Austin

Couldn't see a topic for this yet but I thought I'd start it.

Austin is a new BBC sitcom co-produced with ABC in Australia which started last Friday, although the full series is on iPlayer, and it's already got commissioned for a second series.

It stars Ben Miller (Armstrong & Miller, Worst Week Of My Life) Sally Phillips (Miranda, Smack the Pony), and Michael Theo, who was one of the participants in an Aussie neurodivergent dating show called Love on the Spectrum, and this is his first acting role.

He plays the title character, who is a 28 year old autistic man who finds out his birth dad is Ben's character, a highly egotistical British children's author who has just been on the receiving of a widespread media cancellation following inappropriate use of social media.

I've watched the first three episodes so far. Firstly Michael is wonderful, and plays the character so true to life being neurodiverse himself, and a lot of the comedy actually comes from him.

Ben Miller isn't as likeable or funny to be honest and his character and the whole being cancelled plotline is a tad shoddy. I'm sticking with it though (Sally is brilliant as always).