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by isostatic 2880 days ago
> 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"?

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

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

George Orwell was Eric Blair's pen name.