List of Room 101 TV episodes

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This is a list of episodes of the British comedy talk-show Room 101. Series 1-3 were hosted by Nick Hancock. Series 4-11 were hosted by Paul Merton.

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[edit] Series 1 (1994)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Bob Monkhouse Cilla Black singing, The Golden Shot, Kumbaya, presenting The Big Breakfast The French, ventriloquists, Elvis Presley
Jo Brand Mona Lisa, smug people in car commercials, spitting (gobbing) 1975, jazz, The Magic Roundabout, Bonn
Ian Hislop Robert Kilroy-Silk, beards, the Channel 4 talk show Loose Talk as presented by Ian Hislop Postman Pat, Hello!, Truly, Madly, Deeply, the book A Parliamentary Affair by Edwina Currie
Peter Cook Domestic rabbits, Gracie Fields, Watchdog, the British countryside, packaging The "Dear Son" Nationwide Building Society advert, 1970s German softcore pornography
David Baddiel Football boots, Delicatessen, a photograph of himself taken in the 1970s, Tomorrow's World, golfing memorabilia Margi Clarke, the FA Cup
Tony Slattery An Odor Eaters advert, British chain hotels, The Lady in Red by Chris De Burgh, 1980s daytime soap opera Gems starring Tony Slattery The Our Tune feature of Simon Bates' radio shows, Snoopy, Space Hoppers
Maureen Lipman Tom Jones, the film The Smashing Bird I Used To Know starring Maureen Lipman, the film Carry On Columbus again starring Maureen Lipman, television quiz shows Leggings, television cop shows, The Word
Danny Baker QVC, pub grub, a Robert Redford look-alike, consumer affairs television Casualty, long gloves, Eurodisney

[edit] Series 2 (1995)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Richard Wilson Smoking, trainspotters, Gardeners' Question Time Come Dancing, faeces, Songs of Praise
Frank Skinner Jokes that don't work, David Baddiel's cat 'Chairman Meow', Sophie's Choice Unidentified tubes in meat, William Shakespeare, Action Man
Caroline Quentin Bras for ladies with a large bosom, weather forecasters, teasmades, Les Misérables, home perms Rodents especially rats
Jimmy Tarbuck Sports commentators, dressing gowns Australian television programmes, Do It Yourself, Richard and Judy, children using the telephone
Richard E. Grant Sandals with socks, a Vauxhall Astra advert starring Richard E. Grant, noisy people in cinemas Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree, mathematics teachers, Sarah, Duchess of York, Jilly Goolden
Germaine Greer Sister Wendy Beckett Vivienne Westwood, dogs with disproportionately large genitals, her post, Michael Portillo's lips, The Joanna Trollope television series The Choir
Angus Deayton West Highland Terriers, BBC Two logos BBC Radio 2, the 1960s, insurance companies, car stickers, cricket
Terry Christian Musical films, tortoises, Kenny Dalglish The United States and The American people, student backpackers, public schoolboys, Blue Peter

[edit] Series 3 (1997)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Jeremy Clarkson flies, the mentality within golf clubs, vegetarianism Caravans, Last of the Summer Wine
Neil Morrissey Mornings, Germany The Bay City Rollers, 3-2-1 American football
Terry Wogan Eric Cantona, Animal sex, Have I Got News for You EastEnders, Guests on Wogan
Alan Davies Live television, keeping birds in cages, actors eating while they are acting The sound of posh people talking, Liverpool, jacket and jeans combination
Chris Tarrant nouvelle cuisine, opera Sooty, Mystic Meg, clowns, soap stars singing
Arthur Smith Skiing, Bob Beamon's world record in the long jump being broken, balloon modelling "Puppet on a String", dinner parties
Ulrika Jonsson A photograph of herself as a baby, Yorkshire Terriers, school hockey doctors surgeries, US fitness television channels, Ferrero Rocher
Mark Lamarr [1] YMCA Telephone chat-up lines, baby talk, films with subtitles, mens public toilets

[edit] Series 4 (1999)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Nick Hancock Football, people who are happy, theatre and actors Being a teacher, New Year's Eve, people who don't know how to argue
Michael Parkinson The small piece of cotton which holds a new pair of socks together, Marylebone Cricket Club, teenagers People who dress up as football mascots, weather forecasts, Teletubbies, celebrities doing jobs for which they are not qualified
Spike Milligan Football [2] Portsmouth, Muzak, Chris Evans, his own house, soap operas, hunting, parties
John Sergeant Over-attentive waiters, Casualty, war reporting Shopping for Shoes, Margaret Thatcher, Plastic wrappers around videotapes and Compact Discs
Meera Syal Men adjusting their genitals in public (pocket billiards), decorative toilet roll covers, wannabe ethnics The skin on rice pudding and custard, Cockroaches, youth hostelling, Austria, the song "Paper Roses" by Marie Osmond
Esther Rantzen [3] Incorrect word usage, horror films, astrology, body piercing Television cookery programmes, leggings, Gentlemen's clubs, housework
Julian Clary Boats, the left side of his own face, the countryside Celebrity parties, spitting, the fact that dogs don't live long enough

[edit] Series 5 (2000)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Kathy Burke Mobile phones, fish bones Kissing on both cheeks, mathematics, Posh Tea, Jeffrey Archer, soppy love songs
Terry Venables pins in shirts, people who reject their working class past, dogs that are too big for their surroundings, football chairmen Uninformed journalists, cyclists
Bill Bailey Bras His TV debut with a mind reading dog, the revamped theme tune to The Bill, the 1980s, Chris de Burgh
Phill Jupitus People that are not afraid of spiders, pudding basin haircuts Corporate fast food, extended warranties, cat lovers, God Save the Queen
Janet Street-Porter Pets Ken Livingstone, builders who make fun of her accent, BBC Radio 1 DJs, Stephen Bayley (who helped design the Millennium Dome) and other design gurus, cockney culture
Mo Mowlam Verdigris on statues Wigs, lawyers, smoking bans, Section 28, cooked apples, golf
Will Self Airport design, trainers Bed and Breakfast, the Crown jewels, cheese footballs
Jonathan Ross Gadgets that don't live up to their advertising, his own dress sense The royal family going abroad, dogs' lips, 'plucky underdog' films [4]

[edit] Series 6 (2001)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Paul Daniels Top Gear, cheese Synchronised swimming, DIY makeover shows like Changing Rooms
Rich Hall [5] Pointless science, Disney, short people, pretentious food, modern country music
Sanjeev Bhaskar Skippy the Bush Kangaroo Silent letters, pet accessories, Alan Ball, gifts from elderly relatives
George Melly advertisers who use Estuary English as a selling technique, swans, growing old Boy bands, reverence to the Royal Family
Liza Tarbuck CDs Mini-cab drivers who honk to let you know they've arrived, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, litter, Slugs, snot
Lorraine Kelly Scottish stereotyping Pedal-bin hair, Liz Hurley, thongs, realistic toys
Des Lynam Teeth Instruction manuals, France, golf, eating in cinemas, politicians, rap
Mel and Sue Leighton Buzzard Tonsils, student drama, protest raps, nautical fashion, PE teachers
Anne Robinson The Welsh Children's television presenters, Big Mouth Billy Bass, Ben Elton, media training, 24-hour television news channels
Stephen Fry Commemorative plates Late-night review shows, New Age, Australian Questioning Intonation, Room 101

[edit] Series 7 (2002)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Johnny Vegas Courtroom drawings, jackets for wine bottles People who force holiday reps and entertainers (like at Butlin's) with no talent to entertain, Internet chat rooms, novelty boxer shorts
John Peel Driving through Essex, death, men with beards Colds, shielding the ball in football, shopping for clothes
Fay Ripley Shy people, camping in tents, champagne Robert Kilroy-Silk, horses
Alexei Sayle The general public Static electricity, Cirque du Soleil, Starbucks coffee houses, carved vegetables, abuse of handicapped parking privileges
Patrick Moore Newspaper supplements The Archbishop of Canterbury (at the time, George Carey), maybugs, loud music in restaurants, plastic wrapping, female radio announcers
Jessica Stevenson Free love Marzipan, Anne Robinson, winter, cross country running, zoos
Michael Grade Customs Doctor Who [6], Miss World and other beauty contests, powerboats, Shirley Bassey
Ricky Gervais Caravan holidays from his own youth Babies in restaurants, lateness, telethons like Children in Need or Red Nose Day, noisy people (e.g. people who whistle)

[edit] Series 8 (2003)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Ronan Keating Hangovers, daft questions in interviews (e.g. "if you were a biscuit, what kind of biscuit would you be?"), rudeness, overlarge entourages, pop stars who mime
Boris Johnson People who are rude to him whilst he is cycling Hard boiled eggs, Lynda Lee Potter, Richard Clayderman, smoking bans
Linda Smith Men who wear bow ties Adults who read Harry Potter books, Tim Henman, "Back to School" signs, comic opera [7]
Gordon Ramsay London's taxi drivers, changing his children's nappies, Traffic Wardens Service charge, Okra
Ross Noble People who look like cats Craig David, cartoon animals that wear clothes, clipboards, Christian rock
Sean Lock Jeremy Clarkson [8] Concrete, merchandising, actors, pointless tourist attractions
Ron Atkinson DIY and housework, snakes, Spaghetti Junction, Renée and Renato Footballers who complain
Bruce Forsyth Yugoslavia Lettuce and bottled water and bruised Jack Daniel's[9], the rules of golf, female announcers who shout at the end of a sentence, directors who make fast cuts

[edit] Series 9 (2004)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Kirsty Young Brazilian waxing, People with either very loud or very quiet voices Cowboy boots, Britney Spears, "baby on board" stickers,
Shane Richie Massage Donkey Derby, queuing, out-of-date magazines, Trisha
Tracey Emin Being drunk, pointing Cocaine, tipping, clowns
Harry Hill Traffic calming measures Ice cream vans, nocturnal animals, Barney the Dinosaur, God
Michael Winner People at the cinema with big heads, modern buildings Rude or incompetent restaurant staff, drivers who wait at green traffic lights, bad liars
Fern Britton Skiing holidays, small evening bags Flowers from a petrol station, detox diets, Animal Hospital
Omid Djalili Places without air conditioning, chilies Male yoga teachers, Open-Air theatres, comperes & hecklers
Michael Gambon Education London buses, fussy make-up artists, birthdays, Notting Hill

[edit] Series 10 (2005)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Dara Ó Briain Banter Children's television presenters, once-in-a-lifetime experiences[10], Gillian McKeith, magicians
Alan Sugar Men who wear wigs Schmoozers, call centres, adverts that do not mention what is being sold, American English
Sara Cox 19-year-old girls, bad nightclub etiquette Science fiction, random firework displays, moths
Gyles Brandreth The Royal Variety Performance, the honours system, dates, the House of Commons, raffles and raffle prizes
Sheila Hancock Herself, Benjy her pet cat Chiswick post office, Immaculate men, cows, sheep and horses
Phillip Schofield Gordon the Gopher rooks, Southend, glitter in greeting cards, satellite navigation systems in cars
Jenny Eclair Tottenham Court Road, goody bags Charmless muggers, jellyfish, balloons [11]
Phil Collins Swimming Trunks Televangelism, instruction manuals, list shows (e.g., top 100 lists), Noel and Liam Gallagher

[edit] Series 11 (2007)

Guest Took Home Banished to Room 101
Cilla Black Weather forecasters, famous people who say "Do you know who I am?", camera phones, unwrapped food, airline emergency procedures
Marcus Brigstocke His own appetite, football, David Blaine, personalised number plates, grammar bullies like Lynne Truss
Nigel Havers budget airlines, conservatories Global warming, mobile phones in theatres, barbecues, dogs living in cities
Mark Steel Teachers who destroy the confidence of their pupils Bono, obsession with crime, Ben Elton, politicians claiming they are in touch with modern music and popular culture when they aren't
Davina McCall competitive mothers Space travel, fake things, Male world Leaders, the songs of Frank Sinatra
Ian Hislop [12] The Beatles, strawberries, Charlie Chaplin, Piers Morgan [13] Paul Merton [14]

[edit] References

  1. ^ All but the YMCA went in, but as he got more than three items into Room 101, he was allowed to choose an extra item to go in. Since the only item left was the YMCA, he is technically the only person to get all his items in when the show was hosted by Nick Hancock, and was also his last guest.
  2. ^ Spike refused to take Football home with him, saying "I'll get rid of it" before throwing the prop away
  3. ^ Had the most nominated items of anyone on the show
  4. ^ Such as Rocky and Escape to Victory
  5. ^ First person to get all his nominated items into Room 101
  6. ^ Grade revealed on this show that he cancelled Doctor Who when he was head of the BBC in 1989
  7. ^ This became Posh People
  8. ^ Jeremy Clarkson was not put in as Paul thought, as Jeremy Clarkson likes being hated, he would be more angry if he was not put into Room 101
  9. ^ Paul initially didn't want to put it in, but did when Bruce performed a tap dance routine for him
  10. ^ Was given a Once-In-A-Lifetime experience, by being the first person to pull the lever that opens the chute leading to Room 101
  11. ^ When Paul pulled the lever, the Ballons fell into Room 101 but then floated out again
  12. ^ The Ian Hislop episode was the last of Paul Merton's tenure as host of Room 101. Hislop is the only person to appear twice on the show and he deliberately chose items which he knew Merton liked, such as The Beatles and Charlie Chaplin.
  13. ^ Paul Merton did consign Piers Morgan to oblivion, but Room 101 considered him too toxic and rejected him.
  14. ^ In the end, Merton was the only item to go in, but with a twist, literally, as he turned the cardboard cutout of himself round to reveal Hislop on the other side - Merton would only go in on the condition that he took Hislop with him