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Pippa Haywood

Matthew Gravelle

Justin Davies

Maddison Daye

Christopher Benning

Jacob Foot

Carys Eleri

Wanda Opalinska

Alexandria Riley

Gunnar Pettersson

Fredrik Backman

Charlotte Jones

Henning Koch

Janine H Jones

Fredrik Backman: Britt-Marie Was Here: Episode 1

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Fredrik Backman - Britt-Marie Was Here

Episode 1

Fredrik Backman: Britt-Marie Was Here

BBC Radio 4 - Fredrik Backman: Britt-Marie Was Here, Episode 1

When a woman ends up in small-town Sweden, miracles happen.

Britt-Marie is starting over in a doomed Swedish town. But her husband says she’s not very socially aware. Stars Pippa Haywood.

Britt-Marie needs purpose in her life and she takes the brave step of going out to look for it.

She ends up in Borg, a typical Swedish, run-down, small town. Her part-time job leads her to an extraordinary turn of events, beyond anything she might have imagined. 

But she finds that bringing people into her life also brings problems and she's soon in the midst of a football drama, involved in a family crisis and at the corner of an unexpected love triangle, in this warm and humorous drama.

In part one, Britt-Marie finds herself in a new town, with a job and a lot of things to clean. She soon finds a way to let people know she's here and is thrust unexpectedly into the heart of the community, thanks to a game she doesn't understand.

Starring Pippa Haywood.  

Dramatised in two-parts by Charlotte Jones from a translation by Henning Koch.  

Britt-Marie    ......    Pippa Haywood
Sven    ......    Matthew Gravelle
Sami    ......    Justin Davies
Vega    ......    Maddison Daye
Omar    ......    Christopher Benning
Pirate    ......    Jacob Foot
Bank    ......    Carys Eleri
Somebody    ......    Wanda Opalinska
Girl at Unemployment Office    ......    Alexandria Riley
Narrator    ......    Gunnar Pettersson

Director:  Janine H Jones 

A BBC Cymru/Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2017.

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When a woman ends up in small-town Sweden, miracles happen. Written by By Fredrik Backman.

When a woman ends up in small-town Sweden, miracles happen. Written by Fredrik Backman. Translated by Henning Koch.

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