This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

By: Cassie Jauffret-Lenzi

Sitcom Mission 2018 finalist

Winner of The Sitcom Mission 2018

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things is a dark comedy drama series. At its heart is Jenny, a complex, screwed up, sarcastic 20-something trying to navigate modern life in London and chase her dreams while online dating, dealing with crazy flatmates, a toxic parent, a shitty day job, and a feeling that things really couldn't get much worse... Until she gets cancer.

Cassie Jauffret-Lenzi

Despite having written things since she was tiny, Cassie is new to all this, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things being the first sitcom she's ever written. By day, she's a freelance creative in advertising, writing scripts for TV, radio and online. Most recently, her work tempted agency nurses back to the NHS, used a burglar character to warn against online breaches, and put voices to a certain group of pesky meerkats.