The name..

It started life on radio as a way of setting fire to Sue Lawley without actually getting arrested - a way of countering the smug sliminess of Desert Island Discs and that godawful theme tune that's not quite Sailing By.

Based on the room of the same name in Orwell's 1984, Room 101 began in 1992 on Radio 4, before vaulting to TV two years later, whilst the radio series ceased.

Hosted on Radio 4 and BBC TWO by Nick Hancock, and from 1999 by Paul Merton, Room 101 has a simple premise.

Celebrity guests come on and consign to Room 101 anything they particularly loathe and despise, arguing with the host as to the merits of chucking Football, France or Novelty Underpants to oblivion.

At its best Room 101 is deliciously biting about institutions that we hate - and fantastic argument fodder when someone rubbishes something you love.

Since we are calling our popup 'Room101' i looked into previous things that used the same name. I came across the tv show that use to be on the BBC where celebs could put anything they didn't like into Room 101 as it is thought to be a place where unpleasant things go but in relation to our pop up I think it works because like the concept of the show says, 'argument fodder when someone rubbishes something you love' which could apply to our pop up because they layout and what is displayed in it will not always be to everyones taste.

Rachel