For former actress Glenda Jackson, 20 years is not too late to revive an acting that started in the late '60s.

The 79-year-old film star is coming back to television in BBC Radio 4's mash-up adaptation of Emile Zola's novels, The Guardian reported.

Jackson, who grabbed two Oscar awards in the '70s, is joining the adaptation, "Emile Zola: Blood, Sex and Money," which will be broadcasted daily for a week in November.

BBC Radio will also be doing two more seasons of the mash-up, to be released every six months.

"There will be three seasons, each an intensive and addictive week," said BBC Drama.

Published in 1871, Zola's "Les Rougon-Macquart" series is composed of twenty volumes. The first novel, "La Fortune des Rougon," meaning "The Fortune of the Rougons," introduces the characters of the series.

Glenda will be giving voice to Adelaide Foque, a 104-year-old woman who became a common ancestor of two dynasties that ruled French society: The Rougon and The Macquart.

According to The Guardian, she will be working alongside Robert Lindsay, Georgina Campbell and Fenella Woolgar.

"Radio 4 arguably has more original content than anyone, anywhere in the world - news, culture, science, drama, entertainment," Gwyneth Williams, Radio 4 controller, told BBC.

"I am excited by the line-up of ambitious programmes and amazing talent that will be on Radio 4 this autumn," she added.

The Guardian also shared that Glenda's acting career was in its heyday during the '70s. She was nominated for four Oscar Best Actress Awards and won two for "Women in Love" and "A Touch of Class".

"Women in Love", a romantic drama film in 1969, told a story of two sisters and two men in a mining town. The film is an adaptation of English novelist D.H. Lawrence's novel of the same name. The role took home a Golden Globe award.

"A Touch of Class" is a romantic comedy film released in 1973. With Jackson's role as Vickie, she was nominated for six Best Actress awards. She won four of six nominations including Oscar and Golden Globe awards.

The award-winning actress' last role, before she paused in the acting scene, is in the 1992 TV movie, "The Secret Life of Arnold Bax." In the same year, she became the MP for Hampstead and Highgate.

In another article, The Guardian reported that Glenda, who was also a Labour Member of the Parliament, announced in 2011 that she was too old for politics.

She made the seat in the 2010 general election, where she won by a difference of 42 votes, one of the smallest majority votes in the election.