'Room 101' to return with Frank Skinner as host

Frank Skinner has been named as the host of a revamped version of Room 101.

Hat Trick Productions announced today that the popular comedy chatshow, which last aired in 2007, would shortly be returning to TV screens with the 54-year-old funnyman at the helm.

Room 101, which sees celebrity guests discuss their pet hates and attempt to banish them for good, debuted on BBC Two back in 1994 and ran for a total of 11 series.

Original host Nick Hancock fronted the format until 1997, before Paul Merton took over a retooled version in 1999.

A return date for Room 101 has yet to be confirmed, though the programme is tipped to air later this year or early in 2012.

Skinner appeared as a guest on the show back in 1995, when he successfully managed to banish Action Man toys, unidentified tubes in meat and William Shakespeare to Room 101.

The concept of 'Room 101', a place where the horrors of the world are stored, was created by author George Orwell for his literary classic Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Watch some of Frank Skinner's Room 101 appearance below: