The Cold Swedish Winter. Image shows from L to R: Linda (Sissela Benn), Geoff (Adam Riches). Copyright: Unique Productions
The Cold Swedish Winter

The Cold Swedish Winter

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2014 - 2021
  • 20 episodes (5 series)

Radio 4 sitcom about a stand-up comedian from London who is living in Sweden. Written by Danny Robins and starring Adam Riches. Also features Sissela Benn, Thomas Oredsson, Anna-Lena Bergelin, Fredrik Andersson and Farshad Kholghi

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Series 4, Episode 1 - Childhood

Geoff worries about trolls, mortality and poisoned blueberries.

Further details

The fourth series of The Cold Swedish Winter, following the fortunes of a British comic who has married into a Swedish family and is building a new life in Scandinavia.

We catch up with Geoff and Linda as the generous period of Swedish paternity leave comes to an end. It's time to discuss sending their son John to dagis (pre-school) and launching Geoff onto the unsuspecting Swedish job market.

This means Geoff must come to terms with conflicting attitudes towards health and safety, the sinister undertones of Pippi Longstocking, and what happens when the entire staff of a Swedish office kicks off.

In his new, tiny, Northern home-town of Yxsjö, Geoff confronts the Scandinavian practice of 'death-cleaning', the Mosquito Museum, white water canoeing and Swedish attitudes towards gender equality. His father-in-law Sten becomes the voice of Geoff's conscience and Gunilla, his mother-in-law, helps him make a commercial.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 23rd November 2018
Time
11:30am
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 27th October 2021 6:30pm Radio 4
Wednesday 3rd November 2021 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 3rd November 2021 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 3rd November 2021 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 4th November 2021 5:30am Radio 4 Extra

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