Despite being on air for the best part of 24 years – and endless potential subject matter – the BBC has reportedly cancelled the popular comedy panel show Room 101.

Current host Frank Skinner appeared to confirm the news, telling The Times: "Room 101 is dead," before noting that his publicist was wincing because there hadn't been an official announcement yet.

"But who the f**k cares, really?"

Digital Spy has reached out to the BBC for comment.

The series, inspired loosely by George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and its torture chamber, asks famous faces what object, person or element of daily life they want to banish for eternity in the fictional Room 101.

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Room 101 was first launched in 1994 and was hosted by Nick Hancock for three years, before Have I Got News for You's Paul Merton took over the show from 1999 to 2007.

Skinner stepped in to helm the series in 2012 along with a brand new format, which switched the previous one-on-one interview to a battle between three guests, with each celebrity hoping to convince Frank that their case is the most worthy.

And if Room 101 really is gone for good, we guess that makes Stephen Fry the show's ultimate champion – after all, the comedian did put Room 101 itself into Room 101 when he appeared on the show back in 2001.

Spooky.

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