Austentatious
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2017 - 2021
- 4 episodes
Comedy group Austentatious bring their Jane Austen-style improvisation show to Radio 4. Also features Amy Cooke-Hodgson, Graham Dickson, Charlotte Gittins, Cariad Lloyd, Joseph Morpurgo and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 2017 - 2021
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 4
- Stars
- Amy Cooke-Hodgson, Graham Dickson, Charlotte Gittins, Cariad Lloyd, Joseph Morpurgo, Andrew Hunter Murray, Rachel Parris, Daniel Nils Roberts and Oliver Izod
- Producer
- Jon Harvey
- Companies
Austentatious is the entirely improvised, entirely brilliant Regency comedy extravaganza! Each night the all-star cast improvise a brand new 'lost' Jane Austen work on the spot, based on nothing more than a title suggestion from the audience.
Previous masterpieces include The Sixth Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Shark and Double 0 Darcy. No two shows are ever the same - and no knowledge of Austen is required. Performed in period costume, with live musical accompaniment.
The group bring their unique improv show to Radio 4 for a one-off special to mark the bicentenary of the death of Jane Austen.
In 2019, the group returned for a Christmas special.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
Recording details
- Hen And Chickens (London) - Try-out
- RADA Studios - Recordings