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This Week's Choice
Pride & Prejudice

Is there anyone more suited to retell Jane Austen’s best-loved tale compared to her royal highness Julie Andrews? Although missing Colin Firth soaking wet, the iconic actress is a wonderful and faithful voice of this classic romantic comedy about Elizabeth Bennet together with Mr Darcy. The series, divided into two dozen plus installments, not only marks the 250th anniversary since Austen was born – it’s Andrews’s 90th year also!
Widely available, new episodes each week

Grand Designs Deconstructed

So great is the pressure when creating your own mega-home, Grand Designs stands among the rare television home programs where marital breakdown is a feature as opposed to an error. McCloud joins forces with James for this pleasant companion series for dedicated followers – and admits that he came on the verge of dipping into his own chequebook for financially strained contributors.
On Spotify, weekly episodes

Woman’s Hour Guide to Life

Each Sunday, Woman’s Hour host leads a focused segment that tackles an individual subject with familiar voices and specialists. She starts off by discussing friendship – how to make space for friends and keep in touch – through conversations with author Dolly Alderton, journalist Cohen, Dr Julia Samuel and expert Franco. It’s conversational, practical and above all, reassuring.
BBC Sounds, episodes weekly

Music, Money & Mayhem

Including Pink Floyd to Blur, EMI was home to a deluge of major UK artists. This production led by Atkins is bound to please audio fans and business heads, as it skillfully traces the label’s collapse by means of conversations with the likes of Neil Tennant and contentious ex-chairman Guy Hands.
Available broadly, episodes weekly

Coining It

Hosted by Lewis Goodall, this new series sounds like it could be a typical cryptocurrency narrative. Happily, this tale of a man who discovered a cryptocurrency error that suggested infinite cash and propelled the person starting in Blackpool to the Emirates emerges as a colourful and very amusing caper – though undoubtedly a warning tale.
Widely available, new episodes each week