Four Rooms (TV series)

Four Rooms is a British factual television show that aired on Channel 4/More4 from 24 May 2011 to 23 November 2019 and was originally hosted by Anita Rani from 2011 to 2015 and then Sarah Beeny from 2016 to 2019.

Four Rooms
GenreFactual
Presented byAnita Rani (2011–15)
Sarah Beeny (2016–19)
Narrated byCaius Julian (2012)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series5
No. of episodes96 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)Talkback Thames (2011)
Boundless (2012–19)
DistributorFremantle
Release
Original networkChannel 4/More4
Picture format16:9
Original release24 May 2011 (2011-05-24) –
23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)

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
Main article: List of Four Rooms 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] 21 March 2012 (2012-03-21) 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) 23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)

Dealers

Key:

     Currently stars
     Previously starred
DealerSeries
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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 is hosted by Rag-and-bone man Sükrü Pehlivan.[9]
  • The Dutch version "Van Onschatbare Waarde", started on 2 March 2017 on NPO 1 Omroep Max and was hosted by Dionne Stax. Three seasons so far as per June 2019.

The Flemish version (Stukken van Mensen) started in 2016 in Belgium on the commercial channel Vier. It is hosted by Evy Gruyaert.

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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. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. 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 12 March 2018.
  6. Genzlinger, Neil (30 May 2012), "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 6 April 2014.
  8. https://www.wunschliste.de/serie/wer-bietet-mehr
  9. RTL holt britische Trödelshow (erneut) nach Deutschland - DWDL.de
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