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UNLOCKED: Room 101 (or: CA Gripefest I)

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Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4645 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

UNLOCKED FROM THE BIRD FEED: BBC radio used to have a show, Room 101, in which celebrities came on and discussed their pet gripes, trying to convince the host to consign the object of their gripes to the titular Room 101... the punishment room from George Orwell’s 1984. In this episode, legal editor Oren Nimni and editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson recreate the show, sharing their loathing for a famous lawyer, a classic book, a gummy bear brand, a social media platform, a famous Leftist, a genre of movies, a major city, a mode of transportation and... garnishes.

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0:00.0

Hello, Bird Feed. It's your host, Pete Davis here. We have perhaps our weirdest bonus episode yet. It stars our legal editor, Orrin Nimney, and our editor-in-chief, Nathan J. Robinson. It's called Room 101.'ve learned, was a BBC radio show in which celebrities

0:25.0

came on and discussed their pet peeves and tried to convince the host to consign their gripes

0:32.6

to the titular Room 101, the punishment room from George Orwell's 1984.

0:39.3

In this episode, Orrin and Nathan recreate the show, sharing their loathing for things such as

0:47.2

a famous lawyer, a classic book, a gummy bear brand, a social media platform, and yes, garnishes.

0:56.7

For a gripe fest, it's actually quite an educational and pleasant episode.

1:01.1

I don't even want to say anything more about it.

1:03.6

Let's just let it speak for itself.

1:05.9

Over to Nathan and Orrin with Room 101.

1:11.3

You asked me once, Winston, what was in Room 101?

1:15.6

I told you that you knew already.

1:18.9

Everyone knows.

1:22.7

The thing that is in Rome 101 is the worst thing in the world.

1:28.9

Hi, I'm editor Nathan Robinson, and I'm here tonight with Legal Editor Orrin Nimney.

1:36.2

Hello, Bird Feed. Hello, Bird Feed. And tonight, we're going to play a little bit of a game.

1:41.9

We are here to play room 101.

1:46.9

Before you jump into that, I just want to say it sounds, it sounds sinister whenever anyone

1:51.6

says, we're going to play a little bit of a game. Sorry, we're going to play a little game

1:55.7

tonight with you, bird feed. Sorry, I don't mean for it to sound menacing.

2:02.6

We're here to play Room 101.

2:04.6

And Room 101 is a British television show that aired in the early 90s and is sort of back now.

2:10.6

Hello, I'm Nick Hancock and this is the entrance to Room 101, the warehouse of the worst things in the world.

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