Christmas Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan – BBC2

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A new one-off travelogue sees comedian Romesh Ranganathan brave the Canadian Arctic

Romesh is really out of his comfort zone.

Christmas Misadventures of omesh Ranganathan — Romesh with his hunting buddies

He’s in the Canadian Arctic, and though he’s guided by Inuit athlete and movie star Johnny Issaluk, he’s convinced he’ll either freeze to death or be eaten by a hungry polar bear.

Romesh also has to put his vegan principles aside to learn Inuit hunting.

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