Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening

About this Broadcast

Season 1, Episode 1

Comedy game show in which celebrities team up with family members, with the parents choosing which questions their grown-up children will answer and gambling on how many they can get right. Alison Hammond's son Aidan comes close to damaging the family brand, and Carol Vorderman makes life difficult for her son Cameron. Romesh's mum Shanthi has her head turned by the sight of Iain Stirling in long johns, with the Love Island narrator being in a team with his mother

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General Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

Romesh Ranganathan (Host)

Shanthi Ranganathan (Contributor)

Tom Corrigan (Series producer)

Barbara Wiltshire (Series director)

Shereen Docherty (Executive producer)

Benjamin Green (Executive producer)

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Did You Know..

Romesh Ranganathan (Host)

Born: January 30, 1978 in Crawley

Best Known For: Being a comedian.

Early-life: Born Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan in Crawley on January 30, 1978. He is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. He started performing stand-up while he was working as a mathematics teacher at schools in Crawley and Banstead. He became a professional comedian in 2012.

Career: Ranganathan's breakthrough came in 2013 when he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Since then, he has appeared on a number of comedy panel shows, including Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Have I Got News for You. He has also performed stand-up on Live at the Apollo and presented the BBC Three series Asian Provocateur and co-presented the ITV series It's Not Rocket Science.

Quote: "I think I'm a mango. Just very sweet and lovely."

Trivia: Ranganathan is a vegan and supports Arsenal FC.