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.
Episode menu
Episode One
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 18th June 2017
- Time
- 7:15pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Friday 23rd June 2017 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 23rd June 2017 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 23rd June 2017 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Saturday 24th June 2017 | 5:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Tuesday 20th August 2019 | 6:30pm | Radio 4 |
Tuesday 27th August 2019 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Tuesday 27th August 2019 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Tuesday 27th August 2019 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Wednesday 28th August 2019 | 5:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Press
The premise of Austentatious (18 June, 7.15pm, Radio 4) is that the great novelist actually wrote hundreds of lesser-known works, any one of which can be acted out by a troupe of improvisers including Amy Cooke-Hodgson, Graham Dickson, Charlotte Gittins and Cariad Lloyd if the audience only shout out its name. The extended canon includes Strictly Come Darcy and Mansfield Shark. The first one the team essay is Married to a Cad and a Bounder; the resulting programme works by marrying the pert formality and complex exposition favoured by Austen with a more modern sensibility. Most of all, it works, thanks to the comic reflexes of all concerned.
David Hepworth, The Guardian, 17th June 2017