Room 101 | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Presented by | Paul McDermott |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Location(s) | Artarmon, New South Wales |
Production company(s) | Matchbox Pictures |
Release | |
Original network | SBS |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Original release | February 23, 2015 | – present
Chronology | |
Related shows | Room 101 (UK series) |
Room 101 is a SBS One comedy television series hosted by Paul McDermott, based on the UK series of the same name, in which celebrities are invited to discuss their dislikes and pet hates. The series was scheduled to premiere on February 23, 2015 but the network decided to delay the launch until July 11, 2015.
The series name is inspired by Room 101, the torture room in the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four which reputedly contained "the worst thing in the world". The series is filmed at the Special Broadcasting Service in the Sydney suburb of Artarmon.