Four Rooms is a British factual television show that aired on Channel 4/More4 from 24 May 2011 to 23 November 2019. It was originally hosted by Anita Rani from 2011 to 2015, and then by Sarah Beeny from 2016 to 2019.
| Four Rooms | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Factual |
| Presented by | Anita Rani (2011–15) Sarah Beeny (2016–19) |
| Narrated by | Caius Julian (2012) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 96 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production companies | Talkback Thames (2011) Boundless (2012–19) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4/More4 |
| Release | 24 May 2011 – 23 November 2019 |
Format
editOn each episode, members of the public bring in collectible and valuable items and attempt to negotiate a sale price in a series of one-on-one meetings with four dealers. Each seller may choose the order in which they will meet the dealers, who are seated in separate rooms and are not allowed to communicate with each other. If a seller is dissatisfied with a dealer's final offer, they may move on to the next room in the chosen sequence; however, doing so voids the offer.
Episodes
edit| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 8 | 24 May 2011 | 12 July 2011 | |
| 2 | 8[1] | 21 March 2012 | 20 May 2012 | |
| 3 | 30[2] | 29 April 2013 | 20 September 2013 | |
| 4 | 30[3] | 18 May 2014 | 28 November 2015 | |
| 5 | 20[4] | 22 August 2016 | 23 November 2019 | |
Dealers
editKey:
- Currently stars
- Previously starred
| Dealer | Series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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
editThree 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 – 4 Räume, 1 Deal", started on 27 August 2018, on RTL Television and is hosted by Rag-and-bone man Sükrü Pehlivan. Over 500 episodes had aired by 2021.[9]
- The Dutch version "Van Onschatbare Waarde", started on 2 March 2017 on NPO 1 Omroep Max and was hosted by Dionne Stax. Seven seasons so far as per October 2023.[10]
- The Flemish version "Stukken van Mensen", started in 2016 in Belgium on the commercial channel Vier. It is hosted by Evy Gruyaert.
References
edit- ^ "Channel Four orders more Four Rooms". ATV Today. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "'Four Rooms' set to return with new series in 2013". Antique Collecting Magazine. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "C4 recommissions Four Rooms with a new presenter, Sarah Beeny". Channel 4. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Four Rooms US Episode List". IMDb. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Four Rooms". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Wer bietet mehr?".
- ^ RTL holt britische Trödelshow (erneut) nach Deutschland - DWDL.de
- ^ "Van onschatbare waarde". MAX Vandaag (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 December 2023.