Earlier in his career he was a finalist in So You Think You're Funny 2010 and winner of Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2013.
New project for Amazon's Prime Video
Romesh Ranganathan is to host a new reality series for Amazon’s Prime Video.
In Would You Rather: Decide To Survive, teams compete in a series of challenges based on either-or decisions until only one remains.
Ranganathan said: ‘I’m excited about this new show, and I'm not just saying that because I'm hosting, although that does help.
‘Would You Rather is a game that everyone is familiar with and now we're making ten people live through these choices, which is both hilarious and slightly cruel - the perfect combination for quality entertainment.’
Amazon said: ‘We’ve all played the classic hypothetical game–now get ready to play it for real.'
And they gave examples of ‘would you rather’ questions as: Would you rather be invisible or be able to fly? Fight one giant duck or 1,000 tiny ducks? Eat a man-sized bean or a bean-sized man? Though it’s not clear whether any of these will have a role in the show, which will air next year.
The news comes in the week it was announced that Ranganathan is to make his West End debut, starring opposite Sheridan Smith in Alan Ayckbourn’s darkly comic psychological drama Woman in Mind.
Talking about that project, he told the BBC: ‘I understand the thing about overexposure, but if that happens, it happens. I try not to overthink things that much, to be honest.’
The comedian's game show Parents Evening returns to ITV on Saturday and his travelogue series Can’t Knock The Hustle continues on Sky Max, while he also hosts The Weakest Link and a Radio 2 show as well as his stand-up work.
The commission of Would You Rather: Decide To Survive follows the success of Last One Laughing UK on Prime Video. Ranganathan will be among the contestants in the recently announced second series.
Published: 9 Oct 2025
Racist hecklers abuse Romesh Ranganathan
A woman has been thrown out of a Romesh Ranganathan…
8/01/2022
'I'm going to do The Weakest Link my own way...'
The Weakest Link returns to TV this month after a nine-year…
4/12/2021
Can Jimmy Carr learn to be less mean?
Jimmy Carr will learn how to be less mean in a new…
3/12/2021
'I’ve just made it look like there’s a beef between me and Louis Theroux...'
Romesh Ranganathan’s topical comedy show, The…
28/09/2021
The Ranganation gets a fourth series
The BBC has ordered a fourth series of The Ranganation.
Casting…
17/08/2021
Romesh Ranganathan to revive The Weakest Link
Romesh Ranganathan has landed yet another new job -…
28/06/2021
Romesh Ranganathan to host A League Of Their Own
Romesh Ranganathan is to take over as the permanent…
24/06/2021
Romesh Ranganathan to make Radio 2 hip-hop show
Romesh Ranganathan is to host a new Radio 2 series…
22/06/2021
Rob & Romesh Vs returns to Sky One
Rob & Romesh Vs will return to Sky One next month,…
9/06/2021
Romesh Ranganathan goes vaccine mythbusting
Romesh Ranganathan, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and…
18/02/2021
A BBC show relying only on my internet connection – it was so mad!
Romesh Ranganathan’s topical comedy show, The…
2/02/2021
The Ranganation returns for series 3
The BBC has ordered a third series of Romesh Ranganathan’s…
18/01/2021
Book (2023)
Lil' Muffin Drops The Mic by Romesh Ranganathan
DVD (2016)
Romesh Ranganathan: Irrational
We do not currently hold contact details for Romesh Ranganathan's agent. If you are a comic or agent wanting your details to appear here, for a one-off fee of £59, email steve@chortle.co.uk.
We see you are using AdBlocker software. Chortle relies on advertisers to fund this website so it’s free for you, so we would ask that you disable it for this site. Our ads are non-intrusive and relevant. Help keep Chortle viable.