S5, Ep5 Ada Lovelace: the Countess of Coding

2025-06-13

Have you ever heard of Ada Lovelace? Or Augusta Ada Byron? Or the Countess of Lovelace, as she became? Ada is credited with writing the first-ever computer program 100 years before the computer was even invented. She was also a brilliant mathematician and an aristocratic Victorian. We tell the remarkable true story of the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, a digital pioneer and the celebrated creator of the first computer algorithm. And every time we play a computer game, or listen t...

Have you ever heard of Ada Lovelace? Or Augusta Ada Byron? Or the Countess of Lovelace, as she became?

Ada is credited with writing the first-ever computer program 100 years before the computer was even invented. She was also a brilliant mathematician and an aristocratic Victorian.

We tell the remarkable true story of the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, a digital pioneer and the celebrated creator of the first computer algorithm.

And every time we play a computer game, or listen to a podcast, we are a part of her legacy.

Narrated by Henrietta McMicking

Script by Henrietta McMicking

Produced by Camilla Akers-Douglas

Sound editing by Lou Sawdy

Theme music by James Burrell Music

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