Romesh's Look Back to the Future

Dec 17, 2018

1h 8m

★ 6.0

Overview

One year ago Romesh Ranganathan and special guests Richard Osman, Katherine Ryan and Danny Dyer made some bold predictions for 2018. Now they’re getting together to see who got it bang on and whose crystal ball was on the blink.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Hungry Bear Media

Romesh's Look Back to the Future Trailers

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Cast

Self - Host

Romesh Ranganathan

Self - Panelist

Danny Dyer

Self - Panelist

Richard Osman

Self - Panelist

Katherine Ryan

Self - Guest

Dani Dyer

Self - Guest

Rachel Johnson

Self - Guest

Chris Kamara

Self - Guest

Emily Nash

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