Romesh Ranganathan
- 46 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and executive producer
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Abi Roberts' Musical CID invites comics to talk music
Guests at 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show include Luisa Omielan, Nathan Caton, Romesh Ranganathan and Al Murray.
Maud Sampson, The List, 14th August 201410 questions for Romesh Ranganathan
Last year's best newcomer nominee returns - feeling pensive, paranoid and on the brink of a breakdown.
Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 8th August 2014Romesh Ranganathan & Seann Walsh personality swap shop
The Edinburgh mainstays switch identities to interview each other. It doesn't take long for the insults to start flying.
Romesh Ranganathan and Seann Walsh, The Guardian, 2nd August 2014The Romesh Ranganathan extended interview
The last twelve months have been incredible for Romesh Ranganathan. He won the prestigious Leicester Mercury New Act Award 2013 and his critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut show was nominated for Best Newcomer Award 2013. He talks to Martin Walker about fame, the Fringe and touring with Seann Walsh and Ricky Gervais.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 26th July 2014This week's new live comedy
James Kettle, The Guardian, 18th July 2014Romesh Ranganathan Q&A
Romesh Ranganathan is a rising stand-up comedian who you might recognise from recent appearances on Mock The Week. The former teacher, last year nominated for Best Newcomer in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, lets us in on his experiences of panel shows, his thoughts on industry awards, his latest show, and plans to tour in the autumn.
Lorenzo Pacitti, Giggle Beats, 17th July 2014Radio Times review
We're now a mighty 13 series into the topical panel show, and Dara O'Briain remains adept at shepherding his guests' reactions to the news - part effective quickfire puns, part Radio 4-friendly cleverness and, yes, part borderline offensive nonsense - into a cohesive whole.
For the comedians who stand in front of Mock the Week's lonely microphone, this isn't a bad summer in which to start a new series. As expectant silence falls around them, the World Cup, immigration rows and the build-up to the Commonwealth Games and Scottish referendum are all there to be clutched at. Tonight, regulars Andy Parsons, Hugh Dennis and our cerebral host are joined by Milton Jones, Ed Byrne and Romesh Ranganathan. Katherine Ryan is the solitary woman.
Emma Sturgess, Radio Times, 12th June 2014Radio Times review
Jo Brand applies her mordant wit to the fraught world of child protection as she typecasts herself as "the fat, bad-tempered one", Rose, in an office of social workers. She and her fellow socials, Al (Alan Davies) and Nitin (Romesh Ranganathan), are a fairly disarrayed bunch, as likely to be arguing over who should answer the phones as taking kids into care - Rose herself is a harassed single mum, trying desperately to arrange childcare before she leaves for work in the morning.
It all plays disturbingly naturally, with excellent support from Kevin Eldon, Pulling's Rebekah Staton and Brand's Getting On co-star Ricky Grover. The dark humour fizzes along - with a delicious kick at the end.
David Crawford, Radio Times, 12th June 2014Romesh Ranganathan to host new-format Newsjack
Romesh Ranganathan is to take over as the host of Newsjack, Radio 4 Extra's open door sketch show. The format is also being tweaked.
British Comedy Guide, 24th February 2014BBC Asian Network announces comedy night
On Friday 7 February in London, the station's Breakfast show presenter, Tommy Sandhu hosts an exciting line-up of performers including home-grown rising stars like Abdullah Afzal (Citizen Khan) who makes his stand-up debut; the master of "twerking" Mawaan Rizwan; BBC New Comedy finalist Tez Ilyas, impressionist Anil Desai and critically acclaimed Romesh Ranganathan.
Asian Image, 21st January 2014