6 Minute English
By BBC Radio
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Summary
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 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglishFollow us at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
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Episodes
Dreaming of being a chef
Feb 19, 2026 ∙ 6min
Artistic swimming
Feb 12, 2026 ∙ 6min
Rethinking dyslexia
Feb 5, 2026 ∙ 6min
Why are billionaires building bunkers?
Jan 29, 2026 ∙ 7min
Scared to speak English?
Jan 22, 2026 ∙ 7min