Chekhov: Comedy Shorts
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Arts 2
- 2010
- 5 episodes (1 series)
Four all-star comedy dramas for Sky Arts, based on stories by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Also features Johnny Vegas, Mackenzie Crook, Julian Barratt, Julia Davis, Mathew Horne and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4 - The Proposal
Lomov (Mathew Horne) visits his neighbour Natasha (Sheridan Smith) to ask for her hand in marriage.
Further details
Lomov a nervous hypochondriac, visits his neighbour Natasha to ask for her hand in marriage. But his romantic endeavours are scuppered when the couple, and also her father, find themselves in a circle of petty arguments and disagreements...and an unstoppable bout of one-upmanship.
Notes
Broadcast as a single 40-minute episode alongside The Dangers Of Tobacco.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 28th November 2010
- Time
- 9:11pm
- Channel
- Sky Arts 2
- Length
- 25 minutes
Cast & crew
| Mathew Horne | Lomov |
| Sheridan Smith | Natasha |
| Philip Jackson | Natasha's Father |
| Anton Chekhov | Writer |
| Christine Gernon | Director |
| Ted Dowd | Producer |