Original title
Asian Provocateur
Released
9/30/2015
Origin country
GB
Genre
Comedy, Documentary
Production companies
Rumpus Media
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
12
Comedian Romesh Ranganathan is sent by his mother on a ramshackle odyssey around his parents' homeland of Sri Lanka in an attempt to connect him with his roots.
Sent to receive a traditional blessing, Romesh has a chicken rubbed on his head.
Romesh visits Batticloa to meet his Uncle Ragu, but is soon leading the poor man astray.
Uncle Rubaharan introduces Romesh to the ancient Sri Lankan martial art known as angapora.
Romesh must look after his 12-year-old cousin Krishna, who's the more grown-up of the two.
Romesh tries to fulfil a dream of his mother's by performing in a Sri Lankan Tamil drama.
Shanthi heads out to Sri Lanka to join Romesh and find out what he's learnt.
In series two, Romesh Ranganathan is off to visit his relatives in the USA - and his mum's coming too.
Romesh and Shanthi kick off their trip in Tampa, Florida, meeting cousin Pratheep.
Romesh’s mother derails their America trip to take them to Canada for a family reunion.
Romesh Ranganathan and his mum go on a tour of the Deep South with Romesh's brother Dinesh.
Romesh tries to teach his cousin Krishna how to be a man at cowboy ranch in Colorado.
Romesh Ranganathan splits from his mum to join his Uncle Ragu on a spiritual journey around Mexico. This time, Romesh is determined to be much more positive.
Romesh tries to spend some quality time with his mum, including a hip hop tour of LA in a ‘Lowrider’ and a trip to the world's biggest comic book convention.
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