The Cold Swedish Winter

The Cold Swedish Winter is a semi-autobiographical[1][2] BBC radio comedy sitcom by Danny Robins[3] about Geoff (Adam Riches), a marginally successful London stand-up comic living in Sweden.[4][5][6] He has relocated when his girlfriend Linda (Sissela Benn) gets pregnant and decides they should raise their child in her home town, the unpronounceable Yxsjö.

Other regular characters are Linda's father, Sten (Thomas Oredsson), mother, Gunilla (Anna-Lena Bergelin), and Goth arsonist brother Anders (Fredrick Andersson); Geoff's expatriate friend Ian (Robins) and Danish Kurd cafe proprietor Soran (Farshad Kolghi).[6]

Recorded on location,[7] the show launched in 2014[8] and the fourth series was broadcast in November and December 2018[9] with the fifth[10] beginning in December 2020.

  1. ^ "Danny Robins: 'I didn't have any expectations of Sweden'". Scan Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ "'Lagom': Why Swedes Are Happier Than Us". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Danny Robins". dannyrobins.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Brit's life in Sweden becomes BBC radio show". The Local - Sweden's News in English. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. ^ "The Cold Swedish Winter". BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b "The Cold Swedish Winter". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  7. ^ "More Swede?". Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  8. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Cold Swedish Winter, Series 1, Winter". BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  9. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Cold Swedish Winter, Series 4, Childhood". BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Fifth series for The Cold Swedish Winter". Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide. Retrieved 30 September 2019.