Synopsis
Rom visits the Sahara Desert. Guided by Bobo, a local of Berber descent, Rom discovers a place that is vast and inhospitable - at once impossibly bleak and impossibly beautiful.
- Programme: The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
- Series: 2
- Episode: 05: Christmas - The Sahara
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2019
- Geography
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