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It’s baby John's first Christmas and Geoff unwisely offers to organise fun for the whole family. Stars Adam Riches. From 2016.

Geoff and the Anderssons celebrating baby John's first Christmas, as Geoff unwisely volunteers to organise the festivities for the whole family.

The second series Danny Robins' sitcom, set and recorded in Sweden.

Starring Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner Adam Riches, Danny Robins and a cast of Sweden's most popular TV comedy actors.

Geoff has moved to Yxsjö in northern Sweden, to start a new life with his girlfriend Linda in the (frequently frosty) bosom of her family.

This year, new dad Geoff has plenty of fresh experiences to contend with, including three varieties of pickled cabbage, sinister Christmas elves and an unpleasant visit from Sweden's answer to the BNP. It's all worth it though for Linda and baby John.

While Geoff and Linda now have their own place, he still has to deal with her disapproving Dad, Sten her alarmingly flirtatious mother Gunilla and her apparently suicidal, arsonist brother, Anders.

Geoff is determined to be more Swedish than the Swedes as he takes to his new country with renewed enthusiasm, and he has help, in the form of fellow expat, cynical Ian, an unending source of (slightly misleading) information, and Soran, a Danish Kurd with Swedophobia.

Geoff ...... Adam Riches
Sten ...... Thomas Oredsson
Linda ...... Sissela Benn
Gunilla ...... Anna-Lena Brundin
Ian ...... Danny Robins
Soran ...... Farshad Kohlgi
Anders Fredrik Andersson

With Thomas Ericsson and Shanthi Rydwall.

Director: Frank Stirling

A Unique production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2016. .

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 19 Oct 201912:00

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Credits

RoleContributor
GeoffAdam Riches
StenThomas Oredsson
LindaSissela Benn
GunillaAnna-Lena Brundin
IanDanny Robins
SoranFarshad Kohlgi
ActorFredrik Andersson
ActorThomas Ericsson
ActorShanthi Rydwall
DirectorFrank Stirling
WriterDanny Robins

Broadcasts

  • New Year's Day 201611:30
  • Thu 26 Jan 201718:30
  • Thu 2 Feb 201707:30
  • Thu 2 Feb 201717:30
  • Thu 2 Feb 201722:00
  • Fri 3 Feb 201705:30
  • Tue 15 Oct 201907:00
  • Tue 15 Oct 201917:00
  • Wed 16 Oct 201905:00
  • Sat 19 Oct 201912:00

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