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Nick Revell's bizarre comedy finds our hero Tony grappling with the Russian Mafia

Nick Revell's bizarre comedy finds our hero Tony grappling with the Russian Mafia - and the gorgeous Natassia. From May 1997.

Nick Revell’s six-part comedy serial travels between the Andes, St Petersburg and a town in west Yorkshire, where Tony Hardstaff returns after a 10-year absence. 

He encounters his 183-year-old father Obadiah, his Bronte obsessed ex-girlfriend and the Morris Dancing Survivalist Militia.

In this opening episode, Tony is seduced by the charms of the beautiful Natassia Fillipovna Karamazov and has to escape from the ruthless Russian mafia in St Petersburg.

Tony    ......    Nick Revell
Natasha Fillipovna    ......    Morwenna Banks
The Narrator    ......    Alistair McGowan
Mrs Yepanchin    ......    Joanna Brooks
Ivan    ......    Jonathan Kydd
Sergei    ......    Peter Gunn 
Kropotkin    ......    Peter Serafinowcz
Vladimir    ......    Chris Pavlo

Other parts played by the cast.

Music composed by Paul Mottram. 

Producer: Paul Schlesinger 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.

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