Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2020 - 2024
- 10 episodes (2 series)
French and Saunders star as sisters at war. Stars Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Lisa McGrillis, Georgia Tennant, Josette Simon and more.
- Due to return for Series 3
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2020 - 2024
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 10 (2 series)
- Stars
- Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Lisa McGrillis, Georgia Tennant, Josette Simon, Rebecca Front, Meera Syal and Alistair McGowan
- Writer
- David Quantick
- Producer
- Liz Anstee
- Company
Florence Ransom (Dawn French) is a literary novelist, known for the Booker Prize winning Pennant Days. Her sister is Selina Mountjoy (Jennifer Saunders), a movie star and glamorous celebrity.
The two sisters have avoided each other for decades but, when Selina returns to Britain to promote her kiss and tell autobiography Kiss And Tell, the two are forced together once more. As Selina's popularity outweighs Florence's, with big bucks book deals and TV appearances, Florence vents her jealousy at her daughter Lucy and PA Mrs Ragnarrok.
But Selina turns out to be be broke and threatens to reveal her sister's guilty secret unless Florence lets Selina move in with her.
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Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 31st December 2020 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
- Most recent repeats
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- Wednesday 10th January 2024 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 4
- Wednesday 3rd January 2024 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 3
- Wednesday 27th December 2023 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 2