VOODOO YOU THINK YOU ARE SCARING?

But sometimes it just feels good to binge on something saccharine, even though you know at any moment you may vomit. The schmaltzy show was back for a second series on More4, filling the void of a sweeping, epic, melodrama with its navel-gazing and lessons learned. I fell head-first for series one, absorbed by three siblings, flashing back to the earlier lives of their parents. The heartache, pain, joy and laughter had me weeping hysterically into my TV snacks for most of the first series. Please take this as a warning. One moment you could be chuckling with joyful abandon. The next sucker punched in the left ventricle with some heart-wrenching scene. And it bloody hurts. To the point where anyone walking in on you mid-viewing may panic over your rapidly declining mental health. The idea is simple, but hugely effective. terrified COMEDIAN Romesh Ranganathan was in The during a Haitian voodoo ceremony Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan. of anyone’s comfort zone, he faced Out fears, imagining how he could be killed. At the ceremony there were ropes, flags, rum, two types of cologne, deodorant and a tiny chair. He said: “This feels frightening.” At the sight of chickens, vegan his

We flash back to their parents, Rebecca and Jack – Milo Ventmiglia, you’re welcome – as they raise their three kids.

And here’s the kicker – we KNOW Jack dies as we have seen into the future, but we don’t know how.

The torture of not knowing is what keeps us masochistic fans tuning in. Mascara removed, I found the first episode true to form – it was narrated by Randall’s biological father, who DIED in the last to come to Romesh panicked: “Are they going harm?” Fortunately, like the birds, Romesh was freed – once he’d tipped the voodoo it priest. Part comedy, part documentary, He’s filled a gap in the travelogue market. the not Joanna Lumley, floating around tourist trail, nor Ross Kemp, bravely facing a terrorist. This was a witty Westerner in some scary places. Tonight’s report is from Ethiopia.