All ten episodes of the BBC Radio 4 comedy about an eccentric 'olderpreneur' and her adventures in business
At the age of 51, Bindi Banerjee unexpectedly finds herself out of a job. But she has her redundancy pay-off and a can-do attitude, and as Series 1 opens, Bindi decides to start up her own business. Bindi's Beauty Box soon gets off to a promising start, but Bindi must get her reluctant children on board if she is going to succeed. When she runs into some bumps in the road, Bindi wonders if she's taken on more than she can manage – can she overcome the obstacles and make the business prosper?
In Series 2, fresh from her first flush of success, Bindi takes on an exciting new business venture in property development but discovers that Slough just isn't ready for her visionary micro-pods. But Bindi is an unstoppable force of nature, and is determined that nothing will get in her way. As stress levels rise and pressure starts to mount, help arrives from an unexpected source – but just as she is preparing for the big opening, she is put to the test when she finds that not everyone shares her vision...
Created by award-winning dramatist Tanika Gupta, this entertaining comedy-drama about the highs and lows of enterprise stars Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me) as Bindi.
Cast
Bindi – Meera Syal
Raj – Chris Nayak
Anu – Krupa Pattani
Hema – Rina Fatania
Sam – Will Ash
Buzz – Tachia Newall
Uncle Bash – Vincent Ebrahim/Sagar Arya
Dwayne – Andonis Anthony
Marcus – Mark Strepan
Anil – Nitin Ganatra
Production credits
Written by Tanika Gupta
Directed by Nadia Molinari