ITunes 12 - sorting unplayed podcasts recent/oldest

Hi All,
I'm liking the look and feel of iTunes 12, but I am having one annoying issue. My list of unplayed podcasts is now listed in alphabetical order as opposed to the chronological order I had in iTunes 11 that I had and wanted.
I right-clicked on "Unplayed Episodes" in the side-bar and selected "Podcast Settings" but it doesn't seem to do anything.
So basically, it seems that it will be one of four things:
1. I am missing something simple.
2. There is a bug which means the Podcast Settings window won't appear.
3. My version of iTunes hasn't downloaded correcty
4. There is no way to change it.
Has anyone else figured this one out?
Thanks.

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