Ben Miller and Sally Phillips star as a high-profile literary couple Julian and Ingrid on the brink of being cancelled after a social media faux-pas in Australia.
Sue Deeks, head of BBC programme acquisition, said: “Irresistibly charming, humorous and heart-warming, BBC viewers are sure to find Austin a sheer delight from start to finish.”
“With a stellar cast and production team, Austin has already proven to be a hit on ABC with local audiences and we can’t wait to share it with the world.”
Austin is an Australian comedy show which has now arrived at the BBC (Photo: Kelly Tunney/ BBC/Northern Pictures/Screen Canberra/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/ITV Studios)Read Next
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That is until Austin (Michael Theo), the neurodivergent son Julian never knew existed, turns up out of the blue while they are on a tour of Australia.
While Julian starts to embrace his modern nuclear family in a bid to rehabilitate his career, Ingrid has her own passions to pursue.
Who is in the cast of Austin?
Ben Miller stars as author Julian (Photo: Kelly Tunney/BBC/Northern Pictures/Screen Canberra/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/ITV Studios)
British comedian, actor and author Miller, 59, rose to fame as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller. He then moved into acting and has starred in The Worst Week of my Life, Popetown, Death in Paradise, Horrible Histories and Bridgerton on television. And he played Angus Bough in the Johnny English movies and the Colonel in the Paddington films.
Sally Phillips
Sally Phillips plays Ingrid, an illustrator and Julian’s wife (Photo: Kelly Tunney/BBC/Northern Pictures/Screen Canberra/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/ITV Studios)Sally Phillips plays Ingrid Hartswood, illustrator and wife to Julian.
She has gone on to star in shows such as Rescue Me, Green Wing, Jam & Jerusalem, Miranda, Veep, Zapped, Tourist Trap and Queenie. She also plays Shazza in the Bridget Jones movies.
Michael Theo is Austin (Photo: Kelly Tunney/BBC/Northern Pictures/Screen Canberra/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/ITV Studios)
The Australian actor will be well known to television audiences after his appearance in the reality show Love on the Spectrum Australia in 2019.
Gia Carides
Gia Carides stars as Mel Hogan, Theo’s mother (Photo: Kelly Tunney/BBC/Northern Pictures/Screen Canberra/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/ITV Studios)Gia Carides plays Mel Hogan, Austin’s mother.
On television, she played Melissa in Big Little Lies, Veronica in Filthy Rich and reprised her role of Nikki in My Big Fat Greek Life.
The cast of Austin also includes:
Roy Billing as Bill Hogan (Jack Irish, Underbelly, The Panthers) Kate Elliott as Heidi (The Gulf, Wentworth, Dear Murderer) Charlotte Nicdao as Yolanda Cox (Mythic Quest, Content) Ellie McKay as Florence Hartswood (Miss Austen, Doctors, Hope Street) Richard Davies as Eric (Offspring, Apple Cider Vinegar) Tai Hara as Barman Luke (Home and Away, Colin from Accounts, Return to Paradise) Billie Piper as Billie (Doctor Who, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Scoop, I hate Suzie) Zahra Newman as Monica (Spreadsheet, Neighbours, Wentworth) Jim Howick as Gawain (The Change, Ghosts, Sex Education, Horrible Histories) Rob Collins as Foreign Minister (Ten Pound Poms, Total Control) Fayssal Bazzi as Sean (The Twelve, Total Control) Madeleine Dyer as woman at bar (Colin from Accounts, Sans Rendez-Vous)The show starts with Julian and Ingrid on a book tour in Australia and this is when they first encounter Austin.
Austin’s alternative bookstore The True Reader is actually the second-hand bookshop Book Lore in the suburb of Lyneham.
Austin was filmed on location in Canberra (Photo: Kelly Tunney/BBC/Northern Pictures/Screen Canberra/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/ITV Studios)Canberra bookshops form the backdrop for some of the shots (Photo: Kelly Tunney/BBC/Northern Pictures/Screen Canberra/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/ITV Studios)The manicured gardens and stunning 20s architecture of the heritage-listed Hyatt Hotel Canberra played the part of the “Canberra Hotel”.
Finally, the Australian Parliament House also made it into some of the scenes in the show.
How many episodes of Austin are there and when is it on?
Episodes will be shown on successive Fridays at the same time week.
They will also be available to stream on the BBC iPlayer.
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