Uncle Rubaharan

Summary Shanthi uses Romesh's trip to try to settle a long standing bugbear - trying to get him to lose weight. She has entrusted this task to his Uncle Rubaharan, who introduces him to the ancient Sri Lankan martial art known as angapora, which sees Romesh being put through his paces by a 14-year-old martial arts expert. Whilst in the area, Romesh also visits his mother's home which has been taken over by a religious sect, but this is mere respite between having a traditional Ayurvedic enema and joining the hunter-gatherer tribe of the Veddas, to go on one of the most bizarre hunts ever witnessed.

S1.E3 ∙ Uncle Rubaharan

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Romesh Ranganathan Shanthi Ranganathan Benjamin Wood Vettyvelu Ragunathan

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Genres : Comedy Biography Documentary

Release date : Oct 13, 2015

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC programme page

Language : English

Production companies : Rumpus Media

Summary Shanthi uses Romesh's trip to try to settle a long standing bugbear - trying to get him to lose weight. She has entrusted this task to his Uncle Rubaharan, who introduces him to the ancient Sri Lankan martial art known as angapora, which sees Romesh being put through his paces by a 14-year-old martial arts expert. Whilst in the area, Romesh also visits his mother's home which has been taken over by a religious sect, but this is mere respite between having a traditional Ayurvedic enema and joining the hunter-gatherer tribe of the Veddas, to go on one of the most bizarre hunts ever witnessed.

Details

Genres : Comedy Biography Documentary

Release date : Oct 13, 2015

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC programme page

Language : English

Production companies : Rumpus Media

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