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This Week's Choice
Pride & Prejudice

Is there anyone more suited to retell the author's best-loved novel than her royal highness Julie Andrews? It may lack Colin Firth drenched, the Hollywood great is a wonderful and true storyteller of the original romcom classic centered on Elizabeth Bennet together with Mr Darcy. This production, divided into two dozen plus installments, not simply honors the quarter-millennial of the author's birth – it’s Andrews’s 90th birthday also!
Widely available, episodes weekly

Grand Designs Deconstructed

So great is the pressure of building your own mega-home, the TV program is one of the few television home programs where marital breakdown is common rather than a bug. McCloud collaborates with the presenter in this amiable offshoot aimed at enthusiasts – and confesses that he was near to opening up his own money for financially strained contributors.
On Spotify, episodes weekly

Woman’s Hour Guide to Life

On Sundays, the presenter hosts a dedicated installment covering a specific issue with familiar voices and professionals. She kicks off with friendship – methods to find time for friends and maintain contact – by interviewing author Dolly Alderton, Claire Cohen, therapist Samuel and Dr Marisa G Franco. It’s conversational, helpful and above all, reassuring.
On BBC Sounds, episodes weekly

Music, Money & Mayhem

Starting with Pink Floyd up to Blur, the label was home to a flood of prominent British bands. This podcast led by Chris Atkins will certainly satisfy audio fans and business heads, as it ably charts EMI's failure by means of conversations including Neil Tennant and contentious ex-chairman Hands.
Widely available, episodes weekly

Coining It

Hosted by Lewis Goodall, this latest production appears to be it might be another run-of-the-mill cryptocurrency narrative. Fortunately, this account concerning a person who discovered a cryptocurrency error that promised limitless funds and propelled this individual from the seaside town to Dubai turns out to be an engaging and thoroughly enjoyable caper – though undoubtedly a warning tale.
Accessible on many platforms, weekly releases