Romesh Ranganathan has landed a new BBC series just weeks after winning his second Bafta.
In the new show, he will turn his hand to crime-solving by delving into the circumstances of high-profile celebrity deaths.
Following the success of his Misadventures series, the comedian will now tackle true crime, with his subjects including the late Jimi Hendrix and Tupac Shakur.
The Misinvestigations of Romesh Ranganathan will find out how certain stars came to die at such a young age and why their deaths continue to fascinate people around the world.
He will meet with criminal psychologists and private detectives – plus friends, colleagues, key witnesses and pathologists - in his attempt to unravel the riddle of what actually happened.
Romesh, 43, told The Mirror: “We wanted a spin-off for Misadventures and after we discussed Misinterpretations, Miscalculations and Misunderstandings we finally settled on Misinvestigations.
“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.”
Factual entertainment commissioning boss Catherine Catton said the show aimed to bring "joy and pleasure" to viewers.
She added: "I'm delighted Romesh is broadening his brief with a fantastic new BBC2 series immersing himself in the world of mystery celebrity deaths."
The dad-of-three last year won a Bafta for his Misadventures series - in which he travelled to unlikely destinations for a holiday - and followed it up with another win for his Ranganation series last month.
Meanwhile, Romesh has recently spoken out against racist trolling on social media.
In a post on his Instagram Stories, which has now been deleted, Romesh wrote: “This absolute p**** posted this about Jools Holland talking to me about Lady Leshurr.
“Also there were loads of posts by people saying me being on the show and choosing hip hop was a boxing ticking exercise or some s***.”
Romesh - who was born to Sri Lankan Tamil parents - shared the offensive comment, which read: “It’s very British.’ Said the Jew to the Indian about the African. No. Heavy Metal is very British, which is why you never see it on Later with Jools Holland.”
The comedian noted that he, Jools and Leshurr - whose parents are from the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts - are all British, whilst noting that he is also “not of Indian origin”.
He added: “It should actually read: ‘Said the Brit to the Brit about the Brit.
"Also I’m not of Indian origin and Leshurr originates from St Kitts, so not only is this man a c***, he’s an inaccurate one."
The popular comedian later apologised for his bad language in the post and blamed his "bad hay fever " for his strong response.
The three-part Misinvestigations series will air on BBC2 later this year.
