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
Images supplied via Getty Images
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Phil Wang Pitches Psychological Thriller Starring WHO?!
It’s the very first episode of The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr and our first guest is Phil Wang! And Phil’s subgenre is…This Place is Evil. We’re talking psychological torture, we’re talking gory death scenes, we’re talking Lorraine Kelly?!
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!
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: Samantha Coughlan
Cameras: Daniel Spencer
Sound: Charlie Emery
Branding: Tim Lane
Photography: James Hole
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Coming Soon...The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr
Join us each week as celebrity guests pitch 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!
New episode every other Wednesday starting May 28th!
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.
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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