Romesh hopes to crack the case
Romesh Ranganathan has no experience of criminal investigations whatsoever.
But when has a lack of knowledge or qualifications ever stopped the comedian doing anything?
In this new series, the Crawleyborn comic will explore the lives and deaths of some of the biggest names of the past 50 years, including Jimi Hendrix and Tupac Shakur, considering why their deaths continue to fascinate us, as well as taking a look at their extraordinary lives and careers.
He'll be joined by criminal psychologists and private detectives who will help him deep dive into each case.
The three hour-long episodes will be part-investigation, partbiography, and Romesh will leave no stone unturned. Romesh says: “We wanted a spin-off for Misadventures, and after we discussed Misinterpretations, Miscalculations and Misunderstandings, we finally settled on The Misinvestigations of Romesh Ranganathan (Sunday, BBC2, 9pm).
“It's been really interesting to look into these high-profile deaths and I am very excited for people to see the show unless of course people don't like it in which case I will release a statement explaining how I never really believed in the project.”
Romesh begins in London, training his exacting incompetence on musician Hendrix, who died in a Notting Hill flat in 1970, the circumstances never fully explained.
Hendrix was an icon of the 1960s, arguably the greatest guitarist of all time – the man who effectively headlined Woodstock and revolutionised rock music in an unprecedented blaze of brilliance.
By 1970 he was dead, apparently of a drug overdose, at the age of just 27.
Rumours of foul play have persisted for decades – theories ranging from a mysterious German figure skater to the CIA. Step forward Romesh who is going to attempt to crack the case once and for all.
Who was the new girlfriend who argued with Jimi on the night of his death?
Why did her story continually change over the decade?
Who can explain the anomalies in the timelines that fateful morning?
And why did the pathologist who conducted Jimi's autopsy later claim he may have been murdered?