Julie Andrews' Charming Interpretation on Jane Austen: Top Podcasts This Week
This Week's Choice
Pride & Prejudice
Who better to recount Jane Austen’s best-loved story compared to the esteemed Julie Andrews? It may lack Colin Firth drenched, the iconic actress serves as a delightful and faithful voice of this classic romcom classic centered on Elizabeth Bennet along with Mr Darcy. The show, split across two dozen plus installments, doesn't just marks the 250th anniversary since Austen was born – it also marks Andrews’s ninetieth birthday this year, too!
Widely available, weekly releases
Grand Designs Deconstructed
So great is the pressure in constructing a personal dream house, this property series is one of the few property series where marital breakdown is common as opposed to an error. The host teams up with Greg James on this amiable offshoot for dedicated followers – and confesses that he has been close to opening up his personal funds for financially strained homeowners.
On Spotify, new installments each week
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
Each Sunday, Nuala McGovern leads a focused segment covering a particular topic through well-known speakers and experts. She starts off on the theme of friendships – methods to find time for relationships and maintain contact – through conversations with author Dolly Alderton, journalist Cohen, Dr Julia Samuel and Dr Marisa G Franco. It's discussion-based, useful and above all, comforting.
BBC Sounds, weekly episodes
Music, Money & Mayhem
Including Pink Floyd and Blur, the company featured a deluge of prominent British bands. This audio series hosted by Chris Atkins will certainly appeal to audio fans and industry professionals, as it skillfully traces EMI's failure through discussions including Tennant and controversial ex-chairman Guy Hands.
Widely available, weekly releases
Coining It
Led by the journalist, this new series sounds like it could be an ordinary crypto crime story. Happily, this story about an individual who discovered a bitcoin glitch that promised infinite cash and catapulted the person from the seaside town to Dubai proves to be a vibrant and thoroughly enjoyable adventure – though undoubtedly a warning tale.
Accessible on many platforms, weekly releases