Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe to co-star in Sky drama

Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe to co-star in Sky drama
Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe to co-star in Sky drama (Image credit: PA)

Mad Men star Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe will appear in a four-part drama based on the memoirs of a Russian doctor for Sky Arts. Jon says he's been watching Bridget Jones's Diary 'on a loop' to perfect the English accent required for the role of the older doctor who has a series of bleakly comic exchanges with his younger self (played by Daniel). Jon said: “I am thrilled to get the opportunity to work on such rich source material with such fantastically talented people whose work I greatly respect, and to continue the relationship with Sky, who have taken such good care of Mad Men since acquiring it.... "Clelia Mountford and Big Talk have been championing this project unabashedly and I share their great enthusiasm for bringing something original, dark, funny and moving to light. Also, I have been watching Bridget Jones's Diary on infinite loop, and I think I've finally got this accent thing sorted...” A Young Doctor’s Notebook will screen on Sky Arts in 2013 and is based on a collection of short stories by the celebrated Russian writer and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov. Daniel added: "I have been an obsessive Bulgakov reader for a couple of years now so when the opportunity to become involved in this project came up, I could barely contain my excitement. The book is funny, grotesque and heartfelt in equal measure and I look forward to working with a great group of people to help bring it to life".

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.