Romesh Ranganathan is a comedian and TV presenter whose idea of a nice trip away is two weeks in the Algarve. In this three-part series he is travelling way beyond his comfort zone and the world of complimentary breakfast buffets to some of the most beautiful, but dangerous, places on earth. Hosted by locals and fully immersed in the local culture, Romesh gets an eye-opening, and at times heart-stopping, insider's guide to countries that are big on natural beauty, character and charm.\n\nIn this first episode, Romesh gets an insider's guide to Haiti to find out if his preconceptions about the Caribbean island are right, or if there is more to the country than the sensational headlines he has seen on the news. Everything Romesh has ever heard about Haiti has been negative. They had a dictator who terrorised the island, a 2010 earthquake that crippled the country and then a devastating hurricane. That is all before President Trump called it something unmentionable. But are all the bad news reports fair? Does Haiti deserve its reputation? Haiti is in the middle of the Caribbean, surrounded by Cuba, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. It should be a paradise, so why doesn't anyone go there?\n\nTo find out, Romesh Ranganathan, comedian and coward, is travelling across the Atlantic to spend a week in the country. This isn't his typical holiday destination - Romesh's idea of a perfect holiday is a week in Spain. He avoids 'culture' and he rarely leaves the comfort of the hotel swimming pool. In almost every conceivable way he is the wrong person to send, except one - he is honest. Landing in the Haitian capital Port au Prince, Romesh sets to work getting to grips with a country that - arguably more than any other - has suffered from a bad reputation. Guided by his host - Peabody award-winning journalist Jeremy Dupin - Rom throws himself into Haitian life. It is a chaotic journey that will take him from the iron market to vodou ceremonies, from cathedrals destroyed by the earthquake to the slums. So has the world got it wrong about Haiti? Romesh sets off to find out.
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Series 3: 1. Sierra Leone
When trying to place Sierra Leone, Romesh finds it impossible to think of anything other than the country’s dark history - a horrific civil war, child soldiers, blood diam ...
15-09-2024
BBC 2
Series 4: 3. Madagascar
In the final part of his African odyssey, Romesh travels to the 4th largest island in the world – Madagascar. But like most people, when he brings to mind this former Fren ...
19-06-2024
BBC 2
Series 4: 2. Rwanda
Romesh crosses the border from Uganda into Rwanda, a country he feels has been defined by westerners almost entirely by the 1994 genocide. More recently, the British government ...
12-06-2024
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Series 4: 1. Uganda
Romesh Ranganathan explores Uganda, its people and culture, its past and its modern complexity, to find out whether Brits should add this this visually stunning, landlocked coun ...
07-06-2024
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Christmas – The Sahara
A year ago, Romesh Ranganathan visited the Arctic to film a Christmas episode of the Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan. It was the hardest trip he has taken in his life &ndash ...
10-09-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: 4. Colombia
All Romesh knows about Colombia is cocaine barons and for most of his life, that was more than enough to stop him wanting to visit. But is Colombia's reputation for drug wars ju ...
06-08-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: 3. Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the mind of Romesh, is a place inextricably linked with war. He had never even heard the word Bosnia until the war broke out and finds it hard to conj ...
30-07-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: 2. Mongolia
In this episode Romesh Ranganathan travels to Mongolia – a country which he has almost no prior knowledge of, save for the fact that it is famously in the middle of nowher ...
23-07-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: 1. Zimbabwe
For most of Romesh's adult life, the only news coming out of Zimbabwe has been bad news. Robert Mugabe, the eviction of the white farmers and a general aura of danger have combi ...
09-07-2023
BBC 2
Christmas – The Hebrides
Everyone Romesh has ever met has told him how amazing the Scottish islands are - but nobody he knows has actually ever been there. Now, in a year when travel abroad has been all ...
11-12-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 2
For years all that most people in Britain have heard about Ethiopia is famine. And drought. And Bob Geldof singing about famine and drought. Now comedian Romesh Ranganathan is h ...
15-08-2021
BBC 2
Series 2: 3. Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the mind of Romesh, is a place inextricably linked with war. He had never even heard the word Bosnia until the war broke out and finds it hard to conj ...
30-07-2023
BBC 2
Christmas – The Sahara
A year ago, Romesh Ranganathan visited the Arctic to film a Christmas episode of the Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan. It was the hardest trip he has taken in his life &ndash ...
10-09-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: 2. Mongolia
In this episode Romesh Ranganathan travels to Mongolia – a country which he has almost no prior knowledge of, save for the fact that it is famously in the middle of nowher ...
23-07-2023
BBC 2
Series 3: 2. Romania
As with most Brits, the headlines that flash into Romesh’s mind when he thinks about Romania are those around communism, the 90s orphan crisis, maligned Roma and its great ...
20-04-2022
BBC 2
Series 2: 1. Zimbabwe
For most of Romesh's adult life, the only news coming out of Zimbabwe has been bad news. Robert Mugabe, the eviction of the white farmers and a general aura of danger have combi ...
09-07-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 3
Comedian Romesh Ranganathan travels to Albania to get an insider's guide to the country and to find out whether his own preconceptions about the Eastern European outpost are rig ...
22-08-2021
BBC 2
Series 3: 1. Sierra Leone
When trying to place Sierra Leone, Romesh finds it impossible to think of anything other than the country’s dark history - a horrific civil war, child soldiers, blood diam ...
15-09-2024
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 1
Romesh Ranganathan is a comedian and TV presenter whose idea of a nice trip away is two weeks in the Algarve. In this three-part series he is travelling way beyond his comfort z ...
08-08-2021
BBC 2
Series 4: 3. Madagascar
In the final part of his African odyssey, Romesh travels to the 4th largest island in the world – Madagascar. But like most people, when he brings to mind this former Fren ...
19-06-2024
BBC 2