Romesh Ranganathan
- 46 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and executive producer
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Romesh's Look Back To The Future to return in 2019
Sky comedy series Romesh's Look Back To The Future is to return in 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 16th January 2019King Gary, BBC1, review
In a weekend dominated by talking bunnies on BBC1, King Gary was a (slightly) more realistic sitcom pilot from Tom Davis and James De Frond, two of the team behind BBC3's addictively silly Murder In Successville.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 23rd December 2018Judge Romesh Series 2 planned
Judge Romesh looks set to return for a second series, with more studio dates now booked for the courtroom-based comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 20th December 2018Best live comedy to see in 2019
Chances are that 2019 will maintain recent form and bring us a relentless barrage of bad news stories. Thankfully, there are clowns among us to help us laugh in the face of adversity.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 19th December 2018Romesh Ranganathan interview
The stand-up comedian on death, therapy and dealing with his mother.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 19th December 2018Best comedy books and DVDs of 2018
There are lashings of laughter for Christmas. Bruce Dessau rounds up the pick of the comedy crop on screen and on the page.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th December 2018Comic Relief announces all-star Wembley Arena gig
Stars including Jimmy Carr, Lenny Henry, Katherine Ryan and Catherine Tate will appear at Comic Relief: Spectacular, a fundraising gig for the charity due to take place at London's SSE Arena Wembley on Thursday 28th February 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 5th December 2018Series one of Romesh Ranganathan's sitcom concludes with a talent show. The event threatens to get out of hand as oafish barfly Lemon encourages the misanthropic landlord to trash the pub. Prepare for a last-minute change of heart as a second season of the show has been greenlit. Passable, if never essential.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 4th December 2018I Talk Telly Award nominations published
Nominees for TV blog I Talk Telly's 2018 awards have been revealed, with the final series of ITV's Benidorm amongst those leading the running.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd November 2018It's a promising opening for Romesh Ranganathan's semi-autobiographical sitcom, a story loosely based on his experiences of taking over his late father's pub in East Grinstead. In the show, he'd rather be a hip-hop DJ, though he's under pressure from his wife Natasha (Car Share's Sian Gibson) to make a go of it.
There have been plenty of comedies set in pubs before, but this is the perfect home for Ranganathan's trademark deadpan wit, whether he's chiding his children for suggesting that Spiderman can fly, or resisting Natasha's attempts to get him on a healthy diet. (She suggests beetroot and quinoa, but he'd prefer a toastie.)
The supporting cast adds flavour, particularly Phil Davis as Dirty Harry, a jailbird with a menacing stare and a wallet full of forged Scottish banknotes.
The show is genial on the surface, though the language veers towards the fruity, and there's an undertow of multiculturalism which is delicately teased out.
Is it really OK to like The Great British Bake Off and the Wu-Tang Clan, Ranganathan wonders? So far, yes.
Alastair McKay, Evening Standard, 30th October 2018