6 Minute English
BBC Radio
Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations.
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Episodes
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Nov 3, 2022 • 6min
Meet the flavourists
Is designing a food flavour a dark art? We talk about the people who make flavours.
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?
