Lenin Of The Rovers
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4 / BBC Radio 7
- 1988 - 2005
- 8 episodes (2 series)
The gripping story of one man's fight to establish Britain's first communist football club. Stars Alexei Sayle, Andrew MacLean, Keith Allen, Phil Cornwell, Donald Hewlett and more.
Press clippings
An ambitious project, needing extraordinary script-witing skills: unfortunately, Alexei Sayle has acquired the label of cult comedian, which may have gone to his head. For one thing, he was inclined to snigger at his own truly silly fake-Russki accent. The jokes were regrettable; even more regrettable, the unbelievable studio audience greeting the feeblest sallies with gales of unforced(?) guffaws.
Val Arnold-Forster, The Guardian, 20th February 1988