Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20110103 | By A.D. Miller. Snowdrop: 1. An early-flowering bulbous plant,having a white pendent flower. 2. Moscow slang. A corpse that lies buried or hidden in the wintersnows, emerging only in the thaw. Nick Platt is an English lawyer living in Moscow during the Russian oil boom. Riding the subway on a September day, he rescues two sisters, Masha and Katya, from a would-be bag thief. Their world soon becomes his world too, and as winter envelopes the city, the sisters introduce him to Tatiana Vladimirovna, their aged aunt, who needs some help from the English lawyer. Platt is drawn into a complex web of deception and before the snows melt in spring, he will travel down to the Black Sea and the Arctic circle, and make disturbing discoveries about his job, his lover and, most of all, himself. Snowdrops is a tale of erotic obsession, self-deception and moral freefall. It is set in a land of hedonism and desperation, corruption and kindness, magical hideaways and debauched nightclubs; a place where secrets and corpses come to light when the snows thaw. 'In Russia there are no business stories. And there are no political stories. There are no love stories. There are only crime stories.' Nick sees a beautiful girl leaning against a pillar on the platform of a Moscow Metro station. But does he look at her longer than he should? Reader: Stephen Mangan Abridged by Jeremy Osborne Producer: Karen Rose Crime thriller. An English lawyer living rescues two sisters on the Moscow subway. |
| 02 | 20110104 | Nick has heard nothing from Masha since he rescued her from the bag-thief. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature |
| 03 | 20110105 | In the Rasputin night-club Nick learns more about Masha and Katya. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature |
| 04 | 20110106 | Nick's neighbour Oleg Nikolaevich has some disturbing news. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature |
| 05 | 20110107 | At the dacha, Masha and Katya have a proposition for Nick. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature |
| 06 | 20110110 | Nick's neighbour Oleg is more and more anxious about the fate of his friend Konstantin. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature |
| 07 | 20110111 | Not everything goes smoothly for Nick in the purchase of Tatiana Vladimirovna's flat. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature |
| 08 | 20110112 | As the city approaches spring, the truth begins to unravel for Nick. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature |
| 09 | 20110113 | A trip to Odessa with Masha helps Nick suspend reality. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature |
| 10 | 20110114 | In Moscow the snow has melted and Nick must finally face reality. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature |