{"id":1727,"date":"2021-06-04T05:44:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/tongue-in-cheek-tales-from-19th-century-india-podcasts-of-the-week\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T05:44:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:44:39","slug":"tongue-in-cheek-tales-from-19th-century-india-podcasts-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/tongue-in-cheek-tales-from-19th-century-india-podcasts-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Tongue-in-cheek tales from 19th-century India \u2013 podcasts of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meera Syal and Jennifer Saunders star in Audible\u2019s new spoof, Raj! Plus: a tense history lesson in GunPlot, and Unearthed offers gripping plant-themed tales<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.co.uk\/pd\/Raj-Audiobook\/B095DTYHMG\">Raj!<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Meera Syal and Jennifer Saunders give standout performances in Audible\u2019s new pod drama, spoofing life in British-controlled India. Ineffectual governor Henry arrives in a rural province, \u201callergic to emotions\u201d, part of an unwieldy bureaucratic structure, and unwilling to acclimatise. As well as the lines you might see coming (\u201ccan\u2019t imagine the British ever going for Indian food!\u201d), there is plenty you might not, in this tale of blustering Brits, and Syal\u2019s Rajmata side-eyeing and sticking it to the man. <br \/><em>Hannah J Davies<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2021\/jun\/04\/tongue-in-cheek-tales-from-19th-century-india-podcasts-of-the-week\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fc3db88d64ffc5181dbe5dc8cc0f02dcd8845833\/0_764_2666_1600\/master\/2666.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=70b7a4c2c5533f94f903de0bd2636259\" title=\"Tongue-in-cheek tales from 19th-century India \u2013 podcasts of the week\" \/>Meera Syal and Jennifer Saunders star in Audible\u2019s new spoof, Raj! Plus: a tense history lesson in GunPlot, and Unearthed offers gripping plant-themed tales<br \/>\nRaj!Meera Syal and Jennifer Saunders give standout performances in Audible\u2019s new pod drama, spoofing life in British-controlled India. Ineffectual governor Henry arrives in a rural province, \u201callergic to emotions\u201d, part of an unwieldy bureaucratic structure, and unwilling to acclimatise. As well as the lines you might see coming (\u201ccan\u2019t imagine the British ever going for Indian food!\u201d), there is plenty you might not, in this tale of blustering Brits, and Syal\u2019s Rajmata side-eyeing and sticking it to the man. Hannah J Davies Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meera Syal and Jennifer Saunders star in Audible\u2019s new spoof, Raj! Plus: a tense history lesson in GunPlot, and Unearthed offers gripping plant-themed tales Raj!Meera Syal and Jennifer Saunders give standout performances in Audible\u2019s new pod drama, spoofing life in British-controlled India. Ineffectual governor Henry arrives in a rural province, \u201callergic to emotions\u201d, part of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/tongue-in-cheek-tales-from-19th-century-india-podcasts-of-the-week\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tongue-in-cheek tales from 19th-century India \u2013 podcasts of the week<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}