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Tahmima Anam
The Startup Wife

The Startup Wife

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2021
  • 10 episodes (1 series)

Reading of Tahmima Anam's novel about a woman working at a startup tech firm. Also features Preeya Kalidas.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2021
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
10 (1 series)
Star
Preeya Kalidas
Writers
Tahmima Anam and Sara Davies
Producer
Celia De Wolff
Company

Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform to bring meaning into millions of lives. She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins. As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.

Additional details

Also known as
  • The Startup Wife By Tahmima Anam
Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 7th June 2021 at 12:04pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
  • Friday 18th June 2021 at 10:45pm on Radio 4 - Episode 10
  • Thursday 17th June 2021 at 10:45pm on Radio 4 - Episode 9
  • Wednesday 16th June 2021 at 10:45pm on Radio 4 - Episode 8

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