Funding Approvals
2024-2025 production FUNDING

JULY 2024

AUSTIN SEASON 2
8 x 25 mins
Northern Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Directors Darren Ashton, Madeleine Dyer, Rebecca O’Brien
Created by Darren Ashton, Ben Miller, Joe Tucker, Lloyd Woolf
Writers Joe Tucker, Lloyd Woolf, Adam Zwar, Amy Stewart, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Emma Jane Unsworth
Producer Joe Weatherstone
Executive Producers Ben Miller, Sally Phillips, Jessica Parker, Joe Tucker, Lloyd Woolf, Peter Anderson, Darren Ashton, Catherine Nebauer
Distributor ABC
International Sales ITV Studios
Synopsis As we enter season two, Austin’s publishing career takes off when “Game Of Scones: Doing Britain On The Spectrum” is picked by an international publisher. As his fame among the bespoke travelling readers grows, he falls under the professional spell of his new agent, and to the horror of his family breaks bad - behaving in a manner unbefitting his true self. Meanwhile, an Australian production company options Big Bear to adapt into a TV series. Julian and Ingrid with Austin in tow, head to Canberra, Australia, but the joy is short lived when they discover the production company wants to exclude Julian and reinvent the Big Bear brand.