Julie Andrews' Delightful Interpretation on Austen's Work: Top Audio Shows Weekly
This Week's Choice
Pride & Prejudice
Who could be more perfect to recount the author's best-loved tale as opposed to the esteemed Julie Andrews? While it doesn't feature Colin Firth drenched, the screen legend serves as a delightful and accurate narrator of this classic love story featuring Elizabeth Bennet together with Mr Darcy. The series, split across multiple segments, doesn't just celebrates the 250th anniversary of the author's birth – it’s Andrews’s 90th birthday also!
Available broadly, episodes weekly
Grand Designs Deconstructed
The stress is so intense of building your own dream house, Grand Designs is one of the few TV property shows in which separation occurs regularly rather than a bug. Kevin McCloud collaborates with Greg James in this pleasant companion series for superfans – and confesses that he was near to using his own chequebook for cash-strapped participants.
Spotify, weekly episodes
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
Each Sunday, Woman’s Hour host hosts a focused segment that tackles a specific issue using recognized experts and professionals. She begins with friendship – how to make space for relationships and maintain contact – by speaking with author Dolly Alderton, journalist Cohen, Dr Samuel and Dr Marisa G Franco. The tone is chatty, useful and above all, supportive.
Via BBC Sounds, weekly episodes
Music, Money & Mayhem
Starting with Pink Floyd to Blur, the label was home to a flood of huge British acts. This podcast led by the host is bound to appeal to both music nerds and industry professionals, as it effectively outlines the label’s collapse through discussions including Neil Tennant and contentious past leader Guy Hands.
Widely available, weekly releases
Coining It
Hosted by Lewis Goodall, this latest production appears to be it could be another run-of-the-mill digital currency tale. Gladly, this account of a man who found a cryptocurrency error that promised infinite cash and launched this individual from Blackpool to Dubai proves to be a colourful and thoroughly enjoyable story – though undoubtedly a cautionary one.
Widely available, new episodes each week
