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A careless insult changes the lives of two neighbours in a sleepy Russian town. Stars Griff Rhys Jones and Stephen Moore.

Next-door neighbours Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich are best friends "the like of whom the world has never seen".

Until one day, a careless insult changes everything.

Nikolai Gogol's six-part comedy set In the sleepy Russian town of Mirgorod.

Ivan Ivanovich............Griff Rhys Jones
Ivan Nikiforovich.......Stephen Moore
Narrator........................Brian Cant
Marfa..............................Ann Rye
Demyan.........................Robert Pickavance
Gapka.............................Emma Clarke

Producer: Susan Roberts

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in March 2002.

30 minutes

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Thu 13 Nov 2025 04:30

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