What has the BBC ever done for me?

What has the BBC ever done for me? (2026)

Romesh Ranganathan is asking the big question, ‘What has the BBC ever done for me?’ He begins by asking a star-studded Queen Vic pub, complete with Coldplay’s Chris Martin on piano. Romesh travels through Albert Square, Casualty, BBC News, Radio 1Xtra, Graham Norton’s studio, Wimbledon, ending up on stage in Strictly Come Dancing. Along the way he meets Claudia Winkleman and some Traitors, Alan Carr, Daleks, Ruth Jones as Gavin & Stacey’s Nessa, Hey Duggee and Anton Du Beke. There is a BBC for each of us, funded by all of us. This is our BBC.

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	Romesh Ranganathan as Self
	Ruth Jones as Nessa Jenkins
	Justin Fletcher as Mr. Tumble
	Julie Wilson Nimmo as Miss Hoolie
	David Jason as Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter
	Peter Capaldi as Self
	Claudia Winkleman as Self
	Graham Norton as Self
	Cate Blanchett as Self
	Alan Carr as Self
	Louis Theroux as Self
	Daisy Ridley as Self
	Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale
	Gillian Taylforth as Kathy Beale
	Emma Barton as Honey Mitchell
	Laila Morse as Mo Harris
	Rudolph Walker as Patrick Trueman
	Aaron Thiara as Ravi Gulati
	Diane Parish as Denise Fox
	Kitty Castledine as Penny Branning
	Pierre Counihan-Moullier as Oscar Branning
	Jane Slaughter as Tracey
	Sander Jones as Duggee (voice)
	Elinor Lawless as Stevie Nash
	Oliver Rix as Flynn Byron
	Charles Venn as Jacob Masters
	Milo Clarke as Teddy Gowan
	Jenny Agutter as Sister Julienne
	Helen George as Trixie Franklin
	Andy Day as Andy
	Anton du Beke as Self
	Clare Balding as Self
	Jason Mohammad as Self
	Shaquille Ali-Yebuah as Sebastian Rose
	Don Gilet as DI Mervin Wilson
	Shantol Jackson as DS Naomi Thomas
	Don Warrington as Selwyn Patterson
	Catherine Garton as Mattie Fletcher
	Lolly Adefope as Katherine 'Kitty' Higham
	Ashley Jensen as DI Ruth Calder
	Gbemisola Ikumelo as Dom
	Stacey Solomon as Self
	Tyler West as Self
	Vernon Kay as Self
	Trevor Nelson as Self
	Paul Merton as Self
	Sue Perkins as Self
	Chris Martin as Self
	James Nesbitt as Self
	Charley Marlowe as Self
	Gloria Hunniford as Self
	Louise Minchin as Self
	Julia Somerville as Self
	Molly Rainford as Self
	Abby Cook as Self
	Shini Muthukrishnan as Self
	George Webster as Self
	Michaela Strachan as Self
	Shabaz Ali as Self
	Tom Wilson as Hammer
	Zack George as Steel
	Montell Douglas as Fire
	Alexander Gray as Apollo
	Sheli McCoy as Sabre
	Nikita Kanda as Self
	Laura Miller as Self
	Tara Mills as Self
	Clive Myrie as Self
	Lucy Owen as Self
	Tomasz Schafernaker as Self
	Chris McCausland as Self
	Katie Derham as Self
	Greg James as Self
	Nick Robinson as Self
	Sara Cox as Self
	Nick Grimshaw as Self
	Remi Burgz as Self
	Lauren Laverne as Self
	Anita Rani as Self
	Katie Thistleton as Self
	Anna Foster as Self
	Jack Saunders as Self
	Xand van Tulleken as Self
	Katya Jones as Self
	Julian Caillon as Self
	Nancy Xu as Self
	Alexis Warr as Self
	Katie Devine as Self
	Harrison Devine as Self
	Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood

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