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Gentle, intelligent Oblomov fails to deal with life, never doing today what can be ignored until tomorrow. Stars Toby Jones.

Gentle, intelligent Oblomov completely fails to deal with life.

He lives in a flat in St Petersburg. He is always about to go and sort out his estate but he rarely gets out of bed. Never doing today what he can put off till tomorrow,

Toby Jones stars as Oblomov - a tragic-comic hero for a couch potato generation.

Russian writer, Ivan Goncharov's 1859 novel dramatised in two-parts by Stephen Wyatt.

Oblomov …. Toby Jones
Zahar …. Trevor Peacock
Tarantyev …. Gerard McDermott
Doctor …. Clive Swift
Stolz/Bailiff …. Nicholas Boulton
Olga …. Claire Skinner
Olga's Aunt …. Richenda Carey

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in August 2005.

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Thu 29 Oct 2020 03:00
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  • Mon 28 Jan 2019 10:00
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  • Tue 29 Jan 2019 03:00
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  • Wed 28 Oct 2020 10:00
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  • Wed 28 Oct 2020 15:00
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  • Thu 29 Oct 2020 03:00
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