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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Oct 27, 2022 • 6min
Are Halloween costumes too scary?
Some parents are complaining that some Halloween costumes are too scary.
4 snips
Oct 20, 2022 • 6min
Does climate change make you anxious?
We discuss how extreme weather events are affecting our mental health.
10 snips
Oct 13, 2022 • 6min
Translating recipes
How to adapt dishes from other countries? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.
Oct 6, 2022 • 6min
Are artistic brains different?
We talk about Mozart, Jimi Hendrix and teach you vocabulary.
4 snips
Sep 29, 2022 • 6min
Why are prices going up?
We discuss inflation and economics and teach related vocabulary.
5 snips
Sep 22, 2022 • 6min
English for dating online
We discuss language that gets used for dating online and new language that is emerging.
Sep 15, 2022 • 6min
Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body, and teach you vocabulary too.
8 snips
Sep 8, 2022 • 6min
Are you following your dreams?
Hear about two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so.
10 snips
Sep 1, 2022 • 6min
Do emojis make language better?
Are emojis turning us into lazy writers?
4 snips
Aug 25, 2022 • 6min
Being a beauty influencer
Hear about women who are using social media to change attitudes to beauty
