6 Minute English
Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. Your weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Thursday.
Episodes (630)
Head injury in sport
6 Minute English
Inside the head of Jeff Bezos
6 Minute English
The history of swimming
6 Minute English
Are humans a messy species?
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The loneliest man in history
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How colour affects us
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Flexible working
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Hypnotism
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Saving the white rhinos
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Making old things last longer
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Building rapport with others
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Food superstitions
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The Rosetta Stone
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Compassion fatigue
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Hermits
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When males are not needed
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Mermaids
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A quieter world
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US and China vs climate change
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Naked in nature
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The language of biscuits
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Is English really English?
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Astronauts on strike?
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Digital help for blind people
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What’s the key to happiness?
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Looking for utopia
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Covid: One year on
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Singing in tune
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Working for yourself
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How much heat do you lose from your head?
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The woman whose cells never die
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What makes a good story?
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For the love of foreign languages
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Why can't we resist comfort food?
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What is fat-shaming?
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Coronavirus vs other pandemics
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Are trees intelligent?
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Can jellyfish help us solve our problems?
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Why do we choose to text instead of talk?
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Loneliness
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Is punctuality important?
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Could you be a victim of online fraud?
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Melting ice sheet: Is it too late?
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Walkman: the music player revolution
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Could humans live in underwater cities?
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Hacking help for US elections
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Do chimps have the same emotions as us?
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How can we make the web a better place?
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Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment post-pandemic
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Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe
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