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		isostatic on July 26, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Shipping Forecast > The BBC is a spin-off of British Forces Broadcasting Service BFBS was established in 1943 The BBC was founded in 1922 Which BBC Room 101 are you asserting is "very real"?

arethuza on July 26, 2018 [–]

I believe the original Room 101 was just a meeting room in where Blair had to sit through boring meetings.

isostatic on July 26, 2018 | [–]

Blair?

Allegedly Orwell named Room 101 after a meeting room in BBC Broadcasting House that no longer exists.

arethuza on July 27, 2018 | | [–]

George Orwell was Eric Blair's pen name.

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