Four Rooms | |
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Genre | Factual |
Presented by | Anita Rani (2011–15) Sarah Beeny (2016–19) |
Narrated by | Caius Julian (2012) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 5 |
No. of episodes | 96 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production companies | Talkback Thames (2011) Boundless (2012–19) |
Release | |
Original network | Channel 4/More4 |
Original release | 24 May 2011 – 23 November 2019 |
Four Rooms is a British factual television show that aired on Channel 4/More4 from 24 May 2011 to 23 November 2019 and was originally hosted by Anita Rani from 2011 to 2015 and then Sarah Beeny from 2016 to 2019.
Each episode sees members of the public attempt to sell their valuable and collectible items in exchange for a cash offer from one of the four dealers.
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 8 | 24 May 2011 | 12 July 2011 | |
2 | 8 [1] | 21 March 2012 | 20 May 2012 | |
3 | 30 [2] | 29 April 2013 | 20 September 2013 | |
4 | 30 [3] | 18 May 2014 | 28 November 2015 | |
5 | 20 [4] | 22 August 2016 | 23 November 2019 |
Key:
Dealer | Series | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Andrew Lamberty | |||||
Celia Sawyer | |||||
Alex Proud | |||||
David Sonnenthal | |||||
Raj Bisram | |||||
Pearl Lowe | |||||
Emma Hawkins | |||||
Gordon Watson | |||||
Jeff Salmon | |||||
Jonny Elichaoff | |||||
Maurice Amdur | |||||
Shaun Clarkson | |||||
Tamara Beckwith | |||||
Tom Bolt | |||||
Peter Ratcliffe | |||||
Wendy Meakin | |||||
Three short-lived versions of Four Rooms were licensed internationally, none lasting more than one season:
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