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  • Summary

  • Tom Allen invites three celebrity guests to bring along their most unwanted gift, and share the funny and revealing stories behind them. 

    Be it a tasteless and ill-fitting jacket from in-laws, a broken kitchen appliance from a sibling, or a genuinely weird bit of oversized wall art from a particularly weird ex...all unwanted gifts are welcome here!

    The three guests compete to provide the best (or worst!) stories attached to their unwanted gift. The winner gets to enter the fabled and mysterious Room of Gifts, to take a chance and swap their present for something new....

    WARNING: CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND ADULT CONTENT
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Episodes
  • Ep 1: Melvin Odoom, Katherine Ryan, Kat Sadler

    Ep 1: Melvin Odoom, Katherine Ryan, Kat Sadler
    Jun 16 2021

    Katherine Ryan donates an unwanted wedding gift from an unlikely author, Melvin Odoom lacks style confidence and Kat Sadler moves on from her ex.
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    39 mins
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  • Ep 2: James Acaster, Lou Sanders, Angela Scanlon

    Ep 2: James Acaster, Lou Sanders, Angela Scanlon
    Jun 16 2021

    Lou Sanders teaches us how to hold a crocodile, James Acaster wants to get rid of his Tiny Horse and Angela Scanlon questions her relationship with her mother.
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    46 mins
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  • Ep 3: Edith Bowman, Rosie Jones, Nish Kumar

    Ep 3: Edith Bowman, Rosie Jones, Nish Kumar
    Jun 16 2021

    Edith Bowman falls for online advertising, Nish Kumar is easily bribed, and Rosie Jones celebrates her love for gaming.
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    57 mins
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  • 17-06-21

Love Tom Allen!

I could listen to Tom Allen forever! This is such a fun show - love hearing all the stories about the gifts!

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Tom at his best

Who couldn't listen to Tom for hours? Love this! Just works... A great listen! Laughed lots too!

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made me laugh out loud running

tom Allan is a great host and coupled with a great selection of guests each episode was really funny and well produced.

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A twist on Room 101 for unwanted gifts.

Tom Allen's Room of Gifts just kept on giving, what an amazing idea! Each episode was packed with lots of laughter because the guests were great and the conversations were hilarious! From the back stories of the unwanted gifts to the wrapping paper usage (you'll have to listen to understand), I loved it all! Such an easy listen, whether in the car, doing the housework or your hobby.... just make sure the kids aren't in earshot! I just hope there are more episodes to come in the future. Tom, Amazing as always, Thankyou!

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such fun

Love this series, such an original idea. Very funny and so easy to listen to.

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So much fun

I did enjoy this podcast. Idea itself really interesting plus all guest and host itself there so entertaining.

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Very funny

Loved this and can't wait for the follow up crunklecast to come to audible soon!

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Tom Allen relishes every minute.

You can tell that Tom is loving every minute listening to his guests telling their unusual, stories of weird gifts they've received over the years from various ex-partners, friends and family members.

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Chuckles

I've listened to the whole series today and chuckled all the way through.
Another series please.

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  • ED from OR
  • 19-01-22

Entertaining idea

What fun these were and such a great idea. I feel a new tv series coming on. On the other hand, hearing the descriptions and imagining each gift was half the fun. Thanks for the covid-lifter!

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  • 30-12-21

Funny and Enjoyable

really enjoyable format with great host and guests. more episodes pretty please! xo xo