6 Minute English
BBC Radio
6 Minute English
BBC Radio
Thursday 25 February 2021 : Over a year on since the first outbreak, what have we learnt? We talk about the pandemic.
Thursday 18 February 2021 : Neil and Georgina discuss singing and teach you related vocabulary along the way.
Thursday 11 February 2021 : Rob and Georgina talk about the advantages and disadvantages of freelancing.
Thursday 04 February 2021 : Rob and Georgina talk about percentages and teach you some English vocabulary.
Thursday 28 January 2021 : Rob and Georgina discuss medical research and teach you related vocabulary.
Thursday 21 January 2021 : Hear about storytelling and how it helps us to connect and communicate.
Thursday 14 January 2021 : Is learning languages good for head, heart and soul?
Thursday 07 January 2021 : Neil and Rob talk about comfort food and what actually makes us eat it.
Thursday 31 December 2020 : We discuss where the attitudes behind fat-shaming come from.
Thursday 24 December 2020 : Hear about coronavirus and how it isn’t that bad compared to historical pandemics
Thursday 17 December 2020 : We talk about trees and how they can communicate and help each other.
Thursday 10 December 2020 : We discuss how these sea creatures could help us solve the problem of plastic pollution.
Thursday 03 December 2020 : Communicating by text has become more and more popular. Neil and Georgina talk about it.
Thursday 26 November 2020 : Neil and Rob talk about loneliness and how some people prefer their own company.
Thursday 19 November 2020 : We discuss people's attitude to being on time and why some people are always late.
Thursday 12 November 2020 : We talk about online fraud and teach you some useful vocabulary along the way.
Thursday 05 November 2020 : Many scientists are wondering whether it’s now too late to stop global warming.
Thursday 29 October 2020 : Neil and Georgina take a nostalgic look back at the 1980s and the birth of the Walkman.
Thursday 22 October 2020 : Hear about projects to create liveable underwater habitats and learn new vocabulary.
Thursday 15 October 2020 : Rob and Sam discuss plans in the US to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks on election day.
Thursday 08 October 2020 : Hear Jane Goodall talk about the deep connections between humans and the great apes.
Thursday 01 October 2020 : Neil and Sam talk about the subject and teach you vocabulary along the way.
Thursday 24 September 2020 : Neil and Sam discuss the post-Covid job landscape and teach you vocabulary along the way.
Thursday 17 September 2020 : Grandmothers are being trained to provide therapy to people in their community.
Thursday 10 September 2020 : The number of bees is declining at an alarming rate, with serious consequences for us.
6 Minute English
BBC Radio
Covid: One year on
Over a year on since the first outbreak, what have we learnt? We talk about the pandemic.
Singing in tune
Neil and Georgina discuss singing and teach you related vocabulary along the way.
Working for yourself
Rob and Georgina talk about the advantages and disadvantages of freelancing.
How much heat do you lose from your head?
Rob and Georgina talk about percentages and teach you some English vocabulary.
The woman whose cells never die
Rob and Georgina discuss medical research and teach you related vocabulary.
What makes a good story?
Hear about storytelling and how it helps us to connect and communicate.
For the love of foreign languages
Is learning languages good for head, heart and soul?
Why can't we resist comfort food?
Neil and Rob talk about comfort food and what actually makes us eat it.
What is fat-shaming?
We discuss where the attitudes behind fat-shaming come from.
Coronavirus vs other pandemics
Hear about coronavirus and how it isn’t that bad compared to historical pandemics
Are trees intelligent?
We talk about trees and how they can communicate and help each other.
Can jellyfish help us solve our problems?
We discuss how these sea creatures could help us solve the problem of plastic pollution.
Why do we choose to text instead of talk?
Communicating by text has become more and more popular. Neil and Georgina talk about it.
Loneliness
Neil and Rob talk about loneliness and how some people prefer their own company.
Is punctuality important?
We discuss people's attitude to being on time and why some people are always late.
Could you be a victim of online fraud?
We talk about online fraud and teach you some useful vocabulary along the way.
Melting ice sheet: Is it too late?
Many scientists are wondering whether it’s now too late to stop global warming.
Walkman: the music player revolution
Neil and Georgina take a nostalgic look back at the 1980s and the birth of the Walkman.
Could humans live in underwater cities?
Hear about projects to create liveable underwater habitats and learn new vocabulary.
Hacking help for US elections
Rob and Sam discuss plans in the US to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks on election day.
Do chimps have the same emotions as us?
Hear Jane Goodall talk about the deep connections between humans and the great apes.
How can we make the web a better place?
Neil and Sam talk about the subject and teach you vocabulary along the way.
Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment post-pandemic
Neil and Sam discuss the post-Covid job landscape and teach you vocabulary along the way.
Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe
Grandmothers are being trained to provide therapy to people in their community.
Is there a future without bees?
The number of bees is declining at an alarming rate, with serious consequences for us.
