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6 Minute English
Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC. Each week, we talk about an interesting topic and learn helpful words and phrases used in natural spoken English - all in 6 minutes! Practise your listening and hear natural spoken English. Find more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
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Episodes
Bitcoin's energy cost 27.09.2021 6:18
Bitcoin: is it an investment option for ordinary people?
I love my language! 23.09.2021 6:18
Neil and Sam talk about a woman's effort to keep her language alive.
Why are people collecting NFTs? 20.09.2021 6:20
What are 'non-fungible tokens'? That's what Neil and Sam talk about in this programme.
Robot Artists 16.09.2021 6:46
Will Robots ever be able to think or dream? Could they fall in love or create art?
Bats: Friend or foe? 13.09.2021 6:19
Learn more about these furry flying mammals with Neil and Sam.
Is the planet warming up faster? 09.09.2021 6:46
Some extreme weather events are puzzling scientists.
Is technology harmful to youngsters? 06.09.2021 6:18
Can spending hours online affect the new generation's mental health?
Is chimp politics like ours? 02.09.2021 6:46
Just like humans, chimps live in social groups, have leaders and a desire for power.
Making sense of the census 26.08.2021 6:44
What's behind counting people in a country? Neil and Sam talk about the census.
The fear of numbers 23.08.2021 6:17
Are you afraid of maths? Neil and Sam talk about numbers and teach you vocabulary.
A future without doctors? 19.08.2021 6:46
We discuss if artificial intelligence could replace human doctors and nurses.
Lights! Camera! Kiss! - Intimacy on screen 16.08.2021 6:17
How actors are made to feel more comfortable when filming intimate scenes.
Head injury in sport 12.08.2021 6:46
Contact sports can be dangerous. The truth about the effects on players is coming out.
Inside the head of Jeff Bezos 09.08.2021 6:19
How does the founder of the web giant Amazon think? Listen to the programme to find out.
The history of swimming 05.08.2021 6:47
We talk about the history of swimming and teach you related vocabulary along the way.
Are humans a messy species? 29.07.2021 6:43
Learn the language of going to the toilet.
The loneliest man in history 26.07.2021 6:16
We talk about Michael Collins, who orbited the Moon in the command module Columbia.
How colour affects us 19.07.2021 6:17
Neil and Georgina add some colour to your life by discussing how colour can make you feel
Flexible working 15.07.2021 6:17
Is there a stigma attached to not wanting to work the 9-to-5 shift?
Hypnotism 08.07.2021 6:18
Hypnotism has always fascinated us, but can anyone be hypnotised?
Saving the white rhinos 01.07.2021 6:16
Conservationists are working on an artificial breeding programme to preserve the species.
Making old things last longer 24.06.2021 6:18
Shouldn't we stop throwing things away and start fixing them?
Building rapport with others 17.06.2021 6:17
We discuss four styles of communication and teach you related vocabulary along the way.
Food superstitions 10.06.2021 6:18
We talk about food superstitions and teach you vocabulary along the way.
The Rosetta Stone 03.06.2021 6:18
How the famous piece of rock became the key to decoding Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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