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Radcliffe, Hamm for Sky comedy drama

Hamm to play older doctor
Hamm to play older doctor

Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm are set to appear in a new Sky Arts comedy drama, A Young Doctor's Notebook.

The show is based on a collection of shorts stories by Russian writer and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov.

Mad Men star Hamm will play the older doctor, who will be seen conversing with his younger self, played by Radcliffe.

The 22-year-old Harry Potter said of the role: "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."

Hamm 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."

The four part series will recount Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical experiences as a young doctor working in a small village at the dawn of the Russian Revolution in 1917.

A Young Doctor's Notebook will broadcast on Sky Arts in 2013.

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