Name: Austin
Released: 2024-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ben Miller, Michael Theo, Sally Phillips

TV Show · Comedy · Drama

A bestselling, but recently cancelled, children's author has a meltdown when approached by Austin, a neurodivergent 20-something claiming to be his son; he then realises that embracing the young man may be the path to redemption.

2024 · 27m

Starring Ben Miller, Michael Theo, Sally Phillips

EPISODE 1

I Think I'm Your Son

Within hours of best-selling children’s author Julian Hartswood being cancelled for reposting a white supremacist, he discovers he has a neurodivergent son called “Austin”.

26m
EPISODE 2

My Luncheon With Austin

Austin invites Julian and Ingrid home to have lunch with his “embarrassing” family, while Ingrid contemplates some extramarital wham wham.

26m
EPISODE 3

The Bonding Process

On a bonding tour with Austin, Julian covertly starts making a documentary film about “father and neurodivergent son quality time” in order to spring-clean his image.

26m
EPISODE 4

Get it All on Camera

Julian’s documentary capturing his growing relationship with Austin is now out in the open and Julian engages an award-winning filmmaker to finish the job.

26m
EPISODE 5

Looking for Billie

Austin organizes a bespoke celebrity bus tour. Ingrid decides to expand her career to become an “‘illust-author” combining her illustrating career with writing, excluding Julian for the first time.

26m
EPISODE 6

Pulped Fiction

When Julian gets fired from his publisher and told his remaining books are to be pulped, Austin leads the charge to break into the warehouse to rescue whatever books are left.

26m