Dame Julie Andrews' Wonderful Version on Jane Austen: The Best Audio Shows This Week
This Week's Choice
Pride & Prejudice
Who better to recount Jane Austen’s most beloved story compared to her royal highness Julie Andrews? While it doesn't feature Colin Firth soaking wet, the Hollywood great serves as a delightful and accurate voice of the original romcom classic about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy. This production, split across multiple segments, not only honors the 250-year mark since Austen was born – it coincides with Andrews’s 90th year also!
Widely available, weekly releases
Grand Designs Deconstructed
Such is the strain of building a personal large residence, the TV program is one of the few TV property shows in which separation is a feature as opposed to an error. The host joins forces with Greg James in this pleasant companion series for dedicated followers – and confesses that he was near to using his own money for financially strained homeowners.
On Spotify, episodes weekly
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
Each Sunday, the presenter Nuala McGovern a focused segment covering an individual subject using recognized experts and professionals. She begins on the theme of friendships – ways to create room for relationships and keep in touch – by speaking with Dolly Alderton, Claire Cohen, Dr Julia Samuel and Dr Marisa G Franco. It’s conversational, helpful and, most importantly, comforting.
BBC Sounds, episodes weekly
Music, Money & Mayhem
Including Pink Floyd and Blur, EMI hosted a flood of prominent British bands. This podcast led by Chris Atkins will certainly appeal to audio fans and finance experts, as it ably charts the label’s collapse via interviews featuring Tennant and controversial past leader Hands.
Widely available, episodes weekly
Coining It
Presented by the journalist, this fresh show appears to be it may turn into a typical cryptocurrency narrative. Happily, this account concerning a person who uncovered a bitcoin glitch that promised endless money and catapulted the person from the seaside town to Dubai emerges as an engaging and highly entertaining story – if clearly a warning tale.
Accessible on many platforms, weekly releases
