The Mushroom Picker

1993•1.0/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

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1.0/10(2)

The story of an outlandish love affair between an impressionable English woman and a Soviet man obsessed with food.

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Production

BBC

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

February 3, 1993

Last Aired

February 17, 1993

Networks

BBC Two

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Episode 1

Air date: 1993-02-03

Swept off her feet by three nights of passion on her first trip to Moscow, Clea, an impressionable English girl, begins a love affair with Russia, and with Kostya. But her Soviet dream becomes a nightmare, and she ends up in a bizarre love triangle.

Episode 2

Air date: 1993-02-10

Clea brings her Russian husband home to London. This suits his mistress Margot, who is Clea's best friend. But Kostya is not ready to settle down in suburbia, and is he really picking mushrooms when he goes out all night?

Episode 3

Air date: 1993-02-17

Anthony and Margot are coming to lunch on their way to demonstrate at a nuclear base... But Kostya and Clea have divided their kitchen as she becomes sure he is a cannibal. And the Polish delicatessen owner Tadeus follows them all, hoping to find the best wild mushroom grounds in England.

Cast

Nigel Terry

Kostya

Lynsey Baxter

Clea

Lesley Manville

Margot

Simon Russell Beale

Anthony

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