Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Celebrities will be teaming up with their daughters, sons, mums or dads in the show where it doesn't matter what you know, it's what your mother and father think you know.

Packed full of huge laughs and enormous embarrassment, the contestants' fortunes lie in the hands of those supposed to know them the best… their parents. Likewise, Romesh will be doing his best to keep his own mum, Shanthi happy as she helps oversee proceedings and the team scores, as well as keeping Romesh in check!

Series details

• Title: Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2024-11-02
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 78478
• IMDb ID: tt34434436
• TVDB ID: 455704

Cast and credited roles

• Romesh Ranganathan — Host
• Shanthi Ranganathan — Shanthi Ranganathan

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-11-02; final listed air date 2024-11-16; episode order: 3.
• Season 2: premiered 2025-10-11; final listed air date 2025-12-25; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.