Johannesburg – Thursday, 27 March 2025 – S3 is pleased to add The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan to the Friday primetime viewing, starting 28 March 2025 at 21:00.
This three-part series documents the journey of British actor, comedian, and presenter Romesh Ranganathan as he travels to Africa for his latest series whilst he gains an insight into the troubled history and incredible beauty of this unique region.
Starting in Uganda on the 28 March 2025, Romesh Ranganathan explores Uganda, its people and culture, its past and its modern complexity to find out whether Brits should add this visually stunning, landlocked country the size of the UK to their holiday bucket list. With his guide, Bugandan princess Alex, Romesh learns about Uganda’s history before and after Idi Amin and how Uganda got its name, before sampling traditional rural village life by getting blind drunk on banana gin
In episode two on Friday 4 April 2025, Romesh crosses the border from Uganda into Rwanda, a country he feels has been defined by westerners almost entirely by the 1994 genocide. Romesh’s affable guide is performance artist, genocide survivor and peace activist Hippo, who initiates him the cultural significance of sharing milk, puts him to work helping to maintain the pristine streets of the capital, Kigali, and shows him where Rwanda plans to house asylum seekers sent from Britain.
In the final part of his African odyssey broadcast on the 11 April 2025, Romesh travels to the fourth largest island in the world – Madagascar. But like most people, when he brings to mind this former French colony in the Indian Ocean, his only reference is an animated Disney film. Romesh embarks on a mission, guided by exuberant diving instructor Bic, to find out what Madagascar has to offer the uninitiated – apart from cartoon dancing lemurs,
In 2020, Romesh won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Features for The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan, and in 2021, he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Entertainment Performance for The Ranganation.
Do not miss The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan on Fridays at 21:00, only on S3.
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Caroline Phalakatshela
Publicity Specialist – Video Entertainment
072 382 2032/ phalakatshelamc@sabc.co.za
