Judge Romesh | |
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Genre | Court show Comedy |
Written by | Geoff Norcott |
Directed by | Ollie Bartlett |
Presented by | Romesh Ranganathan |
Starring | Tom Davis Kerry Howard (series 1) Jessica Knappett (series 2) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 22 (+5 online specials) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Dan Baldwin Andy Price |
Producer | Sarah Pack |
Running time | 30 mins (incl. adverts) |
Production company | Hungry Bear Media |
Original release | |
Network | Dave |
Release | 8 August 2018 26 June 2019 | –
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Judge Romesh is a British comedy television show broadcast on Dave. It features Romesh Ranganathan settling disputes in a fictional civil court. The show is unscripted, and the claimant and defendant are generally members of the public, although some cases are between celebrities. Ranganathan is assisted by the bailiff, Tom Davis, and a clerk—Kerry Howard in series 1 and Jessica Knappett in series 2.
The first series of ten episodes premiered on 8 August 2018. A second series of twelve episodes began on 22 May 2019. Five extra cases are available on UKTV Play. The show received mixed critical reception and has been compared to other court shows such as Judge Rinder.