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'Room 101' is a British television series in which celebrity guests try to get the things they most hate into Room 101 to be banished forever. From which George Orwell novel does this concept come?
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Regarded as one of the classics of dystopian fiction, George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' presents a world in which much of society in the vast Oceania region is governed by a totalitarian, all-seeing organisation known as the Party. Heading the Party is the mysterious Big Brother (hence the famous phrase, "Big Brother is watching you"), and the novel's protagonist, Winston Smith, attempts to rebel against Big Brother, and indeed the Party, in an effort to avenge the disappearance of his family during his childhood.
The concept of Room 101 also features in the novel, and is said to be the place where all the worst things in the world are sent. This inspired a radio series in the early 1990s on BBC Radio 5 in which celebrity guests discussed the things they disliked most about the world and had them sent to Room 101, where they would be removed from existence.
The radio series made the jump to television in 1994, hosted by Nick Hancock, who also hosted the radio version. Paul Merton took over from Hancock in 1999 until the series ended in 2007. In 2012, the show was resurrected, with a new host, Frank Skinner, and a revised format, in which three guests argued against one another in attempts to get their item/s banished to Room 101.