Sandi Toksvig's Hygge
- Radio chat show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2020 - 2021
- 10 episodes (2 series)
Sandi Toksvig and her guests explore the Danish concept of hygge.
Key details
- Genre
- Chat Show
- Broadcast
- 2020 - 2021
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 10 (2 series)
- Star
- Sandi Toksvig
- Writers
- Simon Alcock and Charlie Dinkin
- Producer
- Julia McKenzie
- Company
'Hygge' (pronounced hoo-ga) along with 'tak' (the word for 'thank you' that we learnt from watching Borgen and other Scandi dramas) is one of the few Danish words to have become known to us in the UK.
It's a word that means comfort, contentment and cherishing the simple pleasures in life. In lifestyle magazines it's faux fur throws, cups of hot cocoa and scented candles; but to the Danish it has simpler and less commercial roots. As these cold Winter nights draw in after a difficult year of scant comfort, it feels like we all need some hygge and legendary Dane, Sandi Toksvig, will do her best to bring it to you.
Broadcasting from her wooden cabin near a lake deep in the Danish countryside Sandi will explore the concept of hygge and the Danish way of life and welcome celebrity guests who will join her in front of the wood burner to explore what brings them hygge. When in their life have they felt this most and how do they try to return to that? At the end of the show we'll know things about Denmark that we didn't think we needed to know, and more about our guests too - it will be warm, funny and feel-good and we look forward to you joining Sandi in her cabin (please bring biscuits).
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 2nd December 2020 at 6:30pm on BBC Radio 4
- Most recent repeats
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- Wednesday 28th December 2022 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 - Series 1, Episode 4
- Wednesday 21st December 2022 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 - Series 1, Episode 3
- Wednesday 14th December 2022 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 - Series 1, Episode 2