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.
Press clippings
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020 shortlist
60 TV and radio programmes have been shortlisted across 10 categories for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2021Interview: Austentatious (People's Choice Improv Award)
In total 1,386 people voted and they chose Austentatious: The Improvised Novel, for their choice for Show of the Year. I spoke to Rachel Parris about the show and being part of such a prestigious improv show.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 29th December 2019BBC Radio reveals festive comedy highlights 2019
Austentatious, The Shuttleworths, The Museum Of Curiosity, Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!, Neil Gaiman's Chivalry, Puckoon and Jeeves Live are amongst the comedy shows on Radio 4 this festive season.
British Comedy Guide, 25th November 2019Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 shortlist
The shortlisted TV and radio shows for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 have been announced. 60 programmes are in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title.
British Comedy Guide, 15th January 2018The 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 2017Radio 4 commissions Austentatious
Hit improv troupe Austentatious, who create spontaneous stories in the style of Jane Austen, have landed their own Radio 4 show.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 23rd March 2017