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Episode 2

Geoff’s threatened by Swedish perfection. He’s challenged when Linda’s perfect ex shows up. Stars Danny Robins. From 2016.

Geoff is feeling threatened by the perfection of life in Sweden. Then an ex of Linda's shows up. How can he cope with the perfect Swedish man?

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
Johan ...... Andre Wickstrom
Ian ...... Danny Robins
Soran ...... Farshad Kohlgi
Female Steward ...... Shanthi Rydwall
Ice Hockey Announcer ...... Fredrik Andersson

Writer: Danny Robins
Additional Material by Ben Kersley

Director: Frank Stirling

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

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 23 Oct 201905:00

Credits

RoleContributor
WriterDanny Robins
GeoffAdam Riches
StenThomas Oredsson
LindaSissela Benn
GunillaAnna-Lena Brundin
JohanAndre Wickstrom
IanDanny Robins
SoranFarshad Kohlgi
Female StewardShanthi Rydwall
Ice Hockey AnnouncerFredrik Andersson

Broadcasts

  • Fri 8 Jan 201611:30
  • Thu 2 Feb 201718:30
  • Thu 9 Feb 201707:30
  • Thu 9 Feb 201717:30
  • Thu 9 Feb 201722:00
  • Fri 10 Feb 201705:30
  • Tue 22 Oct 201907:00
  • Tue 22 Oct 201917:00
  • Wed 23 Oct 201905:00

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