To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video Romesh Ranganathan has slammed the the controversial anti-gay laws introduced last year in Uganda in an exclusive first-look clip from his new BBC series. The comedian, 46, is travelling to three beautiful but not traditionally tourist-friendly destinations in Africa for The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan, which he confirmed earlier would be his last. He begins his travel series inn Uganda, but is left disturbed after what he discovers.
Prior to his visit, the dad-of-three’s only knowledge of Uganda was the 1970s military dictatorship of Idi Amin, but his guide was keen to show him there’s much more to the country than its brutal past. What followed entailed a white water rafting trip on the Nile, some wildlife spotting in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and of course a banana gin tasting session. However, arriving in Uganda mere weeks after the anti-homosexuality bill was voted for nearly unanimously by the country’s parliament, Romesh struggled to reconcile the picture-perfect wildlife idyll being presented to him with the fear and oppression described during a phone call with a local LGBTQ+ activist.
In an exclusive clip, he explains: ‘The honest truth is, I find it incredibly upsetting. My heart goes out to the people, I can’t even imagine. ‘If you are a member of the gay community or a supporter of the gay community, your life here is incredibly ch.
