Specials

Romesh Ranganathan heads to one of the coldest environments on earth. He gets an insider's guide of the Canadian Arctic and finds out if his preconceptions about it are right.

A year ago, Romesh Ranganathan visited the Arctic to film a Christmas episode of the Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan. It was the hardest trip he has taken in his life – it was minus 40 degrees, he had to camp in a tent on a frozen ocean and he had to go to the toilet in a bin bag. This year, he has agreed to do another Christmas episode - on the strict understanding that he will not go anywhere cold.

Everyone Romesh has ever met has told him how amazing the Scottish islands are - but nobody he knows has actually ever been there. Now, in a year when travel abroad has been all but forbidden, he is heading to the Hebrides to find out if you can really have a proper adventure so close to home, spending a week visiting the isles of Skye, Harris and Lewis. Guiding him through the journey is Donald Macsween, or Sweeney to his friends, a local crofter from the far north of Lewis - a place that lies as far north as Greenland.

Romesh catches up with friends from Zimbabwe, Bosnia and the Sahara, revisiting some highlights and introducing never-before-seen moments, like trying to recreate a horror film in the desert.

In this episode, Romesh catches up with old friends from Albania, Mongolia and the Arctic, revisiting some of the highlights and introducing never-before-seen moments, such as his near-death experience in a high-speed Mongolia car rally.

Romesh catches up with old friends from Colombia, Haiti and Ethiopia, revisiting some of the highlights and introducing never-before-seen moments, such as the time he embarrassed himself trying to drive a tuk-tuk.