Christmas | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Duration: 58'35''

Synopsis

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.

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