Julie Andrews' Delightful Version on Jane Austen: The Best Audio Shows of the Week
Weekly Highlight
Pride & Prejudice
Who could be more perfect to recount the author's most beloved tale as opposed to the celebrated Julie Andrews? While it doesn't feature Colin Firth soaking wet, the screen legend is a wonderful and accurate voice of this classic love story about Elizabeth Bennet along with Mr Darcy. The series, which is broken down into 25 episodes, doesn't just honors the 250-year mark since Austen was born – it also marks Andrews’s ninetieth birthday also!
Available broadly, new episodes each week
Grand Designs Deconstructed
Such is the strain when creating an individual dream house, this property series is one of the few property series where divorce occurs regularly instead of a flaw. The host collaborates with James on this pleasant companion series for dedicated followers – and admits that he was close to using his own chequebook for financially strained participants.
Available via Spotify, weekly episodes
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
Every Sunday, Woman’s Hour host leads a focused segment addressing a particular topic through well-known speakers and specialists. She starts off with friendship – how to make space for friends and stay connected – by interviewing Dolly Alderton, journalist Cohen, Dr Julia Samuel and Dr Marisa G Franco. It’s conversational, useful and above all, reassuring.
On BBC Sounds, episodes weekly
Music, Money & Mayhem
From Pink Floyd up to Blur, the company was home to a deluge of huge British acts. This podcast led by Chris Atkins will surely satisfy both music nerds and business heads, as it ably charts the label’s collapse through discussions with the likes of Neil Tennant and controversial former chairman Hands.
Available broadly, weekly releases
Coining It
Hosted by the journalist, this fresh show appears to be it could be another run-of-the-mill crypto crime story. Gladly, this tale of a man who found a bitcoin glitch that suggested endless money and catapulted this individual from the seaside town to the Middle East turns out to be an engaging and highly entertaining caper – while certainly an advisory narrative.
Accessible on many platforms, weekly releases