Rob & Romesh Vs

Rob and Romesh Vs… is a British light entertainment comedy television series made for Sky Television in which comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan meet people from the worlds of sport and entertainment. The show was first broadcast on Sky One (now Sky Max) in January 2019. Guests have included the England national football team,[1] Andy Murray,[2] and Usain Bolt.[3] The Guardian described the show as “comedic guinea pigs Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan continue to try their hands at learning new skills, coached by professionals”.[4]

Rob & Romesh Vs
GenreComedy
Entertainment
Sports
Presented byRomesh Ranganathan
Rob Beckett
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes22 (As of 30 November 2022)
Production
Running time60 mins
Production companyCPL Productions
Release
Original networkSky One (2019–2021)
Sky Max (2021–)
Original release25 January 2019 (2019-01-25) –
present

Episodes
SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1625 January 2019 (2019-01-25)1 March 2019 (2019-03-01)
245 May 2020 (2020-05-05)26 May 2020 (2020-05-26)
364 February 2021 (2021-02-04)15 July 2021 (2021-07-15)
4428 April 2022 (2022-04-28)19 May 2022 (2022-05-19)

Season One (2019)

Season one started broadcast on Friday 25th January 2019 on Sky One at 9pm.[5]

  • Episode 1. Usain Bolt (Original Air Date 25 January 2019 (2019-01-25))
  • Episode 3. Fashion - David Gandy, Gok Wan (Original Air Date 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08))

Season Two (2020)
  • Episode 7. Ballet (Original Air Date 5 May 2020 (2020-05-05))
  • Episode 8. NBA Basketball (Original Air Date 12 May 2020 (2020-05-12))
  • Episode 9. Cricket: South Africa: Kevin Pietersen (Original Air Date 19 May 2020 (2020-05-19))

Season Three (2021)
  • Episode 13. Drag - Alan Carr (Original Air Date 18 February 2021 (2021-02-18))
  • Episode 14. Andy Murray (Original Air Date 8 July 2021 (2021-07-08))
  • Episode 15. Team GB - part 1 (Original Air Date 15 July 2021 (2021-07-15))

Christmas Special (2021)
  • Episode 17. Christmas Special (Original Air Date 19 December 2021 (2021-12-19)

Season Four (2022)
  • Episode 19. West End Musicals (Original Air Date = 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05))
  • Episode 20. Restaurants first course- Tom Kerridge (Original Air Date = 12 May 2022 (2022-05-12))
  • Episode 21. Restaurants second course: Jay Rayner, Grace Dent (Original Air Date = 19 May 2022 (2022-05-19))

World Cup Special (2022)

Production

The show is produced by CPL Productions. Rob Beckett told the Royal Television Society that the original idea was to pair him and a non-boxing fan to meet Anthony Joshua and Romesh was chosen as his friend who knew nothing about boxing with the two having met and befriended on the UK comedy circuit. Ranganathan explained that the original idea was just to cover sports “but it soon became clear that if we immense ourselves in any kind of world you’re always going to get something from it.” Beckett explained that they “commit to it. We don’t just fake it for telly. We’re not going through the motions.”[6]

Reception

The show was nominated in the Entertainment Performance category at the 2021 Royal Television Society Programme Awards.[7] The show was also nominated for best comedy entertainment series at the 2022 National Comedy Awards.

References
  1. "Rob And Romesh Vs". Comedy.co.uk.
  2. "Rob And Romesh Vs". Comedy.co.uk.
  3. "Rob And Romesh Vs". Comedy.co.uk.
  4. "TV tonight: jolly hockey sticks as Rob and Romesh head for goal". The Guardian.
  5. "Rob and Romesh Vs episodes". Comedy.co.uk.
  6. "Rob and Romesh Vs: A pandemic pick-me-up". RTS.org.
  7. "RTS Programme Awards 2021". RTS.org.uk.
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