Romesh Ranganathan, the comedian set to replace Claudia Winkleman on BBC Radio 2

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Romesh Ranganathan has been announced as Claudia Winkleman’s BBC Radio 2 replacement, cementing the comic as the busiest man in the UK entertainment industry. They transferred to a state school in “one of the worst areas of town” – the same school that Ranganathan would one day return to teach at. open image in gallery With Prince William and Rob Beckett at the 2019 Royal Variety Performance “I did stand-up and I took all of the jokes, except for one, from a joke book called 3001 Jokes For Kids,” he recalled. In 2018, he began hosting comedy travel series The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan, the Bafta-winning show with a fourth season on the way.