Romesh Ranganathan Pitches a Tearjerker with a Curse, a Meet Cute, and an Orangutan!

Our guest this week is Romesh Rangathan! And his subgenre is… BRB Crying.

Will Romesh deliver a beautiful and moving film pitch that makes Jimmy break down crying? Or will his idea be a fever dream of orangutans, ancient curses and having sex in front of animals? Listen in to find out!

Listen on all podcast platforms and watch on the Netflix is a Joke YouTube Channel.

The Big Pitch is a co-production by Netflix and BBC Studios Audio.

Jimmy Carr is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer, touring his brand-new show JIMMY CARR: LAUGHS FUNNY throughout the USA from May to November this year, as well as across the UK and Europe, before hitting Australia and New Zealand in early 2026. All info and tickets for the tour are available at JIMMYCARR.COM

Production Coordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries

Production Manager: Mabel Finnegan-Wright

Editor: Stuart Reid

Producer: Pete Strauss

Executive Producer: Richard Morris

Executive Producers for Netflix: Kathryn Huyghue, Erica Brady, and David Markowitz

Set Design: Helen Coyston

Studios: Tower Bridge Studios

Make Up: Kit Hall

Cameras: Daniel Spencer

Sound: Charlie Emery

Branding: Tim Lane

Photography: James Hole

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The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr is a brand new comedy podcast where each week a different celebrity guest pitches an idea for a film based on one of the SUPER niche sub-genres on Netflix. From ‘Steamy Crime Movies from the 1970s’ to ‘Australian Dysfunctional Family Comedies Starring A Strong Female Lead’, our celebrity guests will pitch their wacky plot, their dream cast, the marketing stunts, and everything in between. By the end of every episode, Jimmy Carr, Comedian by night / “Netflix Executive” by day, will decide whether the pitch is greenlit or condemned to development hell!

Where does Nick Mohammed’s mind go when asked to make an ‘Everybody’s Home For The Holidays’ film? What’s the narrative arc for Romesh Ranganathan’s ‘BRB Crying’ tearjerker? What on earth would Michelle Wolf’s ‘Coming of Age animal tale’ look like? Find out on The Big Pitch. Listen on all podcast platforms and watch on the Netflix is a Joke YouTube Channel.

New episodes every other Wednesday starting May 28th!
The Big Pitch is a co-production by Netflix and BBC Studios Audio.

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• Latest episode: 2025-06-25
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