room 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