Julie Andrews' Delightful Version on Jane Austen: The Best Broadcasts of the Week
This Week's Choice
Pride & Prejudice
Who better to recount the author's cherished novel as opposed to the celebrated Julie Andrews? It may lack Colin Firth drenched, the iconic actress is a wonderful and true voice of this classic romcom classic featuring Elizabeth Bennet along with Mr Darcy. The show, split across multiple segments, not only celebrates the 250-year mark of the author's birth – it’s Andrews’s ninetieth birthday also!
Widely available, episodes weekly
Grand Designs Deconstructed
The stress is so intense when creating an individual mega-home, this property series is among the handful of TV property shows in which separation occurs regularly as opposed to an error. The host joins forces with the presenter for this friendly spin-off for superfans – and confesses that he was near to opening up his personal funds for budget-challenged contributors.
Available via Spotify, episodes weekly
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
On Sundays, the presenter leads a special episode that tackles an individual subject with familiar voices and specialists. She begins by discussing friendship – ways to create room for friends and maintain contact – through conversations with author Dolly Alderton, Claire Cohen, therapist Samuel and Dr Marisa G Franco. It’s conversational, useful and crucially, comforting.
On BBC Sounds, weekly episodes
Music, Money & Mayhem
Including Pink Floyd up to Blur, EMI was home to a deluge of prominent British bands. This podcast hosted by Atkins is bound to please both music nerds and industry professionals, as it effectively outlines the company's downfall through discussions featuring Tennant and contentious former chairman Guy Hands.
Available broadly, episodes weekly
Coining It
Led by Lewis Goodall, this new series appears to be it may turn into an ordinary crypto crime story. Happily, this account about an individual who discovered a cryptocurrency error offering limitless funds and launched him from the seaside town to the Middle East turns out to be a colourful and highly entertaining adventure – if clearly a warning tale.
Accessible on many platforms, episodes weekly
