Cousin Krishna
Romesh Ranganathan takes a ramshackle odyssey around Sri Lanka. Romesh must look after his 12-year-old cousin Krishna, who is the more grown-up of the two.
Comedian Romesh Ranganathan considers himself British through and through. He grew up in Horsham, doesn't speak a word of Tamil, doesn't know any of his relatives, has no idea about his cultural heritage and has almost zero desire to go to Sri Lanka. Like thousands of other British children of immigrants, he knows very little about the land where his parents came from. As his mother Shanthi says - he's a coconut. Sri Lankan on the outside, but British on the inside.
Now Shanthi wants her son to connect to his roots - so she's decided to change all that by sending Romesh on an odyssey around the motherland. Not that he's that happy about it.
Shanthi wants Romesh to explore what his life could have been if he'd grown up in Sri Lanka, and in particular what career path he could have taken. To complicate matters, Romesh must also look after his 12-year-old cousin Krishna, who is actually the more grown-up of the two. Following a dangerous attempt at becoming a tuk-tuk driver on the streets of Jaffna, he finds out that working in a busy tourist hotel with his young cousin is an equally stressful experience. To make up for it, Romesh arranges for Krishna to do some Kandyan dancing, which becomes much more public than he anticipated.
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Romesh 'tuk-tuks' to the road
Duration: 02:14
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Romesh Ranganathan |
Series Producer | Benjamin Green |
Director | Mus Mustafa |
Executive Producer | Emily Hudd |
Executive Producer | Iain Wimbush |
Production Company | Rumpus Media Ltd |
Broadcasts
- Wed 21 Oct 2015 22:30
- Thu 22 Oct 2015 00:30
- Fri 23 Oct 2015 03:30
- Fri 23 Oct 2015 23:25
- Sat 24 Oct 2015 01:45
- Sun 25 Oct 2015 01:50
- Mon 26 Oct 2015 01:45
- Fri 11 Dec 2015 03:00
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