Amber: Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to an interview with the young and talented English actor Anna Maxwell Martin. Anna is only 28 and she won a Best Actress BAFTA award in 2006 fo...
Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton. Welcome to Entertainment, which this week has a sports theme. We're going to be finding out about how noise from spectators at sports events affects players or competitors taking part in a sport. Sandy Wilson It's be...
William: Hello and welcome to Entertainment Im William Kremer. [FX canned laughter] Well, the comedy that has made Mr Bean popular around the world doesnt quite work on the radio, since the main character Mr Bean - doesnt actually say anything. It is...
Amber: Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to an interview with a woman who - in the 1980s and 90s - put the word supermodel in the dictionary! Shes Elle Macpherson. Elle began her brilli...
William: Hello and welcome to Entertainment! Im William Kremer. Here at BBC Learning English dot com, were running a short season of programmes marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. This significant anniversary hasnt been...
Yvonne: When we think of the theatre, many of us simply think about being entertained. But actress Pauline Moran, explains how a play can often deliver much more as she tells us about her role in a South African play called Bones. Thats all in todays...
Amber: Hello, Im Amber Barnfather and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we learn about one of the outstanding writers of modern American literature, Kurt Vonnegut, who died on the 11th of April, aged 84. We hear extra...
Amber: Hello, Im Amber and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we visit the largest art event in the Arab world - the Sharjah Art Biennial in the United Arab Emirates. (A biennial is an event that happens every 2 years....
Amber: Hello, Im Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to parts of an interview with a beautiful British screen icon! She talks about fame and good fortune or as she calls it, getting lucky. Julie Christie is fam...
Amber: Hello, Im Amber and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we step into the dynamic world of contemporary dance. We hear parts of an interview with two of the worlds leading dancers: Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan. W...
Amber: Hello, Im Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to a review of a new Hollywood film, The Painted Veil, and we hear how the film which stars Naomi Watts and Edward Norton is different from the classic Engli...
Amber: Hello, Im Amber and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com In Entertainment today, we find out why pop stars are the new fashion designers in other words, why theres a trend for pop stars to start their own clothing labels or brands. For ex...
Amber: Hello, Im Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to two very different views of a new French film called My Best Friend. And by the end of the programme, youll have heard several ways of expressing like and...
Amber: Hello, Im Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to extracts from an interview with John Major, who was the British Prime Minister before Tony Blair. Hes written a book about the history of cricket from the...
William: Hello and welcome to Entertainment, Im William Kremer. Now, if I said the name Turner, would it mean anything to you? Well, you may have heard of JMW Turner, a famous English painter from the 19th Century. But if you read a British newspaper...