Jon Hamm's new TV role takes him far from the stylish 1960s Madison Avenue setting of "Mad Men" to a dreary and bloody hospital in a small Russian village during the 1917 revolution.

"A Young Doctor's Notebook," is a four-episode series that makes its U.S. debut Wednesday (October 02) on the Ovation cable network.

SOUNDBITE Jon Hamm saying (English):

"I thought it was a really good fit for television. It is episodic by nature, it is a collection of short stories. I liked the tone, it is kind of a strange period that we haven't really seen very often"

Hamm stars as the older version of the doctor, a figure who advises and taunts his younger self, an overwhelmed recent graduate who is played by "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe.

SOUNDBITE Jon Hamm saying (English):

"It's dark, and yet it's quite comic. It's fantastical in many ways, macabre in many ways. It's very British. That's probably the best way to say it. I like that they take risks over ther