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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The Cold Swedish Winter: Series 5: An American in Yxsjö

An American in Yxsjö

Series 5

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The scandi-com by Danny Robins goes global, as the Anderssons meet an American cousin.

The Swedish family Andersson discovers an American cousin is a tech billionaire who wants to help their town, so Geoff (Adam Riches) is no longer their favourite foreign relation.

Danny Robins’ romantic Swedish comedy, partly recorded on location with a mainly Swedish cast, continues. 

The little town of Yxsjö begins to come to terms with ‘the Covid’ and turns its attention to the local economy. British comedian Geoff is now a Swedish citizen and fully (as he thinks) accepted into the bosom of his growing Swedish family. 

But a fly lands firmly in the ointment, when an email arrives from a rich American Andersson (Nic Sampson) who’s been tracing his genealogy and turns out to be a long lost cousin. The family Andersson fall in love with the go-getting cousin Wilb, especially when he offers to help out financially - but, of course, Geoff thinks he smells a rat.

Cast
Geoff:    Adam Riches
Linda:    Sissela Benn
Sten:     Thomas Oredsson
Gunilla: Anna-Lena Bergelin
Wilbur:   Nic Sampson
John:      Harry Nicolaou
With Thomas Eriksson and Johanna Wagrell

Written by Danny Robins

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

The Cold Swedish Winter: Series 5

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Geoff and his Swedish partner Linda continue to embrace life in Sweden.

Geoff and his Swedish partner Linda continue to embrace life in Sweden. A funny, warm-hearted and thought-provoking insight into a country that seems endlessly to fascinate us.

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