Four Rooms (TV series)

Four Rooms
Genre Factual
Presented by Anita Rani (2011–2015)
Sarah Beeny (2016–)
Narrated by Caius Julian (2012)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 5
No. of episodes 96 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) Talkback Thames (2011)
Boundless (2012–)
Distributor Fremantle
Release
Original network Channel 4 (2011–2015)
More4 (2016–)
Picture format 16:9
Original release 24 May 2011 (2011-05-24) – present

Four Rooms is a British factual television show that has aired on UK TV since 24 May 2011 and was hosted by Anita Rani from 2011 to 2015 and then Sarah Beeny since 2016. Episodes originally premiered on Channel 4. From Series 4 onwards, some episodes premiered on Channel 4 and others premiered on More 4.

Format

Each episode sees members of the public attempt to sell their valuable and collectible items in exchange for a cash offer from one of the four dealers.

Episodes

Series Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 8 24 May 2011 (2011-05-24) 12 July 2011 (2011-07-12)
2 8[1] 1 April 2012 (2012-04-01) 20 May 2012 (2012-05-20)
3 30[2] 29 April 2013 (2013-04-29) 20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)
4 30[3] 18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) 28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)
5 20[4] 22 August 2016 (2016-08-22) 2016 (2016)

Dealers

Key:

     Currently stars
     Previously starred
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Andrew Lamberty
Celia Sawyer
Alex Proud
David Sonnenthal
Raj Bisram
Pearl Lowe
Emma Hawkins
Gordon Watson
Jeff Salmon
Jonny Elichaoff
Maurice Amdur
Shaun Clarkson
Tamara Beckwith
Tom Bolt
Peter Ratcliffe
Wendy Meakin

International versions

Three short-lived versions of Four Rooms were licensed internationally, none lasting more than one season:

  • In the United States, six episodes titled Final Offer -- subsequently retitled Four Rooms US when shown in the UK in 2013[5] -- aired from May 2012 to July 2012.[6]
  • A Canadian version ran on CBC-TV for eight episodes from January 2014 to March 2014.[7]
  • The German version called "Wer bietet mehr?" hosted by Kai Pflaume ran on public-legal channel Norddeutscher Rundfunk for only three episodes in 2016.[8]
  • The German version Die Superhändler, started on 27 August 2018, on RTL Television and was hosted by Rag-and-bone man Sükrü Pehliva.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Channel Four orders more Four Rooms". ATV Today. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "'Four Rooms' set to return with new series in 2013". Antique Collecting Magazine. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Channel 4 Commissions 30 New Episodes Of FOUR ROOMS". FremantleMedia. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "C4 recommissions Four Rooms with a new presenter, Sarah Beeny". Channel 4. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Four Rooms US Episode List". IMDB. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  6. ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (2012-05-30), "Adding Some Guesswork to Memorabilia Sales, Just for Televised Fun: 'Final Offer' on Discovery Looks at Memorabilia Sales", The New York Times
  7. ↑ "Four Rooms". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  8. ↑ https://www.wunschliste.de/serie/wer-bietet-mehr
  9. ↑ RTL holt britische Trödelshow (erneut) nach Deutschland - DWDL.de
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