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, 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

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'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

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Episodes

2015

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SBS website
Special Broadcasting Service original programming 2010s Australian comedy television series 2015 Australian television series debuts 2015 Australian television series endings English-language television shows Television series by Matchbox Pictures Works based on Nineteen Eighty-Four Australian television series based on British television series {{Australia-tv-prog-stub