The Birthday Episode Romesh Didn’t Want

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Romesh doesn’t like celebrating his birthday… unfortunately the team had other plans. In this chaotic birthday special, Romesh is joined once again by brother Dinesh and mum Shanthi, discussing everything from family pranking history and gardening to debating who would survive prison time and how. You can expect lots of birthday fun, lots of push back from Romesh, some questionable birthday gifts and a bizarre role play. Plus: Some Tamil and wedding song recommendations and Romesh being a birthday diva. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform Media. 00:00 Intro 01:51 Romesh doesn’t like celebrating his birthday 02:20 Shanthi’s new look 05:54 Dinesh is back 06:37 The team celebrate Romesh’s birthday 07:57 Gift giving for Romesh 12:58 A podcast milestone 14:20 Tom Allen’s gift 15:36 Shanthi on gardener 18:16 Romesh being a diva 18:39 The Ranganathan’s play ‘Most Likely To...' 20:24 Is Romesh ready to die? 23:05 Is Shanthi lying about her age? 24:14 A Sri Lankan party role play 32:20 The family answer questions from you 34:10 Romesh’s pranks and his dad’s sex advice 37:22 Shanthi’s best prank moments 38:18 Who would last longest in prison? 41:11 Tamil song recommendations 44:07 The best wedding songs 45:48 An ending from Dinesh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0	Big Swinger baby.
0:02.8	Oh fuck.
0:04.0	What's wrong?
0:04.8	I don't agree with birthdays.
0:07.0	Oh.
0:09.3	That's a lie.
0:10.2	Have you gone big on birthday?
0:11.5	What are you talking about?
0:13.6	Oh shit.
0:15.1	Is that a joke?
0:16.4	I didn't see that.
0:18.0	Behind your head.
0:19.4	Oh my God.
0:22.6	Have we started? No, we haven't say that. It's behind your head. Oh my God. Have we started?
0:23.8	No, we haven't started.
0:24.9	This is not part of the podcast, is it?
0:26.5	We could do a new version of your reacting to the birthday at the start.
0:30.8	Oh, okay.
0:31.7	Fuck my eyes.
0:34.6	Look at this.
0:36.5	Oh, thank you. Thank you. Oh, Jesus, God, get the shit out of it. Oh, thank you
0:37.8	Thank you
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