News

Romesh Ranganathan is to make his West End stage debut in a new production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind

Wessex Grove and Gavin Kalin Productions are delighted to announce that Romesh Ranganathan will make his West End stage debut …

Romesh Ranganathan has launched his brand-new podcast The Romesh Ranganathan Show with Michael Sheen as the inaugural guest. 

All four episodes of Can’t Knock The Hustle are now available to watch on Sky Max and Now. Featuring exclusive material from his latest arena tour…

One of the UK’s biggest comedians Romesh Ranganathan will be returning to America and Canada this November.

Tickets go on sale: June 20 2025

Hilarious, heartwarming and full of next-level hijinks, Yasmin Bandara Levels Up! is the second middle-grade novel from comedy superstar Romesh Ranganathan…

Romesh Ranganathan is officially the busiest man in telly. Between shooting multiple TV shows, writing a children’s novel, hosting a hit radio show and podcast and partnering with Coughlans Bakery for tasty vegan treats, he somehow found the time to fit …

Lil Muffin Drops the Mic is the hilarious and heartfelt tale from comedy superstar Romesh Ranganathan, that proves rap battles and baking muffins really can mix! Out now in paperback, this is the perfect summer holiday story for readers age 8+, full …

Romesh will be starring in the new series of Avoidance which returns to BBC One for a second series on the 5th April.

Romesh returns as conflict-avoiding, Jonathan, who is determined to reinvent himself following the break up with …

Debut middle grade book.

Following the incredible success of his previous publications “As Good As it Gets’ and ‘Straight Outta Crawley’, the comedy powerhouse Romesh Ranganathan returns with his debut middle grade book ‘Lil’ Muffin Drops The Mic’, out …

Following a mammoth sell out tour 2019-22, Romesh Ranganathan’s standup special The Cynic is now available on Netflix.  

Returning to his hometown of Crawley, Romesh Ranganathan riffs on veganism, his kids — and offers a peek into the making of his comedy …

After a sell-out tour in 2022, Romesh is back with a brand-new show examining the human condition… are people inherently good? Is charity always a positive thing? Is hustling the key to success? Or is all this a load …

Life Lessons from a Reluctant Adult

Following the success of his bestselling memoir, Straight Outta Crawley, Romesh Ranganathan’s second book, As Good As It Gets: Life Lessons from a Reluctant Adult is out now.

Published with Transworld it …

I can barely believe it myself but I’ve written a book. It’s called Straight Outta Crawley and it tells the story of how my childhood messed me up just enough to make me a comedian. From family issues, to being …

Starts Tuesday 30th October on Sky One
Written and starring Romesh this semi-autobiographical sitcom sees Romesh left running the local pub after his mischievous father left it to him in his will. He has never wanted to be a landlord, but …

Romesh’s idea of a nice trip away is two weeks in the Algarve but in this three-part BBC2 series he is travelling way beyond his comfort zone and the world of complimentary breakfast buffets to some of the most beautiful, …

Romesh’s docs-comedy ‘Just Another Immigrant’ is to air on SHOWTIME in the US on Fridays from 8th June at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The 10-episode, half-hour series is a comedic docu-series that follows Romesh Ranganathan as he uproots his entire family …

Sky Arts has commissioned Rumpus Media to make a one-off documentary, Passions: Richard Pryor by Romesh Ranganathan as part of its’ Passions season, it was announced today (Friday 21st July).

The documentary explores the life and work of Richard Pryor, …

Thursday 27 April. 10pm on Sky One

Thursday 19 January BBC2 10pm.
Programme website

Watch on the iPlayer here from 10am on 12 October.

Series 2 starts on BBC1, Saturday 15 October at 11.50pm.

BBC Three sends Romesh Ranganathan on an international adventure with his Mum for Asian Provocateur series two

Fresh from his nomination for Best Entertainment Performance at the forthcoming Bafta Television Awards, Romesh Ranganathan will return to BBC Three for more Asian …

Tuesday 16th February 8pm on ITV1

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The second episode of The Dog Ate My Homework featuring Romesh will be shown on the CBBC Channel (Freeview 701) on
Friday 15th January 2016 at 4.30pm.

The shows will be available on iPlayer for 30 days following the transmission …

BBC Radio 4 Christmas Day – 10am
With Romesh & Shanthi Ranganathan –
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06sbpmz

SKY 1
Thursday 21st January 2016 at 9pm

Featuring Romesh Ranganathan

Tuesday 8th December
ITV1 – 7.30pm

Romesh Ranganathan joins the star-studded line up for this year’s Royal Variety Performance which was filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in the presence of Prince Harry. Hosted by Jack Whitehall the line-up includes Elton John, …

1ST DECEMBER 10pm – DAVE

Hosted by Romesh Ranganathan
Monday 30 November BBC2 10pm

New series returns in autumn 2015

Comedian Jack Dee has been announced as the new host of BBC Two’s You’re Fired and You’re Hired – the companion show to The Apprentice – with fellow comic Romesh Ranganathan taking a regular …

Romesh is appearing on…

Would I Lie to You?
Friday 11 September 8:30 PM

Catch it on the BBC iPlayer after broadcast:
BBC Would I Lie to You? webpage

10pm from Tuesday 28th July for six consecutive Tuesdays on DAVE

Romesh and four other comedians compete for victory under the watchful eye of the Taskmaster, Greg Davies.

dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/taskmaster/

BBC Three is sending stand-up comedian Romesh Ranganathan to Sri Lanka to connect with his roots for a six part series called Romesh’s Return Ticket (working title) to be broadcast later this year. The people he meets, the places he …

Sunday 7th June on Channel 4 at 9.00pm

Help raise vital funds for GOSH by texting
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FRIDAY 15 MAY on CHANNEL 4  at 10pm

Watch Romesh on the Have I Got News For You Election Special on the iPlayer here >>

Monday 27 April BBC2 10pm

Or watch on the iPlayer after broadcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rjcb6

Monday 20 April BBC2 10pm

Or watch on the iPlayer after broadcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rjcb6

Monday 13 April BBC2 10pm

Or watch on the iPlayer after broadcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rjcb6

Romesh to star in ITV1’s new show Play To The Whistle starting on

Saturday 11th April at 9.20pm

Hosted by Holly Willoughby, Play To The Whistle is a comedy entertainment show with sport at its heart.

Launching with team captains Frank …

Hello,

Just so you know, I am on Drunk History on 23 February on Comedy Central at 10.30pm. A couple of things to note :

1) I was absolutely battered.
2) I regret wearing that shirt

BYE

Romesh

Romesh is a guest on The Jonathan Ross Show

Saturday 21 February – 9.40PM

This is the new website. Amazing right? I’ll be posting up details of tour dates, TV and radio appearances, and stuff about my personal life that I will later regret sharing.

I am currently on tour with Suzi Ruffell, and …

This is a full list of tour dates innit :

https://www.romeshranganathan.co.uk/gigs/

Hey there,

I am at the Edinburgh Festival all August with show “Rom Wasn’t Built in a Day.”

Please come!

Tix here :

http://t.co/kBIiZK8cs6

And tour of show after that (with Suzi Ruffell) is here:

http://t.co/2wunPwjRpi

See you at a …

Edinburgh 2014 – Rom Wasn’t Built in a Day

Tix here : https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/romesh-ranganathan-rom-wasn-t-built-in-a-day

Tour with Suzi Ruffell – details here :

http://tinyurl.com/p6h74nw

Whassup.

Just a quick heads up to let you know that I’m going to be on Sky Arts on June 12th in “Damned” a comedy drama written by Jo Brand and Morwenna Banks. It’s very funny.

http://www.sky.com/tv/show/playhouse-presents/video/damned

Hello,

I am previewing my Edinburgh show “Rom Wasn’t Built in a Day” all over the place and will be putting dates up on here.

Hope you’re well – I saw Godzilla recently and thought it was crap – what’s …

This weekend I was in Falmouth supporting Seann Walsh on his tour. It’s interesting being a tour support. It’s great fun being on tour with a mate, but you do have to get used to taking a lot of …

Hello Bitches,

I have just spent the week in Butlin’s Bognor Regis. It was proper sick. Basically, your children have an incredible time and you remember a time before you had children and holidays were something you looked forward to. …

Check in next week for news about where to see Romesh, and there will be some bloggage for your delectation.

There is also a mailout on Tuesday, so please sign up for the mailing list if you want to …

Hello,

I hope that you are well and that Christmas is treating you well.

If you are thinking about Christmas presents, might I suggest you spend about a tenner less on pressies and buy a ticket to my show at …

I last updated this in May – I would apologise but nobody genuinely seems to have given a shit.

Since I was on here last I have been to the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. I do like the festival but this …

I am having a dispute with my neighbour. He hates me. His wife hates me. And I couldn’t give a shit.

We have a communal car park where we live. This is incredibly annoying because it forces you to converse …

I swear I am losing my bloody marbles. We are potty training the oldest. This means celebrating around him every time he takes a dump. This is obviously mental. This is not preparing you for life. People do not celebrate …

Hi guys, the pilot is a week today and there are still some tickets left. They are being issued on a first come, first serve basis, so please reserve asap:

ROMESH FIGHTS YOUR CORNER- BBC RADIO COMEDY PILOT

Ever walked away from …

Hello All,

January is a load of shit isn’t it?

The first thing of note that happened to me in 2013 is that I was cast to play a small part in a German film. I was cast less for my …

ROMESH FIGHTS YOUR CORNER- BBC RADIO COMEDY PILOT

Ever walked away from an argument thinking “If only I’d said that…”

Romesh Ranganathan wants to stop that happening to you ever again.

This is the show designed to tool you up with a fail-safe …

It was with some relief that I walked off stage having completed my last gig of 2012 in Nottingham last night.

Comedians hate this time of year. Christmas gigs are the most horrendous experience. Loads of office parties, from which …

The 3 year old is making me take a long hard look at how liberal I am. It was his birthday recently, and my wife asked him what he wanted from all of us. He had two items on the …

I have been spending a lot of time watching Disney and Pixar films recently. This was inspired by a recent trip to the cinema to watch Brave. Brave is apparently supposed to be the first of Pixar’s missteps. How people …

Edinburgh was good fun. I was sharing a flat with Rob Beckett, Lloyd Griffith, Kishore Nayar and Ben Shires. I saw more of Rob and Lloyd’s genitals than I suspect even their respective partners have. It’s difficult to speak to …

Hello,

Have been in Edinburgh for a day now, and today am doing a couple of shows – Chortle’s Fast Fringe and a preview of Late Night Laughs.

I’ve had a real disappointment with breakfast cereal since arriving here. There is …

Hello!

I hope all is well with you.* I have been engrossed in the Euros. It was a weird one for England because they were completely outclassed by Italy who then went on to lose 4 nil to Spain. So with …

Hello there,

Apologies for lateness of this update. I often log in here, think about posting, and then don’t bother, because I have nothing interesting to say. Having glanced at my previous posts, however, this does not seem to have …

Hello there,

I hope that you are all well. It has occurred to me that I am a sucker for marketing. The battle of the Kit Kat Chunky has consumed me over the last few weeks. Anybody reading this must …

Hello All,

I have tried my hardest to improve myself for the start of the year. I went to the gym, I tried eating more healthily. Already these things have fallen by the wayside as I realised that I do …

Hello people,

I hope that you had a great Christmas and New Year. Mine was difficult, as my father passed away in early December. It was a complete shock, and as I am sure you can appreciate, dampened the Christmas …

I have been listening to all of this Clarkson furore. I am completely in support of the strikes, and think that Clarkson is certainly a toolbar.

However I have to say that the response to his joke on The One Show is …

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/nov/17/amnesty-tv-romesh-ranganathan-death-penalty-video

Hello there,

So it’s update time. These are too infrequent aren’t they? So from now on I am going to do smaller ones, so that I do not get daunted and procrastinate. I am sure many people have been unsure how to …

Well I realise that I promised many exciting updates from the Edinburgh festival, and you actually got none. Apologies for that, but the festival ended up being so hectic, and my IT skills so inadequate, that it didn’t happen. Please …

Hello all, and welcome to my first news update for my website. I am typing this sitting in my temporary home for the duration of the Edinburgh festival. I will be doing two shows, “Three Blokes Tell Jokes” at the …