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Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen?

Pilot – All About Selina

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Florence Ransom is a literary novelist, known for the Booker Prize winning Pennant Days. Her sister is Selina Mountjoy 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 broke and threatens to reveal her sister’s guilty secret unless Florence lets Selina move in with her…

“The leads’ natural chemistry, plus David Quantick’s witty script… make for an enjoyable comedy with series potential” The Observer
“It’s as slick, dark and funny as one would expect – but surely this cannot be a one-off? The ending alone leaves us begging for a series” Radio Times
“French and Saunders sparkle with a magic that is so rarely heard in new radio comedies that I’d almost forgotten it was possible” Daily Telegraph

Written by David Quantick
Florence - Dawn French
Selina - Jennifer Saunders
Mrs Ragnarrok - Josette Simon
Lucy - Lisa McGrillis
All the men - Alistair McGowan

Producer: Liz Anstee, a CPL production for BBC Radio 4 Show less

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