"The Cold Swedish Winter", BBC Radio 4 Series

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"A sitcom from Danny Robins, writer of the Lenny Henry comedy Rudy's Rare Records. This series is set and recorded in Sweden and stars Adam Riches, Danny Robins and some of Sweden's most popular TV comedy actors. Geoff, a marginally successful stand-up comic from London, is moving to the tiny, cold and unpronounceable village of Yxsjö in northern Sweden - a culture shock forced on him by his Swedish girlfriend Linda's decision to move home to raise their child".

Meet the stars and the characters


A poem about Uppsala and Carl Linnaeus, by Lucien Stryk, "Botanist"