Room 101 (Australian TV series)

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Room 101
Genre Comedy
Presented by Paul McDermott
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes10
Production
Production locations Artarmon, New South Wales
Production company Matchbox Pictures
Original release
Network SBS
ReleaseFebruary 23, 2015 (2015-02-23) 
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29)
Related
Room 101 (British series)

Room 101 is an SBS One comedy television series hosted by Paul McDermott, based on the British series of the same name, in which celebrities are invited to discuss their dislikes and pet hates. [1] The series was scheduled to premiere on February 23, 2015 [2] but the network decided to delay the launch until July 11, 2015. [3]

Contents

The series name is inspired by Room 101, the torture room in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four which reputedly contained "the worst thing in the world". The series was filmed at the Special Broadcasting Service in the Sydney suburb of Artarmon. [4]

Episodes

2015

Season 1
Ep #AirdateGuestViewers
111 July 2015 Julia Zemiro 206,000 [5]
211 July 2015 HG Nelson 206,000 [6]
318 July 2015 Julia Morris 184,000 [7]
418 July 2015 Dave Hughes 184,000 [8]
525 July 2015 Ray Martin 142,000 [9]
61 August 2015 Poh Ling Yeow
78 August 2015 Matt Preston
815 August 2015 Noni Hazlehurst
922 August 2015 Vince Colosimo
1029 August 2015 Nazeem Hussain

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References

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