The Cold Swedish Winter Explained

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.

Episode list

Series one

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Series two

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Series three

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Series four

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Series five

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Notes and References

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