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Join Rob as he road-tests material ahead of his brand new tour!

Rob Beckett burst onto the comedy circuit 15 years ago and hasn’t looked back since.

Having hosted The BAFTA TV Awards 2023 alongside Romesh Ranganathan, as well as now hosting his very own BBC Radio 2 show, Rob has become a household name.

Rob can also be heard alongside Josh Widdicombe hosting their highly successful podcast  Parenting Hell  through which they interview fellow parents on their successes (or most likely failures) at parenting.   With over 250 million downloads , guests have included Katherine Ryan, Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee and many more. 2023 even saw the podcast hit the road on the Parenting Hell Live arena tour, playing to sold out arenas up and down the nation. They even co-wrote the Sunday Times Bestselling book Parenting Hell , a first-hand account of the challenges and chaos of their parenting journeys.

His relatable and honest approach to comedy has also seen him host Children in Need and Comic Relief . Other TV appearances include  Live At The Apollo, Would I Lie To You?, The Graham Norton Show, QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats  and  Cats Does Countdown, Celebrity Juice, Taskmaster,  and more!

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Comedians and long-time friends Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan travel around the world taking on challenges. Comedians and long-time friends Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan travel around the world taking on challenges. Comedians and long-time friends Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan travel around the world taking on challenges.

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Rob Beckett burst onto the comedy circuit 15 years ago and hasn’t looked back since. Rob can be seen alongside fellow comedian and best mate Romesh Ranganathan in Rob & Romesh Vs and as the unmistakable voice of Celebs Go Dating. In 2019 Rob co-host the Royal Variety Performance with Romesh, the first time two comedians had hosted the event together in over 30 years. Rob and Romesh also hosted the 2023 BAFTA TV Awards, and can be heard every Sunday at 5:00 pm hosting his very own BBC Radio 2 show.

Rob can also be heard alongside Josh Widdicombe hosting their highly successful podcast Parenting Hell through which they interview fellow parents on their successes (or most likely failures) at parenting. With over 250 million downloads, guests have included Katherine Ryan, Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee and many more. 2023 even saw the podcast hit the road on the Parenting Hell Live arena tour, playing to sold out arenas up and down the nation. Rob and Josh co-wrote the Sunday Times Bestselling book Parenting Hell, a first-hand account of the challenges and chaos of their parenting journeys.

This wasn’t the first Sunday Times Bestselling book for Rob. 2021 saw him pen A Class Act, which is his autobiographical account of being working class in the middle-class world of television and comedy. At work he’s the Cockney geezer, but to his mates down the pub in south-east London, he’s the theatrical one – a media luvvy. Even his wife and kids are posher than him!

This year also sees Rob host his brand new Sky panel show Rob Beckett’s Smart TV, a hilarious celebration of the shows we love. Each week big-name actors, comics, presenters and personalities join Rob, Alison Hammond, and Josh Widdicombe to battle it out in a series of chaotic, trivia-infused rounds to discover who knows the most about TV.

His relatable and honest approach to comedy has also seen him host Children in Need and Comic Relief. Other TV shows include multiple appearances on BBC One’s Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You?, The Graham Norton Show, All Round Mrs Brown’s, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, QI, Sky One’s A League of Their Own, Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats and Cats Does Countdown, The Jonathan Ross Show, ITV Two’s Celebrity Juice, and Dave’s Taskmaster and Hypothetical.

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News: romesh ranganathan announces rescheduled tour dates.

Due to the crisis, Romesh Ranganathan’s tour THE CYNIC’S MIXTAPE was postponed. Now, we are delighted to announce that the dates have been rescheduled. 

Having started the tour in September last year, it’s his most brutally honest show yet. It’s also his biggest to date, having sold-out venues in record time across the UK – including a phenomenal 12 nights at the Hammersmith Apollo. 

Fresh from The Ranganation, The Reluctant Landlord, The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan, A League Of Their Own and Judge Romesh, he's putting showbiz aside to deliver a carefully-curated selection of all the things he has found unacceptable since his last tour, including why trying to save the environment is a scam, why none of us are truly free, and his suspicion that his wife is using gluten intolerance to avoid sleeping with him.  

Romesh’s cynicism has become his trademark, but since being nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards this deadpan humour has made him one of Britain’s most respected and popular comics.  Now, though, the Asian Provocateur has returned to his stand-up roots for a while – there’s things he needs to point out, discuss and have a good moan about. Care to join him? 

Romesh Ranganathan is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and presenter. After ditching his burgeoning Maths teacher career in his early 30s for a life on the comedy road, his shows Rom Com and Rom Wasn’t Built in a Day earned nominations for Edinburgh Best Newcomer 2013 and Best Show Award 2014, respectively. Having established himself as a major force on the stand-up scene, TV work has followed in the form of BBC series Asian Provocateur (nominated for a BAFTA), The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (BBC2), Judge Romesh (Dave), Just Another Immigrant (Showtime, US), A League of Their Own (Sky One), Rob & Romesh Vs (Sky One), The Reluctant Landlord (Sky One), and The Ranganation (BBC Two) – which will return for its second series in May this year.

In other news, Romesh has earned enough life experience to write an autobiography! Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being was released in paperback in October 2019 (following its hardback release the previous year), and details Rom’s life from his first ‘gig’ at Pontins at the age of 9, to his fumblings as a wannabe rapper (who was actually quite good), to his career as a maths teacher – and through to fame and family-making in the years that followed. The book is a Sunday Times Bestseller.  

In December 2019, Romesh hosted the Royal Variety Performance on ITV. Being a joint effort with pal Rob Beckett, it was the first time two comedians had hosted the event together in over 30 years. 

In the podcast world, Romesh presents Hip Hop Saved My Life – the double award-winning show wherein celebrity guests discuss their experiences and love of the genre. The show has seen the likes of Louis Theroux, Michael Kiwanaka, Mark Ronson, Kano, Clara Amfo, Jamie Redknapp and many more. Past and present episodes can be found at: romeshranganathan.co.uk/podcast  

Across the pond, Romesh embarked on his career in the US last year with the launch of his own series Just Another Immigrant on Showtime. His time in the States also saw him appear twice on The Late Late Show with James Corden, and debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. 

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Romesh Ranganathan is on the Graham Norton Show on BBC One on Friday, November 20 at 10.45pm, discussing wearing drag with Rob Beckett.

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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 of rubbish we’ve made up to keep people working hard for no reason.

Join Romesh as he examines all of these issues and more while providing no real answers.

Grab your ticket (at an exclusive discounted price for Hustle ticket holders) for  THE AFTER PARTY ft, Special Guests  at  indigo at The O2  on  Friday 24th May 2024  straight after the show at The O2. From 10.30pm til late!  £15 plus bf with a Hustle ticket from Wednesday 10am  £20 plus bf general sale from Friday 10am 

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●       Following the success of last year’s BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises, comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are returning to host the ceremony at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday 12 May

●       The BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises celebrate must-watch television programmes broadcast in 2023

●       The nominations for this year’s BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises and BAFTA Television Craft Awards will be announced on Wednesday 20 March at 12 Midday GMT.

London, 18 March 2024: BAFTA has today announced that comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan will return to host the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises on Sunday 12 May, celebrating must-watch TV broadcast in 2023.

Best friends as well as an award-winning comedy duo, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan hosted last year’s BAFTAs for the first time, helping deliver an audience peak of 4.4 million nationally on BBC One – the show’s highest ratings since 2021, whilst clips of the night received just under 12 million views on social media.

The BAFTA Television Awards are Britain’s biggest annual celebration of TV, celebrating the shows and creative talent that captured the hearts and minds of BAFTA’s television voting membership in 2023. The star-studded ceremony will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer on Sunday 12 May.

The nominations for all 47 competitive categories in both the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises and BAFTA Television Craft Awards will be unveiled this Wednesday 20 March at 12pm (GMT) – recognising exceptional performances, craftsmanship and stories on our television screens from 1 January – 31 December 2023, as previously confirmed last September here.

The awards will also be broadcast in in North America, the Nordics, South Africa and Australia on BritBox International, in Australia and New Zealand on BBC Studios ANZ, and in 24 countries across Africa and the Middle East on AlThaqafeya and MBC Channels, with other territories to be confirmed.

Rob Beckett, said: “Romesh and I are absolutely buzzing to be back hosting the BAFTAs. We’ve not seen or spoken to each other since last year when we hosted so it will be good to catch up. It’s a real privilege to continually get work together even though our friendship is fake and completely fabricated for commercial gain. My teeth aren’t even that big I wear false ones so I can joke about them. On top of that Romesh isn’t even Asian he just pretends to be so he can do his mum’s accent”.

Romesh Ranganathan, said: “I really thought I’d done enough last year to be asked to host it solo this time, but hosting it with Rob again is also an honour I suppose”.

Emma Baehr, Executive Director of Awards & Content at BAFTA, said: “Rob and Romesh were utterly brilliant hosts of the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises last year, cementing their reputation as one of the nation’s most treasured comedy duos, so we couldn’t be happier that they are returning to host Britain’s biggest celebration of TV on 12 May. The innovation, breadth and quality of British-made TV is one of our country’s biggest superpowers – inspiring, entertaining and informing like no other medium. We are really looking forward to celebrating the many talented people who bring TV to life on-and-off screen, and the must-watch shows broadcast in 2023, with the nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards and BAFTA Television Craft Awards out this Wednesday.”

P&O Cruises is once again the headline sponsor for the BAFTA Television Awards. The ‘P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award’ is the only award voted for by members of the public, honouring the impact of television and its power to bring the nation together. This year’s ‘P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award’ shortlist was announced on Thursday 14th March. The shortlist can be found here. Voting for the six nominees is now open and will close on 9th April.

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About Rob Beckett

Rob Beckett is one of Britain’s most successful comedians and can be heard every Sunday at 5pm hosting his very own BBC Radio 2 show. Rob can currently be seen hosting his brand new Sky panel show Rob Beckett’s Smart TV, where each week big-name actors, comics, presenters and personalities join Rob, Alison Hammond and Josh Widdicombe to battle it out in a series of chaotic, trivia-infused rounds to discover who knows the most about TV. He can be seen alongside fellow comedian and best mate Romesh Ranganathan in Rob And Romesh Vs and as the unmistakable voice of Celebs Go Dating. In 2019 Rob co-hosted The Royal Variety Performance with Romesh, the first time two comedians had hosted the event together in over 30 years. Rob and Romesh also hosted The BAFTA TV Awards 2023. Rob can also be heard alongside Josh Widdicombe hosting their hugely successful podcast Parenting Hell through which they interview fellow parents on their successes (or most likely failures) at parenting.  With over 250 million downloads, guests have included Katherine Ryan, George Foreman, Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee and many more. 2023 saw the podcast hit the road on the Parenting Hell Live arena tour, playing to sold out arenas up and down the nation. They also co-wrote the Sunday Times Bestselling book Parenting Hell, a first-hand account of the challenges and chaos of their parenting journeys. 2021 saw Rob pen A Class Act, his autobiographical account of being working class in the world of television and comedy. Rob’s relatable and honest approach to comedy has also seen him host Children in Need and Comic Relief. Later this year he will embark on a huge world tour with his new show Giraffe.

About Romesh Ranganathan

Multi award-winning comedian Romesh Ranganathan is best known for fronting such series’ as ‘The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan’, and ‘The Ranganation.’ He is also host of his own BBC Sounds and Radio 2 show, For The Love Of Hip Hop, which saw him win the prestigious radio academy ARIA Gold Award for Best Specialist Music Show in 2023.

Already a Times Bestseller for his autobiography, Romesh had his second book ‘As Good As It Gets: Life Lessons From a Reluctant Adult’ published worldwide in October 2020. 2023 saw him publish his debut children’s novel ‘Lil’ Muffin Drops the Mic’.

Romesh’s last tour titled ‘The Cynic’s Mixtape’ sold out across the UK, including 14 nights at London’s Eventim Apollo. But there is no stopping the hard working man as he embarks on ‘Hustle’, his biggest tour to date, in 2024.

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Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan Return for “Rob & Romesh Vs” Series 7

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Sky’s favourite comedy duo, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan , are back for the seventh series of their hit show, “ Rob & Romesh Vs ,” and this time, they’re tackling a range of new worlds, from mixed martial arts to heavy metal and wildlife photography. The series will air this summer, followed by a one-off special in early 2025 featuring the nation’s newest favorite sport, darts.

In this seventh installment, Beckett and Ranganathan will dive into the intense world of mixed martial arts, exploring it through the lens of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). They will also headbang their way through the UK’s heavy metal heartland at the Download Festival. The pair will then test their photography skills as they venture into the wild, aiming to capture stunning images that could be contenders for the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Additionally, they will dive into the world of Hollywood stunts, promising hilarious and action-packed moments.

The dynamic between Beckett and Ranganathan has been a key ingredient to the show’s success, with Beckett’s cheerful exterior contrasting Ranganathan’s deadpan approach. Their natural chemistry shines as they take on various challenges, and this series promises even more laughter and unexpected situations.

Previous series of “Rob & Romesh Vs” have seen the duo taking on a range of challenges, from ballet and basketball to art and golf. They’ve tackled the culinary world by opening their own restaurant and even joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Their adventures have also taken them to Jamaica to meet sprint legend Usain Bolt and Las Vegas, where they learned magic from Penn & Teller.

The show has been a critical success, receiving nominations and awards from prestigious organizations. It was nominated in the Entertainment Performance category at the 2021 Royal Television Society Programme Awards and for Best Comedy Entertainment Series at the 2022 National Comedy Awards. In 2024, the series won the Best Comedy Entertainment category at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, and Beckett and Ranganathan were nominated for Best Comedy Performance. The series has also received BAFTA recognition, showcasing its impact on British television.

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For one night only, award-winning presenters and comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan join the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

The LPO’s newest recruits are starring in a special performance in our Royal Festival Hall, recorded as part of the television programme Rob & Romesh Vs for Sky Max.

Will they be pitch perfect? Or will this be one for the classical hall of shame? Be in the room to find out first!

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Rob And Romesh Vs

• Sky One / Sky Max
• 2019 - 2024
• 30 episodes (5 series)

Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan meet people from the worlds of sport and entertainment.

• Due to return in August 2024
• Series 5, Episode 3 repeated Friday at 9pm on Sky Max

Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan interview

Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are taking on more challenges for their Sky series. This time they're having a go at ballet, basketball and cricket. However, along the way they also had a colonic irrigation, as they explain...

This is your second trip together, how did it compare to last series this time round?

Rob: How did it compare Romesh?

Romesh: It was easier because I now know what Rob's like to travel with. There was always that unknown on the first series, but now Rob's more of a known entity. I mean it still surprised me. There are still new quirks and new levels of energy that you thought even he would be squashed down by, but he doesn't seem to be, so that's always a surprise, but you know, it was fun.

We were excited about doing the first series, but it was new. This one was different because we had so much fun on the last series, we knew what to expect; it's just a proper laugh, you can't believe it's a job really.

Rob: It was weird though because we didn't know much about the activities this series, whereas boxing and DJing we were passionate about in Series 1. Basketball for example, I was completely new to, but I loved it, it was amazing.

From your experience of last series, what did you do differently this series when approaching going away together?

Rob: Separate flights, which was something you insisted on, wasn't it Romesh?

Romesh: We did what sorry?

Rob: We had separate flights.

Romesh: Listen, I didn't request that but what I will say is that I was delighted when it happened! Rob on a flight - he's great, he's a lovely guy, but one of Rob's favourite things to do is, when we're together on a flight, whenever I say anything, he'll say to the staff on the flight "oh sorry about him". He just makes it look like I'm being a prick regardless, even if I'm just asking for something reasonable like "is it possible to just get a diet coke or something?" "Sorry about him", "he's a bit impolite mate" - he's awful!

Rob: Whatever he's said, even if he's being really nice, I just react to it and I say "sorry about him he's had a busy day. He's a bit stressed. He's not normally like this. Sorry."

Romesh: And the other thing he'll do is, he'll keep checking in on you to see if you're going through the exact same emotions that he's going through. Every now and then he'll walk past, and he'll say "you feeling a bit sad?" "Are you feeling so hungry that it's making you nervous?" "Are you feeling tired, but you're frightened to go to sleep in case you're tired when you get there?" It's just constant updates!

Rob: People underestimate flying - it's eight to ten hours over the Atlantic - we're in it together, it's a crossing, we're a team, we're a double act.

Romesh: We're not a double act, but okay.

Rob: I'm sure Joe Swash checks on Stacey Solomon when they're flying to Alicante or wherever it is they go.

Why do you think you both work so well together? Do you think your contrasting styles complement each other?

Romesh: Yeah, I guess so. I hope so. Otherwise it's going to be a f***ing disaster this show.

Rob: I think we're just great mates! You can't write down why you like something, can you? And when Romesh comes into a room it makes me happy. And when I go into a room that he's in, it doesn't make him unhappy.

Romesh: I would say this, I do think we complement each other as people. Rob's attitude towards things is often what I need to counteract how I'm feeling about something and vice versa. So sometimes I can be a bit too negative about stuff and Rob gives me a pep talk and I think Rob is positive, despite the complete lack of evidence that there's any reason to be positive at all.

I can often provide him with some much-needed realism. It's stood us in good stead for when we've been away on holiday together with our families and stuff like that and it's always worked as a friendship so hopefully it works as a TV prospect. I'll leave it up to the TV viewers to decide that.

Rob: No, it will Romesh, it will be great. And if they don't like it, they're wrong. Put that in!

Which was your favourite topic to delve into this series?

Rob: Basketball I think for me, because I came away with a new hobby, something I now love to watch. I loved doing all of it, I cracked up in every episode, but I think Basketball mostly because we got to go and learn this new passion that we've both discovered. We're going to go to America and watch a game aren't we Romesh, when it starts up?

Romesh: Yeah.

Rob: You've sort of semi-agreed to that.

Romesh: Yeah, but separate flights! With the Basketball, I think I'd got to a point in life where I'm into whatever I'm into now, you know I'm not going add anything else - and then, Basketball, I think it was, weirdly, in a way, kind of life changing. Not in a deep way but in terms of like, I'm obsessed with basketball now, I've got all the subscriptions, follow all of the games, I've set up my own NBA Basketball group and it's something we really got in to.

Having said all that, the experiences we had in ballet, getting to work with the Birmingham Royal Ballet and with the cricket team, the time that we had with the team and getting involved with the 'Barmy Army,' they're such amazing experiences, that actually, we did feel lucky the whole way through.

Rob: It's such a dream, that's why we try and humiliate ourselves with the colonic irrigation because otherwise I'd hate watching it, just looking at two people having the time of their lives. But it's so unpredictable, you know one of them is going to have a tube up his arse in ten minutes.

Romesh: The producers basically said "look, you've had a great time, I need to see a mushroom coming out of you".

Rob: That was my fault though Romesh! When I had a meeting I said, "we need to make sure that we are doing stuff that other people wouldn't want to do because otherwise it looks like a holiday, doesn't it?" And yeah okay, we did go to LA to watch basketball, which is a dream, however, you can do that, but you've got to have a tube up your arse and be pumped full of water. Most people would say "no I'll just save up." So, it makes it a bit more palatable I think.

Romesh: In terms of actual editorial connection - tenuous at best - but you know - we balanced out.

Rob: There was no reason for that to happen.

Romesh: Absolutely no justification for that to happen apart from our humiliation and setting fire to our own dignity.

Rob: Dignity is overrated! Where has dignity ever got anyone?

Romesh: That's like your fucking catchphrase, that one.

Rob: But what do you need dignity for?

Romesh: Erm, to tell you not to have a colonic irrigation on television I guess.

Rob: Why not? Why can't you do that, who cares?

Romesh: Listen, I'm glad people find it funny but do you know how hard we work on our acts and material trying to craft stuff, and then all you've got to do is stick a tube up your arse and a mushroom comes out...

Rob: Because it's us doing it Romesh. You could shove a tube up any old Grand Joe's arse and a mushroom could come out, but people wouldn't be as interested!

Romesh: I get ya. We've made it art.

Rob: We've made it art by sacrificing dignity.

Romesh: Yeah, you've totally changed your attitude to that Rob...

What was your toughest/worst moment this series?

Romesh: The mushroom by a long stretch. Let me tell you something, none of that was put on for the cameras, if anything I was trying to tone it down for my embarrassment sake.

Rob: I didn't like it, but YOU!

Romesh: I zoned out. It was so awful. But genuinely, the production team sat down with me and had a chat with me afterwards to sort of see if I was alright. It was so horrific. Awful.

Rob: They say afterwards you've got to sit down on the toilet for a bit and I was just sitting there thinking "I don't know why nothing is happening, this is pointless". And I went to get up and they said "no wait a bit longer" and I said "why I feel fine," I thought everything that was going to come out had come out, right...but then out of nowhere, the fucking heavens opened. It was like somebody was emptying a bath out of me.

Romesh: Listen, I love Rob to bits but he is not the guy I want outside the toilet door when you cannot stop shitting water. He is absolutely one of the last people on the planet I'd want...

Rob: I try and use positivity to get me out of a hole but no amount of positivity can get you through that kind of leakage. It's hard, then move on.

Romesh: Yeah. Awful. Absolutely dreadful.

Rob: You really hated it. I didn't like it, I found it quite uncomfortable to do and there were repercussions down the line with elasticity - let's say that. What I felt was totally overshadowed with what kind of dark hell Romesh was going through. I've never seen him like that. He completely zoned out. Then he just sat there. And he couldn't take it, he couldn't take all of it and we were like "Romesh, Romesh, just stop" and he kept going "one more time" like some sort of old boxer.

Romesh: Yeah! It was horrendous.

What have you been doing since everybody has been asked to stay at home?

Rob: Well we tried to have a podcast but we've got to wait haven't we Romesh?

Romesh: Yes, we kept on having to set up doing this remotely and then we just realised "oh this is crap" but it took us a long time to arrive at that conclusion. But we've done two full podcast episodes, they'll never see the light of day - we've put all the work in, and they're not coming out [laughs].

Rob: Well they are all ready and raring to go! Once we get back in Romesh, keep positive! Don't you worry about that.

Romesh: You've been doing a lot of Lego, haven't you?

Rob: I love to Lego. I've done a full roller coaster, I've done a wind turbine, I've got a ghost buster set and a castle!

Romesh: Did you find all this stuff for lock-down or did you have it anyway?

Rob: No. So basically I love Lego and I like those collector bits from Ghostbusters... And they're all birthday presents from the last four years. My wife has bought me a set, but I've not had time to do them. I've just done them all in one go, it's quite enjoyable. I find it quite meditative - quite relaxing. I'm quiet when I do it.

Romesh: Ah that sounds lovely. Maybe we should do a Lego exercise!

When you were told you'd be going into the world of ballet, what were your initial thoughts?

Rob: Personally, I didn't think I was going to be a fan. It's very long. That's what I was worried about - the length.

Romesh: I just thought "I've got absolutely no interest in this" and also, my impressions of ballet were that it's for posh people and they don't even want us. It feels very exclusive to me. I'm not saying you go to it with a chip on your shoulder, it's not that at all. But you do go in thinking "this was never meant for me". But the truth is, it's much more inclusive than we thought it was going to be and the people in it, they're not trying to be exclusive...

Rob: AHH! A pigeon's flown into my house!

Romesh: You serious?

Rob: It's just hit about 5 windows that pigeon was back in again!

Romesh: Again? That tells me so much about your life.

Rob: Shall I tell you what happened? We gave the kids bird feed to put at the end of the garden. They scattered it across the entire garden. My garden looked like the woman out of the Home Alone film. Pigeon shit everywhere, pigeons all over the gaff, and now they just think it's feeding time so they can go into my back door and like, any bits of bread the kids have got - start eating it - so I went in to scare it off and it just panicked and hit the window - so that'll learn it anyway. Sorry - ballet!

Romesh: What a fuckin' life you lead Beckett.

Rob: Should have stored that for Instagram!

Romesh - it turned out that Rob was quite good at ballet, how was it having Rob realising he might be better than you?

Romesh: It's horrendous because you suddenly realise that not only are you going to have to go through that experience but you're going to have to go through that with a cocky Rob Beckett . After that training session, the swagger on this prick! Absolutely insane!

Rob: Do you know what? I've always thought I've got the right body type for ballet, but I wasn't born in the right family. I'm a bit like a Billy Elliot type...

Romesh: The worst thing is, he's not even rude about it, what he is, is patronising, to have somebody talk to you like they've mastered it, he's just going to me "go on, go on, you can do it Rom!" I'll accept that from the Grand Master or whatever he's called but I'm not having it from somebody that got to grips with it 45 seconds before I did.

Rob: I was just trying to help you along Rom!

Romesh: It was horrible. Absolutely horrible. He was trying to be encouraging but he's the opposite.

Rob: The ice bath was the worst bit - but it does give you an appreciation of athletes though. It was like something from alien.

Romesh: I just don't know... the idea... doing it one time is awful. The idea that people do it regularly knowing it feels like that, I just can't believe it.

What did you think of the costumes you were provided with?

Rob: The beard was so itchy! I had trouble getting in the outfit, they're so tight! I think that was more my problem than theirs.

Romesh: It's just every insecurity you might have had about yourself, that costume is designed to bring it out. You remember every thought you might have had, you remember every single donut, it is just absolutely horrific and even when you've got the heavy coat on and stuff over the top - which I think they gave us for the safety of any audience members, underneath you can feel the costume which is sort of communicating to you that it shouldn't be in it. It's horrific.

Rob: The worst part was taking it off! You could see exactly what you'd worn on what bit of your body. Like an imprint.

Romesh: You basically have an invisible ballet costume on, imprinted onto your body for about a day or two afterwards. The other thing was I don't have a great arse compared to normal humans but male ballet dancers, their arses are just breath-taking - wholly breath-taking.

Rob: You know on Bake Off when Prue Leith shows you how to do a victoria sponge? So f***ing bulbous and fluffy and big? Incredible. You know like that? A big bastard on the lower back.

Romesh: Yeah. And they look so muscular, I'm convinced they could write their names with them. They could write a memoir with their bums.

Rob: If I was starving on a desert island enough to eat a human, I'd eat the arse of a ballet dancer. Is that a bit much?

Romesh: No, I think that's absolutely the thing you'd say about ballet.

Rob: If I had to eat a human, it would be the arse of a ballet dancer.

Romesh: I think you should put that as the tag line.

Rob - were you genuinely annoyed that they reduced your parts?

Romesh: I was fucking delighted! I was absolutely delighted.

Rob: Well I was, and I wasn't. I mean, you do all that training. You'd think you'd get a bit more.

Romesh: Let me tell you something, Rob not only thought he could do a bit more, Rob believed he should have been doing a bit more. Rob genuinely, he thought he was good at it. Properly good at it.

Rob: If you don't believe in yourself, why should anybody else?

Romesh: I know that's true to a point, but that's when you see people, you know when they go on X Factor and nobody's told them that they're shit and they make idiots of themselves. I'm the person who is doing the right thing by telling you.

Rob: You're like Simon Cowell ...

Romesh: Essentially. But actually, because Rob was being so cocky, saying "it's going to be great, I'm going to be doing this and don't feel bad if they give you a smaller part" - well they gave us the same size part and it was absolutely fuck all, so enjoy that!

Moving on to Episode 2, basketball. You took a little while to score a basket in the one-on-one - who do you think is actually better at basketball?

Rob: Well, I mean, there's no-one better at it. We're both terrible at it - aren't we!

Romesh: That is true.

Rob: There's no comparison, even if one of us was better, you wouldn't be able to gauge it. Awful!

Romesh: No. And I was glad about that, because Rob is one of these people who when we come to do these challenges, it's very much "we're in this together" - until he has a sniff that he might be better than you at it, and then he's just an absolute competitive monster.

Rob: HAHAHA! Romesh:

You know he's all very collegiate, and yeah "oh don't worry, I'm as bad as you are" and then as soon as he shows any sort of natural ability the eyes change and it's like "fuckin av it!" "oh, what's that you're struggling there a bit aren't ya mate!" - he's an absolute stone-cold bastard it's unbelievable.

Rob: But luckily we're both awful at Basketball!

Romesh: It was bad, really bad.

Rob - you didn't get a basketball nickname, what would you like to christen your own 'street name' here?

Rob: Erm, I'd say "White Chocolate".

Romesh: Jesus Christ!

Rob: Is "White Chocolate" too much?"

Romesh: Nah. It's not too much I like it, it's good it's good.

Rob: What about you?

Romesh: I don't... I guess Brown Chocolate? I dunno.

Rob: Just "chocolate" because it's racist that I have to say chocolates 'white' and you have to say chocolates 'brown'. It's a bit racist actually Romesh, because there's different colours. It should actually just be chocolate.

Romesh: Hahaha, I'm so sorry!

Rob: You shouldn't have to label it as...

Romesh: I'm so sorry...excuse my...

How long were you in LA for and did you get a chance to check out the comedy scene at all? Performing yourself or seeing any local comedians?

Rob: We went to the shops one day, when we had a morning free. Because of the time zone, we'd always wake up too early. We'd always get up about 6am.

Romesh: It's horrible waking up and thinking "oh there we go, my day has started and it's the middle of the night, let's crack on", it's horrible.

Rob: I got that little electric scooter out, didn't I? They have those little electric scooters in LA, and I've gigged in LA before. And one of the things I'd say about all comedians in LA is they are all working towards being in a film. In Britain you've got comedians that are just comedians but in LA you don't really have that. They're working on a script or they're trying to get a part in some film. It is how you imagine, this sort of ambition to become famous that LA is the place where you go to become famous so all these comics are trying to get in the movies so it's a bit of a different culture I think.

You didn't manage to get a picture with Neymar in the episode, did you manage to get any closer for a snap once the cameras were off?

Romesh: No, but I've got to tell you, that was one of the highlights of the entire series for me. Watching Rob get it... oh! It was so, so good. If you'd have told me, "You've got to get colonic irrigation, but you get to see Rob absolutely mugged off," I'd have taken that.

Rob: I was just over-confident because we'd been dancing with that geezer...

Romesh: You got so cocky! You thought it was an absolute dead cert. "Oh yeah I'll just wander up to him" and then he just got mugged off!

Rob: Well you hear about these people who bunk into stuff and get through and act like they belong there...and I did...

Romesh: Yeah you did, you committed to it...

Rob: I'm just not that good at acting! Oh, that was horrible, really horrible. And if I'd played that slightly differently, I'm sure it would have been fine. But I went in too confident, that's my problem.

You visited South Africa to follow the cricket. How did you find that? Had you been before?

Romesh: We've both been before.

Rob: I've never been on holiday there but it's such a beautiful place, I love it out there, it's wonderful isn't it.

Romesh: I think Cape Town is amazing and I'd never have thought of going somewhere like that on a holiday but I certainly would after that, it was great. What a place. It was amazing. Also, that ground, to watch cricket with the mountain in the background is beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

Rob: It's one of the best stadiums I've ever been to - not the stadium itself but to be near a beautiful mountain.

Romesh: Yeah, you wouldn't say the seats were amazing would you? There's nothing about the facilities that are amazing.

Rob: Let's just say I wouldn't want to look at the stadium from the mountain.

Romesh: If the mountain wasn't there, we wouldn't be talking to you about it in this interview.

Rob: They're lucky they built it there to be honest.

Romesh: It's so convenient.

It looked like Kevin Pietersen worked you quite hard. How was he to practice with?

Rob: That was right scary. He's a bigger boy, isn't he? He's like the epitome of a big, strong boy. About six foot six, massive geezer, very charming, but just absolute bastard to deal with a bat and a ball.

Romesh: I think because he's grown up with cricket and it's in his blood the idea that he's got two adults you know, two people that have got no sort of ability whatsoever, I think he found that offensive. And he sort of took on this demonic coach persona. It was a torrid afternoon.

Rob: HAHAHA! It really was! And the ball's so hard.

Romesh: It's ridiculous. In the future if we forgot about cricket, you'd easily believe me if I told you that was a weapon. A cannonball. Because it is so painful when it makes any sort of contact with you. I can't believe they have that in a sport. It's ridiculous.

Rob: I'd rather catch a knife.

Kevin seemed to take a shine to Rob over you Romesh, why do you think that is?

Rob: Well Kevin can smell talent and hard work and dedication and as it turned out I'm a natural batsman, I'm just not good at fielding, so that's why we got on, and he liked my positive outlook.

Romesh: You were shit at catching though Rob, weren't you?

Rob: Yes, I know I was shit at catching but...

Romesh: He wasn't... I know you think you were great at batting but you got to remember you were terrible at bowling. It was very difficult for me to play what you were delivering because it was so awful. It wasn't coming anywhere near me. So then the old beast mode came out again, where he thinks he's got some sort of ability in it, and he starts getting all cocky and all this "alright have that, have that". He starts waving to the crowd and that's why it was so delightful to go out and watch him cowering when the cricket ball was in the air.

Rob: My head went with that. All I could think was, "run away, run away, you don't need that, you don't need that ball. That ball means nothing." I haven't seen the edit though yet.

Was it nerve-racking doing the challenge in front of the barmy army?

Rob: Oh yeah, they were singing "you're just a shit James Corden " at me.

Romesh: ... which I can't imagine James Corden 's happy about.

Rob: Somehow, it's even more offensive to him! But yeah that was hard. To be fair they are a good bunch and they're a good laugh, but they were cheering when we did well...so they weren't all bad.

Romesh: I would say that it was worse afterwards than during because we kept bumping into barmy army in South Africa and we just got abuse everywhere we went.

Rob: Yeah, in the airport on the way home. "Hey look I've got a video of you not catching that ball!"

Romesh: So in that way, we were getting heckled, you'd be out having lunch and you'd get heckled from somebody that saw us doing the challenge, that was not fun.

How was the safari, Rob you looked like you loved it?

Rob: Loved it! What an experience. Can't wait to go properly and go with my family, it was amazing! It's an incredible thing, safari. I loved it too much if anything.

Romesh: It was amazing, it was great.

Rob: We got to go out into the bush and get a real green fingered experience of safari.

Romesh: They do make it terrifying; do you know what I mean? The first things they're telling you can go wrong; you're shitting yourself by the time you get out there. They're all very passionate about the animals but the truth of it is, it is amazing being on safari, if you're really into animals like those rangers are, they've got an appetite for watching them for ages whereas we're a bit like "Okay, I think he's done everything he's going to do, that giraffe," whereas they're like "no, let's observe for 45 minutes" and you're like "okay, we're just ticking it off in this f***ing book here, let's go."

Rob: It's like once you've seen the six different types of antelope. They're deer with horns. I don't want to see another one.

Romesh: Unless one of them is going to do a trick, let's drive on shall we?

Rob: Yeah. I want to see a lion eating something.

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Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett to return as hosts for Bafta TV Awards

Comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett will return to host the Bafta TV Awards this spring.

The TV stars, who appear in reality travel series Rob And Romesh Vs together, hosted the annual awards ceremony for the first time last year and will present it again on May 12 at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Beckett, 38, said: “Romesh and I are absolutely buzzing to be back hosting the Baftas.

“We’ve not seen or spoken to each other since last year when we hosted so it will be good to catch up.

“It’s a real privilege to continually get work together even though our friendship is fake and completely fabricated for commercial gain.

“My teeth aren’t even that big I wear false ones so I can joke about them.

“On top of that Romesh isn’t even Asian he just pretends to be so he can do his mum’s accent”.

Ranganathan, 45, joked that he thought he had “done enough” last year to be asked to host it solo this year, adding: “Hosting it with Rob again is also an honour I suppose”.

The nominations for all 47 categories in the Bafta TV Awards and Bafta TV Craft Awards, which celebrates behind-the-scenes talent in the television industry, will be unveiled on Wednesday March 20 at 12pm.

Emma Baehr, executive director of awards and content at Bafta, said: “Rob and Romesh were utterly brilliant hosts of the Bafta Television Awards with P&O Cruises last year, cementing their reputation as one of the nation’s most treasured comedy duos, so we couldn’t be happier that they are returning to host Britain’s biggest celebration of TV on 12 May.

“The innovation, breadth and quality of British-made TV is one of our country’s biggest superpowers, inspiring, entertaining and informing like no other medium.

“We are really looking forward to celebrating the many talented people who bring TV to life on-and-off screen, and the must-watch shows broadcast in 2023, with the nominations for the Bafta Television Awards and Bafta Television Craft Awards out this Wednesday.”

Ranganathan is a comic, presenter and actor from Crawley who has presented TV comedy series The Ranganation and co-hosted this year’s Red Nose Day on BBC One.

London-born Beckett is a stand-up comedian who has appeared on panel shows including 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

He is also the narrator of Celebs Go Dating and co-hosts podcast Parenting Hell alongside fellow comic Josh Widdicombe.

The star-studded ceremony will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer on Sunday May 12.

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DNA Journey

Comedians and best mates Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan go on a road trip to find out about their family history using DNA and genealogy.

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1. Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan - Comedians and best mates Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan go on a road trip to find out about their family history using DNA and genealogy.

1. Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan

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