Charlie Baxter

The British English Podcast

Learn British English as well as British culture, history, news and current affairs, and much more with weekly episodes from your host Charlie on The British English Podcast! Visit the website for learning resources:thebritishenglishpodcast.com

Author

Charlie Baxter

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Education

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Bonus Ep 9 - Culture Shock in Italy for British Father 11.08.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation In this episode, Charlie invites Martin from Rock N Roll English back on the show to talk about the cultural differences he is noticing now that he is a father raising a child in Italy with his Italian wife. Join The Premium Podcast to access part 2 and 3 of the show. More useful links below... 🎙 Rock N' Roll En...

Bitesize Episode 16 - Pt. 2 of Top Ten Most Popular All-time British TV Shows for Baby Boomers 03.08.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie continues to take a look at the most well known TV Shows in the UK, for non-natives to better understand pop culture and casual TV references that are likely to appear in conversation amongst British baby boomers. More useful links below... 📑 Transcripts & Glossaries 🎓 The Academy 🎁 FREE Resources 🎓...

S2/E8 - TOEFL vs Duolingo English Test with Josh 27.07.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie invites Josh from TST Prep on the show to talk about the duolingo English test that is becoming more popular than ever before and is starting to compete with the more traditional tests such as IELTS or TOEFL. So Josh is here to tell you all about it. We also get to know Josh a bit better as he grew up in...

Bitesize Episode 15 - Top Ten Most Popular All-time British TV Shows for Baby Boomers (Pt. 1) 18.07.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie takes a look at the most well known TV Shows in the UK for non-natives to better understand pop culture and casual TV references that are likely to appear in conversation amongst baby boomers. Useful Links below... 📑 Transcripts & Glossaries 🎓 The Academy 🎁 FREE Resources 🎓 English Courses 🖥 thebriti...

Bonus Ep 8 - Off The Beaten Track with Harry 11.07.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie gets Harry back on to explore an imaginary trip of a lifetime. This episode is hopefully the first of many of a new conversation game Charlie has called "Off The Beaten Track" going through the fundamental questions to get an understanding of what the perfect adventure looks like for the interviewee. Thi...

Bitesize Episode 14 - A Modern British Commentary on Goldilocks & The Three Bears 05.07.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie takes a look at a classic Children's book and adds commentary as a modern British person. Let's see if the author's writing of Goldilocks & The Three Bears goes down well with Charlie. Either way you'll get your fix of British culture with plenty of native expressions for you to learn from in context. Mo...

S2/E7 - British & American Differences with Joel Wood 27.06.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Joel Wood from the YouTube Channel 'Joel & Lia' comes on the show to talk about cultural differences between British and American people based on the various trips he has made to America documenting pop culture on his YouTube Channel. This conversation will help any English learner better understand the differen...

Bitesize Episode 13 - Pt. 2 of Dating a British Person 21.06.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie continues to give you his own look on the cultural norms British people have when it comes to dating that will give you your fix of British culture with plenty of native expressions for you to learn from in context. More useful links below... 📑 Transcripts & Glossaries 🎓 The Academy 🎁 FREE Resources...

Bonus Ep 7 - A Russian's Perspective on The UK 13.06.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation We have a native Russian English teacher and podcaster on the show to discuss her experience when she visited the UK to see what cultural differences she noticed and what she enjoyed and missed about her own country. Join The Premium Podcast to access part 2 and 3 of the show. More useful links below... 👨‍👩‍👦...

Bitesize Episode 12 - Dating a British Person, Pt. 1 06.06.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie gives you his own look on the cultural norms British people have when it comes to dating in a bitesize episode that will give you your fix of British culture with plenty of native expressions for you to learn from in context. More useful links below... 📑 Transcripts & Glossaries 🎓 The Academy 🎁 FREE R...

S2/E6 - A Conversation on Pronunciation & Accents with Emma 30.05.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation The Pronunciation Teacher Emma comes on the show to talk about her experience of cultural differences based on her upbringing in Yorkshire and various other places she has lived including Brighton and Bristol. This conversation will help any English learner better understand the variety of accents in the UK part...

Bitesize Episode 11 - A British Conversation in Charlie's Pub, Scene 2 23.05.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie brings you a "typical" British conversation in a British pub that will give you your fix of British culture and language with plenty of native expressions for you to learn from in context. More useful links below... 📑 Transcripts & glossaries 🎓 The Academy 🎁 FREE Resources 🎓 English Courses 🖥 thebrit...

Bonus Ep 6 - A Bunch of British Behaviours with Harry 16.05.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie goes through a handful of behaviours with Harry that they suspect are typically British. These small but telling mannerisms are what cultural differences are all about. Spotting those ways of being that seem illogical to one group of people but perfectly ordinary to another is a large part of why Charlie...

Bitesize Episode 10 - 9 Ways to Improve Your Fluency Skills in English 09.05.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie and Pete (from Aussie English) give you their best tips on fluency. Enjoy an episode on "How to improve your FLUENCY skills in English." This is the 3rd and final part to a miniseries focused on learning tips rather than cultural aspects of the Brits but we hope you like them as we enjoyed making them fo...

S2/E5 - An International Student goes to Oxford University 02.05.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Hear what it's actually like going to Oxford University from an International Student's perspective. This fascinating talk with Vanessa from Speak English With Vanessa gives you everything from native expressions to secrets only an Oxford University Student would know. What more can you ask for!? Useful links be...

Bitesize Episode 9 - 6 Tips To Boost Your Confidence When Speaking In English 25.04.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie gets together with Pete from Aussie English again to give you their best tips on a different topic which is how to build confidence when speaking in English. This is the 2nd part of a 3 part series focused on learning tips rather than cultural aspects of the Brits but we hope you like them as we have one...

Bonus Ep 5 - How to Accept British Culture Shock with Marta Zielinska 18.04.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation An expert in effective intercultural communication and cultural adaptation comes on the show. Marta Zielinska is a professional in helping people adapt to a new culture and since she's been living and working in London for 6 years, Marta has a huge amount of information and experience to help anyone interested i...

Bitesize Ep 8 - How to Improve Your Listening Skills 11.04.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie gets together with Pete from 'Aussie English' to give you their best tips on how to improve your English listening skills. This one is a bit different to the usual episode as it is focused on learning tips rather than cultural aspects of the Brits but we hope you like them as we have a mini series of the...

S2/E4 - British Comedy with Luke from "Luke's English Podcast" 03.04.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie interviews Luke from 'Luke's English Podcast' and as Luke is not only an ESL teacher but also a comedian, Charlie asked him to describe the journey a comedian takes to become a successful comic in the UK. Luke highlights an important difference between British comedy and British humour. We also squeeze a...

Bitesize Ep 7 - How Us Brits Treat Old People 28.03.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Dive into Charlie's view on how the elderly are treated in the UK in comparison to other cultures around the world. He talks about how his own grandparents have been looked after, what he thinks is the best option for old people in this day and age and which countries are most tempting for British people to reti...

Bonus Ep 4 - Getting to know the REAL Lucy 19.03.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie invites Lucy back on the show for a personal Q&A to discover the personality behind the YouTube Channel: English with Lucy. This episode has 3 parts. To access Part 2 & 3 join The Premium Podcast or The Academy. Links below... 📢 Learn more about the Lingoda Language Sprint Save €10 by using the voucher...

Bitesize Ep 6 - Do us Brits Respect our Mothers? 12.03.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation We discuss Mother's Day traditions in the UK and take a look at Charlie's own relationship with his mother and how other people around him have treated their mothers in the UK. Are British people caring towards their mothers like other cultures are? Or does our society disregard them like a used teabag! Useful l...

S2/E3 - British Home Life with Harry 05.03.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Harry is back on the podcast to talk about British home life. This includes what our family dynamics are like, personal relationships, interests and a few more areas that you might like to hear about from a British perspective. All the while giving you lots and lots of British English expressions to boost your l...

Bitesize Ep 5 - Pt. 3 of 3 of A Typically British Weekend 24.02.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Pt. 3 of an insight into what it's like to spend a weekend in the UK like a local. Charlie continues to give you a typical weekend in his life when living in the UK for you to compare to yours and you can see how similar or different it is to wherever you are in the world. Useful Links below... 📑 Transcripts &...

Bonus Ep 3 - 3 Ways to Make Better Small Talk in English ft. English with Adriana 18.02.2021

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Adriana from "English with Adriana" comes on the show to help you feel more confident with small talk especially when meeting somebody new for the first time. If you want to listen to the rest of this episode then check out The Premium Podcast or The Academy. Useful Links below... 🖥 Visit Adriana's website 📑 Tr...

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