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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13 snips
Aug 18, 2022 • 6min
Women in the workplace
Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace
6 snips
Aug 11, 2022 • 6min
Connecting remote communities
How do you connect the unconnected?
Aug 4, 2022 • 6min
How pandemics end
Covid-19, The Black Death ... We discuss what happens when deadly diseases go global.
Jul 28, 2022 • 6min
Confused by modern idioms?
We talk about some new expressions that have been introduced to English through the media
Jul 21, 2022 • 6min
Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?
From monster killers of the sea to endangered species - we talk sharks and vocabulary.
Jul 14, 2022 • 6min
Climate change and evolution
We discuss the impact of climate change on today's wildlife.
Jul 7, 2022 • 6min
Preserving traditional recipes
We discuss the tastes of our childhood and teach new vocabulary.
Jun 30, 2022 • 6min
Restoring trust in science
Modern scientists are under pressure from critics motivated by political views.
Jun 23, 2022 • 6min
The Manhattan Project
Learn about the invention of the atomic bomb
Jun 16, 2022 • 6min
Island life: Is it paradise?
Rob and Sam discuss some of the problems Pacific islanders face and teach vocabulary.
