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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

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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