History Series / Room101

* TastesLikeDiabetes: InUniverse. One of Nick Hancock's items was '(annoyingly) happy people', and he gave the example of a bus driver he'd known:
--> "Look, there! A tree! ''Growing''! '''Well done!'''" (thumbs up) "There's a bloke, getting his shopping--''good for him!''"

* GagBoobs: Made fun of by Catherine Tate when a bit has Frank mention the pen boob challenge, and SerialEscalation shows a lady with massive melons holding a broom underneath her breasts, which absolutely shocked her. For some context, Catherine wanted to put in minimiser bras.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Happens on occasion, but in the first episode of Frank Skinners run, Fern Britton had nominated Science Fiction to be put into Room 101, on the initial grounds that it isn't real, to which Frank points out: "that's why it has ''fiction'' in the name!". Her rebuttal to this also points out that none of the science fiction is set in the past, to which Robert Webb says the first sentence of the famous Franchise/StarWars text crawl in response. Fern also apparently finds ''Series/DoctorWho'' dreary, and Star Wars too boring to watch any more than the first 12 minutes.

** Stephen Fry's last choice to go into Room 101 was ''Room 101'' itself. Paul Merton eventually agreed that it should go in, and pulled the lever -- causing an IdiosyncraticWipe to black, and the immediate end of the episode.

* OldShame: InUniverse. Frequently guests will be reminded of their own past faux-pas, such as Creator/RickyGervais's time as the singer in a 1980s new romantic band (he looked genuinely embarrassed). Guests will often nominate things they're ashamed to have been in.

* PlotHole: The retool series has an interesting variant. As mentioned above, the show has 2 versions: the normal show; Room 101, that runs for 27 minutes, and an "Extra Storage" version, which runs for 42 minutes. The "Extra Storage" edition adds more jokes, banter, and more crucially, adds an extra round, which fixes the weird PlotHole of a celebrity winning after only two rounds in the normal version.

* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Nigel Havers nominates Jeremy Corbyn to be in the room, and Frank shows a clip from a campaign Jeremy was on, and they end up doing this. Not only was the clip set up to embarrass Corbyn, it actually makes him ''more endearing'',. according to Nigel and Frank.
* RightBehindMe: After Kirsty Young had used Creator/BrianBlessed as an example of people who are too loud, Paul introduced him from backstage. He also ''pretended'' to do this to Dara Ó Briain with Gillian [=McKeith=], eliciting an amazing OhCrap face.

** Stephen Fry put in Room 101 itself, not as a bad show in itself but as a symbol of negativity in the media.

** Catherine Tate constantly made fun of her own boobs and stature when putting in minimiser bras.

** Danny Baker nominated an unnamed man who claimed to be a Robert Redford lookalike despite not looking anything like Redford. Nick Hancock rejected the nomination, claiming that he was so delusional that he would think Room 101 was a lovely place.
** Nick also rejected Jeremy Clarkson's nomination of vegetarians, on the grounds that since Room 101 is a very austere place, they would like being there.

* SeriousBusiness: Nick Hancock (a former teacher) claimed all teachers regard [[SpotOfTea biscuits]] as this.

* GagBoobs: Made fun of by Catherine Tate when a bit has Frank mention the pen boob challenge, and SerialEscalation shows a lady with massive melons holding a broom underneath her breasts, which absolutely shocked her. For some context, Catherine wanted to put in minimiser bra's.

** Catherine Tate constantly made fun of her own boobs and stature when putting in Minimiser Bra's.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The diorama's used on the Frank Skinner run often acted as this and a VisualGag, and it often takes a while for the contestants and audience to work out what it is the person wants to put into Room 101. For example, Sarah Millican's wildcard choice was represented by a stuffed cat with headphones on listening to an [=mp3=] player. She had to clarify a few seconds later, as she was putting in "Cats who ignore her" into Room 101, as it wasn't entirely obvious.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: Happens on occasion, but in the first episode of Frank Skinners run, Fern Britton had nominated Science Fiction to be put into Room 101, on the initial grounds that it isn't real, to which Frank points out: "that's why it has ''fiction'' in the name!". Her rebuttal to this also points out that none of the science fiction is set in the past, to which Robert Webb says the first sentence of the famous Franchise/StarWars text crawl in response. Fern also apparently finds ''Series/DoctorWho'' dreary, and Star Wars too boring to watch anymore than the first 12 minutes.

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The show name is a reference to the room where Winston is tortured in the book ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. This was referenced when Caroline Quentin nominated rodents. Nick Hancock noted that the clip used to illustrate was actually from Room 101.

* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Nigel Havers nominates Jeremy Corbyn to be in the room, and Frank shows a clip from a campaign Jeremy was on, and they end up doing this. Not only was the clip set up to embaress Corbyn, it actually makes him ''more endearing'',. according to Nigel and Frank.

** Sheila Hancock nominated herself. She noted that she doesn't ''hate'' herself-she's just ''bored'' of herself.

''Room 101'' is a BBC comedy show that has been running on-and-off since 1994, named for the {{Room 101}} from the novel ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', which itself was named after a conference room at Broadcasting House, the BBC's headquarters. It was first hosted by Nick Hancock (1994-97) and succeeded by Paul Merton (1999-2007). During this period, it was a chat show where that week's featured guest nominated some of their pet hates (people, objects, experiences, whatever) and argued why they should be consigned to Room 101; the host then had to decide in each case whether or not they had made a persuasive argument. If so, the item got condemned and placed into Room 101; if not, the guest had to take it home with them.

** Creator/JoBrand put in Bonn.

* PlotHole: The retool series has an interesting variant. As mentioned above, the show has 2 version: the normal show; Room 101, that runs for 27 minutes, and an "Extra Storage" version, which runs for 42 minutes. The "Extra Storage" edition adds more jokes, banter, and more crucially, adds an extra round, which fixes the weird PlotHole of a celebrity winning after only two rounds in the normal version.

In 2012, a revamped edition hosted by Frank Skinner began, with the programme now taking the format of a PanelGame, with three different celebrity guests arguing across a series of categories to try and get their chosen items into Room 101; only one guest's item in each category is consigned, with Frank being the adjudicator at the end of each round. The show is normally 30 minutes long, with an "Extra Storage" episode running for 45 minutes that has more jokes and an extra round, which airs the following day (and fixes the weird PlotHole of a celebrity winning after only two rounds). Like with ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' and ''Series/{{QI}}'', the show is often repeated on Dave. In 2018, Skinner revealed that the show has been cancelled.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The diorama's used on the Frank Skinner run often acted as this and a VisualGag, and it often takes a while for the contestants and audience to work out what it is the person wants to put into Room 101. For example, Sarah Millican tries putting in "Cats who ignore her" into Room 101, which was represented by a stuffed cat with headphones on listening to an [=mp3=] player. Shge had to clarify a few seconds later, because it wasn't entirely obvious.

As mentioned above, don't confuse the show for the trope ''Room101'', despite the show using it as the roots of inspiration. Also, don't confuse it for the ''Subject101'' trope (which is about introductory study courses that anyone can do), the TV series ''Room 104'' (an unrelated mixed-genre anthology series set in a hotel room), or the unrelated videogame ''VideoGame/Pirate101'' (which is an MMORPG about pirates), though in theory, all of these could be put into Room 101 if a celebrity hated them so much.

* BitingtheHandHumor: Various jokes about Dave, the "repeat channel" that often airs Room 101.

* LogicBomb: Stephen Fry's last choice to go into Room 101 was ''Room 101'' itself. Paul Merton eventually agreed that it should go in, and pulled the lever -- causing an IdiosyncraticWipe to black, and the immediate end of the episode.
** Referenced by Frank when Danny Baker attempts to put in panel shows, to who he points out that they'd leave him out of a job.

As mentioned above, don't confuse the show for the trope ''Room101'', despite the shows'using it as a roots of inspiration. Also, don't confuse it for the ''Subject101'' trope (which is about introductory study courses that anyone can do), the TV series ''Room 104'' (an unrelated mixed-genre anthology series set in a hotel room), or the unrelated videogame ''VideoGame/Pirate101'' (which is an MMORPG about pirates), though in theory, all of these could be put into Room 101 if a celebrity hated them so much.

As mentioned above, don't confuse the show for the trope ''Room101'', despite the shows' roots of inspiration. Also don't confuse it for the ''Subject101'' trope (which is about introductory study courses that anyone can do) or the unrelated videogame ''VideoGame/Pirate101'' (which is an MMORPG about pirates), though in theory, they all could be put into Room 101 if you hated these so much.

* AppealToVanity: One of Creator/StephenFry's choices for Room 101 was collector's plates - decorative crockery with terrible artwork sold at absurd prices (often advertised in [[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers the Daily Mail]]) to people who quite wrongly think they will appreciate in value. Merton then presented him with a plate depicting Fry himself, which he loved, and offered him a SadisticChoice: he can put all the ghastly plates into Room 101, but if he does then the one of him goes in with them. Fry gave in and kept the plate.

** In Frank Skinners' Run, he would introduce it in a similar manner: "Welcome to Room 101, the show where three guests will be vying for the pet peeves to be put into Room 101, The final decision is mine."

* {{Catchphrase}}: In Paul Merton's run he would introduce each episode with "Imagine you could get rid of some of your worst nightmares--what would they be? My guest tonight is here to convince me to banish some of the items on his/her list to Room 101".

As mentioned above, don't confuse the show for the trope ''Room101'', despite the shows' roots of inspiration. Also don't confuse it for the hugely unrelated ''Subject101'' trope, which is about introductory study courses that anyone can do (which, in theory, could be put into Room 101 if you hate the classes so much).

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The show's name is a reference to the room where Winston is tortured in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. This was referenced when Caroline Quentin nominated rodents. Nick Hancock noted that the clip used to illustrate was actually from Room 101.

* AccentuateTheNegative: The whole point of the show. Much of the comedy is found out of people attempting to put in rather tiny things, such as rooks.

Room 101 is a BBC comedy show that has been running on-and-off since 1994, named for the {{Room 101}} from the novel ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', which itself was named after a conference room at Broadcasting House, the BBC's headquarters. It was first hosted by Nick Hancock (1994-97) and succeeded by Paul Merton (1999-2007). During this period, it was a chat show where that week's featured guest nominated some of their pet hates (people, objects, experiences, whatever) and argued why they should be consigned to Room 101; the host then had to decide in each case whether or not they had made a persuasive argument. If so, the item got condemned and placed into Room 101; if not, the guest had to take it home with them.

In 2012, a revamped edition hosted by Frank Skinner began, with the programme now taking the format of a PanelGame, with three different celebrity guests arguing across a series of categories to try and get their chosen items into Room 101; only one guest's item in each category is consigned, with Frank being the adjudicator at the end of each round. The show is normally 30 minutes long, with an "Extra Storage" episode running for 45 minutes that has more jokes and an extra round, which airs the following day (and fixes the weird PlotHole of a celebrity winning after only two rounds). Like with [[Series/TopGearUK Top Gear]] and [[Series/QuiteInteresting QI]], the show is often repeated on Dave.

In 2012, a revamped edition hosted by Frank Skinner began, with the programme now taking the format of a PanelGame, with three different celebrity guests arguing across a series of categories to try and get their chosen items into Room 101; only one guest's item in each category is consigned, with Frank being the adjudicator at the end of each round. The show is normally 30 minutes long, with an "Extra Storage" episode running for 45 minutes that has more jokes and an extra round, which airs the following day. Like with [[Series/TopGearUK Top Gear]] and [[Series/QuiteInteresting QI]], the show is often repeated on Dave.

BBC comedy show that has been running on-and-off since 1994, named for the {{Room 101}} from the novel ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''[[labelnote:note]]And Room 101 was named after a conference room at Broadcasting House, the BBC's headquarters. We've come full circle, people![[/labelnote]]. When hosted by Nick Hancock (1994-97) and Paul Merton (1999-2007), it was a chat show where that week's featured guest nominated some of their pet hates (people, objects, experiences, whatever) and argued why they should be consigned to Room 101; the host then had to decide in each case whether or not they had made a persuasive enough argument. If so, the item was went into Room 101; if not, the guest had to take it home with them.

In 2012, a revamped edition hosted by Frank Skinner began, with the programme now taking the format of a PanelGame as three different guests argue across a series of categories to try and get their chosen items into Room 101; only one guest's item in each category is consigned.

-->When he went off and did that thing with Andrew Lloyd Webber, at that point I did think, "Oh, come on, I never was a big fan, but at least at some point you did have a little, tiny sliver of principles and talent. Whatever made you give all that up and go and work with Ben Elton, I just can't imagine."

* YouDirtyRat: Caroline Quentin put in rodents, noting that she especially hated rats.

** Bruce Forsyth nominated Yugoslavia.

* StraightEdgeEvil: Room 101 is a no-smoking area, as Nick tells Richard Wilson in order to explain why he won't put in smoking.