Dame Julie Andrews' Charming Interpretation on Jane Austen: Top Podcasts This Week
Pick of the Week
Pride & Prejudice
Who better to retell Jane Austen’s most beloved novel than her royal highness Julie Andrews? Although missing Colin Firth drenched, the screen legend is a wonderful and faithful narrator of this classic love story centered on Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy. The show, which is broken down into multiple segments, not simply honors the quarter-millennial since Austen was born – it’s Andrews’s 90th birthday this year, too!
Available broadly, episodes weekly
Grand Designs Deconstructed
Such is the strain of building an individual dream house, this property series stands among the rare television home programs in which separation occurs regularly instead of a flaw. McCloud collaborates with Greg James on this pleasant companion series for superfans – and admits that he came close to dipping into his own chequebook for budget-challenged contributors.
Spotify, new installments each week
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
Each Sunday, Nuala McGovern hosts a dedicated installment that tackles an individual subject through well-known speakers and specialists. She kicks off with friendship – how to make space for them and stay connected – by speaking with Dolly Alderton, Claire Cohen, Dr Julia Samuel and Dr Franco. It’s conversational, practical and, most importantly, reassuring.
BBC Sounds, episodes weekly
Music, Money & Mayhem
Starting with Pink Floyd up to Blur, the label hosted an array of major UK artists. This production led by Atkins will surely appeal to both music nerds and business heads, as it ably charts EMI's failure via interviews with the likes of Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant and debated former chairman Guy Hands.
Widely available, weekly releases
Coining It
Led by Goodall, this latest production sounds like it might be a typical digital currency tale. Fortunately, this tale about an individual who found a cryptocurrency error that promised limitless funds and catapulted the person starting in Blackpool to the Emirates emerges as a colourful and very amusing caper – though undoubtedly a warning tale.
Accessible on many platforms, episodes weekly
