Dame Julie Andrews' Wonderful Version on Jane Austen: Top Podcasts Weekly
Weekly Highlight
Pride & Prejudice
Is there anyone more suited to retell Jane Austen’s best-loved story than her royal highness Julie Andrews? Although missing Colin Firth soaking wet, the iconic actress is a wonderful and faithful storyteller of this classic romantic comedy centered on Elizabeth Bennet together with Mr Darcy. This production, split across two dozen plus installments, doesn't just marks the 250-year mark since Austen was born – it coincides with Andrews’s 90th year also!
Widely available, weekly releases
Grand Designs Deconstructed
So great is the pressure in constructing your own dream house, this property series stands among the rare television home programs where divorce is common rather than a bug. McCloud teams up with the presenter for this pleasant companion series for superfans – and admits that he has been on the verge of using his personal funds for financially strained participants.
On Spotify, new installments each week
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
Every Sunday, Nuala McGovern Nuala McGovern a special episode that tackles a specific issue with familiar voices and specialists. She starts off with friendship – ways to create room for friends and maintain contact – by interviewing Dolly Alderton, Claire Cohen, therapist Samuel and Dr Marisa G Franco. It’s conversational, helpful and crucially, comforting.
BBC Sounds, new shows each week
Music, Money & Mayhem
Starting with Pink Floyd to Blur, the company hosted a deluge of major UK artists. This audio series led by Chris Atkins will surely satisfy audio fans and finance experts, as it ably charts the label’s collapse through discussions with the likes of Neil Tennant and controversial ex-chairman Hands.
Widely available, weekly releases
Coining It
Presented by Goodall, this fresh show seems like it may turn into a typical digital currency tale. Fortunately, this tale about an individual who uncovered a bitcoin glitch that suggested infinite cash and launched this individual from the seaside town to the Middle East emerges as an engaging and thoroughly enjoyable story – if clearly a cautionary one.
Widely available, weekly releases