Room 101 with Paul Merton
Comedy of the Week
BBC
3.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Returning in its original one-to-one incarnation, Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out what they would send to Room 101. This week Paul welcomes Richard Ayoade.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. Supposing you had the chance to get rid of some of your worst nightmares, what would they be? My guest is here to try and persuade me to banish the items on his list to replace what I'll never be seen again. This is Room 101. 101. |
| 0:31.4 | Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome writer, actor, director, comedian |
| 0:34.0 | and former host of the Crystal Maze, |
| 0:36.3 | Richard Iwadi. |
| 0:51.8 | Thank you. An enthusiastic welcome there, Richard. Tell me, did you find the process of nominating items for Room 101 therapeutic? |
| 0:56.6 | Well, I don't have closure as yet. |
| 1:00.6 | It's an ongoing struggle to contain fury. |
| 1:01.8 | Is it? Yes. |
| 1:05.3 | So, okay, let's have a listen to your first choice. It's illustrated by this. Now, that's not the sound of a lorry reversing into a cul-de-zac. |
| 1:15.6 | No. |
| 1:16.6 | What is that? |
| 1:17.6 | News. |
| 1:18.6 | News. |
| 1:19.6 | Yep. |
| 1:20.6 | What is it about the news you don't like? |
| 1:21.6 | It never ends. |
| 1:25.6 | I like to complete things. I like the Beatles. |
| 1:28.1 | I've listened to all their songs. |
| 1:29.9 | I can relax. |
| 1:30.7 | Yes. |
| 1:31.6 | The news I've got to keep up with |
| 1:33.6 | and I feel bad unless I know what's going on. |
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