Summary
A new drama about motherhood and chaos, from Olivier-Award-winning writer Lolita Chakrabarti, starring Meera Syal.
Three generations of ultra-successful women in one family:
Maya, a self-help guru with an avid following, has an American TV deal in the offing. Nina, her daughter, a psychiatrist, is expanding her thriving practice. Amber, Nina's daughter, has an offer from Cambridge.
But a fault line will soon tear everything apart.
Deeply visceral, often sharply funny, Calmer explores mental health and the intense love and competition in mother-daughter relationships.
By Lolita Chakrabarti
Maya…. Meera Syal
Nina… Lolita Chakrabarti
Amber… Payal Mistry
Michael… Julian Wadham
Jude… Benjamin Westerby
Grace… Sophie Melville
Production co-ordinator: Lindsay Rees
Original music… Lee Affen
Sound design: Nigel Lewis
Directed by Fay Lomas
A BBC Audio Drama Wales Production
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| 0:00.0 | Lock yourself away with a true crime podcast. |
| 0:04.8 | Who is it that's missing? |
| 0:06.1 | It's my dad. |
| 0:07.4 | Dead man running. |
| 0:08.6 | They're now searching for a wanted man who may have staged his disappearance to escape justice. |
| 0:14.6 | Intrigue to catch a scorpion. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm going to try to track down one of the biggest players in this trade and desperate people. |
| 0:22.2 | A very British cult. |
| 0:24.0 | They are brainwashing people. |
| 0:26.0 | For most wanted podcasts, |
| 0:28.0 | listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.0 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.0 | Music Radio Podcasts. BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:35.0 | This is Drama of the Week. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello, I am Faylo Mas and I directed Kama, |
| 0:41.0 | and I am here with Lelita Chakrabatti who wrote it and two stars in it. |
| 0:45.0 | Lelita, what did you want to explore in the play? |
| 0:49.0 | I wanted to look at motherhood and the ensuing chaos that that creates in your life because you're |
| 0:55.2 | suddenly thrown into the realms of having to manage a whole other person or people |
| 1:00.1 | while you manage your own life and the legacy of the choices that you make as a mother on your children. |
| 1:06.0 | Because we're all made by our parents, aren't we? |
| 1:09.0 | And there are things hidden in our personalities and our choices that absolutely come from a place before we were clear |
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