The Cold Swedish Winter

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Sitcom by Danny Robins about a London stand-up comic living in Sweden.

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Adam Riches stars as a Brit-out-of-water in the comedy recorded on location in Sweden.

Adam Riches heads an otherwise Swedish cast in Danny Robins’ comedy about a bemused ex-pat British comedian and his Scandinavian family. Recorded on location in Sweden. 

The fourth series  of Danny Robins’ sitcom continues with fish-out-of-water Geoff, probably a herring, trying to acclimatise to his new life in Sweden.

So far, it is going well. He has married his Swedish girlfriend Linda (Sissela Benn), they have a baby John, Geoff is usually on civil terms with his Swedish in-laws, and he is now a fully-fledged Swedish citizen himself – at least, technically. But Geoff is still confused, entranced or infuriated by the unexpectedly Scandinavian on a daily basis. This year, Geoff has to learn about conflicting attitudes towards health and safety, the appropriate gender for a witch and how to get ahead on the Swedish comedy circuit.

We catch up with Geoff (Adam Riches) and Linda as the generous period of Swedish paternity leave comes to end. Little John is starting at nursery school and it’s time for Geoff to launch himself onto the job market. When he finally lands a full time job,  he finds himself working alongside his mother-in-law Gunilla (Anna-Lena Bergelin). This may be a challenge - until they find a mutual affinity for whisky, white water canoeing and the strange workplace tradition of "kicking off".


Cast
Geoff:  Adam Riches
Linda: Sissela Benn
Gunilla:  Anna-Lena Bergelin
Sten: Thomas Oredsson
Jonas:  Kristoffer Appelquist
Ahmed: Mohamed Said
Carola:  Johanna Wagrell
Mattias: Thomas Eriksson
John: Harry Nicolaou

Written by Danny Robins
Produced and directed by Frank Stirling
A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4

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Geoff and Linda enter a new phase - finally married, and facing life in a new Europe.

Geoff and Linda enter a new phase of life - finally married, mostly employed and facing life in a new Europe.

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