Julie Andrews' Delightful Take on Austen's Work: Finest Audio Shows Weekly
This Week's Choice
Pride & Prejudice
Who better to narrate the author's most beloved tale compared to the esteemed Julie Andrews? Although missing Colin Firth soaking wet, the screen legend serves as a delightful and faithful narrator of the original romcom classic featuring Elizabeth Bennet along with Mr Darcy. This production, divided into two dozen plus installments, doesn't just honors the 250-year mark of Austen’s birth – it’s Andrews’s 90th birthday this year, too!
Widely available, weekly releases
Grand Designs Deconstructed
So great is the pressure in constructing a personal mega-home, Grand Designs is among the handful of property series where marital breakdown is common rather than a bug. The host teams up with the presenter on this friendly spin-off for superfans – and admits that he has been near to dipping into his own chequebook for budget-challenged participants.
On Spotify, episodes weekly
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
Every Sunday, Woman’s Hour host hosts a special episode covering a particular topic using recognized experts and professionals. She kicks off with friendship – methods to find time for relationships and maintain contact – by speaking with Dolly Alderton, Claire Cohen, therapist Samuel and Dr Franco. The tone is chatty, helpful and crucially, supportive.
Via BBC Sounds, new shows each week
Music, Money & Mayhem
From Pink Floyd up to Blur, the label featured an array of huge British acts. This production presented by Atkins is bound to satisfy music enthusiasts and industry professionals, as it ably charts the company's downfall via interviews featuring Neil Tennant and debated ex-chairman Guy Hands.
Accessible on many platforms, episodes weekly
Coining It
Led by the journalist, this new series appears to be it may turn into an ordinary digital currency tale. Happily, this account concerning a person who uncovered a cryptocurrency error offering infinite cash and catapulted him starting in Blackpool to the Emirates emerges as a vibrant and thoroughly enjoyable adventure – if clearly an advisory narrative.
Available broadly, weekly releases
