Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby

A DLT Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds - 6:30PM, 5 November 2025

London – November 5, 2025 -- Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby tells the extraordinary true story of Scott and Jemma Bennett’s infant daughter, Olivia, and her battle with a rare genetic condition. Misdiagnosed at birth, Olivia’s story follows months of uncertainty, missteps and resilience, culminating in how Scott, following his dad’s advice to “put a tie on,” challenged the hospital to improve its care.

First-time parents Scott and Jemma are taken from the apparently idyllic world of having a newborn who sleeps through the night and suddenly plunged into months of misguided treatments, genetics, bizarre side effects and private jets.

Recorded in Nottingham, where the story took place, this is an emotional show about a critically ill baby — but it’s also a funny, hopeful one with a happy ending.

The show has already drawn praise from both audiences and medical communities alike. In telling this story, Scott has helped raise awareness of Congenital Hyperinsulinism (CHI) and the important work being done by the NHS and the charity Congenital Hyperinsulinism International. For more information, visit https://congenitalhi.org/.

“Thank you to Radio 4. It’s been a privilege to share our family story, and we hope it gives families in similar situations some comfort and a sense of community,” said Scott and Jemma Bennett.

Donald Taffner Jr., President of DLT Entertainment, added: “Scott’s story combines humour, humanity and hope: the exact ingredients that make radio such a powerful storytelling medium. We’re proud to support this deeply personal piece and to continue expanding DLT’s comedy and audio portfolio with original voices that move and inspire audiences.”

Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby airs on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 5 November 2025.

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Further information:
Nikki Murray, on behalf of DLT Entertainment: nikki.murray@premiercomms.com | +44 (0) 20 7292 5094

NOTES TO EDITORS

About DLT Entertainment:

Production activities expanded through an investment in Mark Watson’s Impatient Productions and the acquisition of Vera Productions whose productions include Getting On, Bremner, Bird, Fortune, and numerous Dispatches Including The King, The Prince and Their Secret Millions. In 1986 DLT expanded into stage production in the US and in the UK, where it owns and manages London’s Shaftesbury Theatre, the London home of Mrs. Doubtfire, The Musical opening in May Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical. Later, DLT added talent representation to its portfolio with ownership positions in Milburn Browning Associates, The Soho Agency, Blue Book Artist Management, The Galton Agency, Bedford Square Voices and Gag Reflex.

2020 saw the creation of an audio division with the release of Very Modern Quests starring Alice Levine's for Audible, DLT recently for BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds Time of The Week, created by award-winning comedian Lorna Rose Treen and Jonathan Oldfield and starring BAFTA award winner Sian Clifford and The Many Wrongs Of Christian Brighty featuring Jessica Knappett, Colin McFarlane and Christian Brighty.

DLT has expanded its commitment to comedy by sponsoring this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards for a third year