Julie Andrews' Charming Interpretation on Jane Austen: Top Broadcasts Weekly
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Pride & Prejudice
Is there anyone more suited to recount the author's best-loved tale than the esteemed Julie Andrews? While it doesn't feature Colin Firth soaking wet, the iconic actress serves as a delightful and true storyteller of this classic romcom classic featuring Elizabeth Bennet together with Mr Darcy. This production, which is broken down into 25 episodes, not simply celebrates the 250-year mark since Austen was born – it also marks Andrews’s ninetieth birthday this year, too!
Available broadly, weekly releases
Grand Designs Deconstructed
Such is the strain in constructing a personal mega-home, Grand Designs is among the handful of TV property shows where marital breakdown occurs regularly instead of a flaw. The host collaborates with the presenter for this amiable offshoot aimed at enthusiasts – and confesses that he came close to dipping into his own money for budget-challenged homeowners.
Spotify, new installments each week
Woman’s Hour Guide to Life
On Sundays, Nuala McGovern leads a focused segment that tackles an individual subject using recognized experts and professionals. She kicks off with friendship – methods to find time for friends and maintain contact – through conversations with writer Alderton, Claire Cohen, Dr Samuel and Dr Marisa G Franco. It’s conversational, useful and crucially, supportive.
Via BBC Sounds, episodes weekly
Music, Money & Mayhem
From Pink Floyd to Blur, the company featured a deluge of huge British acts. This production led by Atkins will surely please both music nerds and finance experts, as it ably charts EMI's failure through discussions with the likes of Tennant and contentious former chairman Guy Hands.
Available broadly, new episodes each week
Coining It
Led by the journalist, this new series appears to be it might be a typical digital currency tale. Fortunately, this account about an individual who found a cryptocurrency error offering infinite cash and propelled the person from the seaside town to the Middle East turns out to be a colourful and highly entertaining story – if clearly an advisory narrative.
Widely available, episodes weekly
