6 Minute English
BBC Radio
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
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Episodes
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10 snips
Jan 5, 2023 • 6min
Songwriting
We discuss the art of songwriting – combining lyrics and music to make a hit song.
Dec 29, 2022 • 6min
United against food waste
According to the UN, one third of the food we grow is thrown away. How can we stop this?
Dec 22, 2022 • 6min
3D printers
We look at the role of 3D printers in medicine, and teach you some related vocabulary.
5 snips
Dec 15, 2022 • 6min
Are opinion polls accurate?
What can opinion polls really tell us?
7 snips
Dec 8, 2022 • 6min
Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?
Could some ideas to deal with climate change actually damage the environment?
9 snips
Dec 1, 2022 • 6min
Can music mend a broken heart?
Meet a singer-songwriter who used music to express her feelings of falling in love.
4 snips
Nov 24, 2022 • 6min
The art of conversation
We discuss whether the art of conversation is being lost in the era of social media
Nov 17, 2022 • 6min
Qatar's World Cup workers
Hear about the workers who built the World Cup stadiums
5 snips
Nov 10, 2022 • 6min
Controlling the weather
We discuss two different types of weather manipulation.
8 snips
Nov 3, 2022 • 6min
Meet the flavourists
Is designing a food flavour a dark art? We talk about the people who make flavours.
