BBC Learning English Weekender Carbon Neutral Al Gore Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. Al Gore was the vice president of the United States under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. He very nearly became the President in a contro...
BBC Learning English Weekender Poles in the media Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. One of the largest groups of new migrants to Britain are Poles. In 2004 Poland entered the European Union which gave Polish people much great...
BBC Learning English Weekender Individuals in the news Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson. When you look around the news websites today or read newspapers there are many global stories. Often these stories are about conflict, disaster and tragedy an...
BBC Learning English Weekender Young Nigerians powerful new novel Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. Today, we listen to an interview with the young Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, about her powerful new...
BBC Learning English A True Mancunian Callum:Hello I'm Callum Robertson and welcome to this programme which we've called 'A True Mancunian'. Now, what is a Mancunian, well a Mancunian is a word for someone who comes from the city of Manchester and i...
BBC Learning English Weekender The Housewife Yvonne:Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer and this is Weekender from bbclearningenglish.com! Today, womens lives around the world are often very different from the lives of their grandmothers or even their mothers....
BBC Learning English Weekender Bournemouth Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton. Welcome to Weekender and what better to do with your weekend than go to the seaside to get some fresh sea air? England perhaps doesn't have the long, rolling golden beaches...
BBC Learning English The Monument Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson. London is famous for many of its sights and historical buildings. Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Tower of London, to name but a few. Today I'm visiting one, a monument, which per...
BBC Learning English Weekender Management speak Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. Blue-sky thinking, getting your ducks in a row, thinking out of the box and reading from the same page. What are these strange phrases? Well th...
BBC Learning English Weekender Lost Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. Today I want to talk about one of those stories that you hear in the news from time to time. Not an important international story, not one about politics o...
BBC Learning English Weekender World Affairs Anna:Hello, I'm Anna Jones and in todays programme we re going to be talking to a BBC journalist who reports from all over the world. Mark Doyle works for the BBC World Service as a World Affairs Correspo...
BBC Learning English Weekender Billie Pipers Growing Pains Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. Today, we listen to an interview with a famous pop star, actor and author and shes only 24 years old! Billie Piper firs...
BBC Learning English Weekender Recycling supermarket packaging Yvonne:Hello, youre listening to Weekender from bbclearningenglish.com! Can you guess what were talking about in todays programme? Ben Bradshaw, Environment Minister There was no instruc...
BBC Learning English Weekender My Job Special Yvonne:Hello, Im Yvonne Archer and this is Weekender from bbclearningenglish.com! In todays programme, a My Job special as we hear about the work of a young woman named Sarah Niles. As you listen, try to...
BBC Learning English Weekender Handwriting Anna:Hello, Im Anna Jones and youre listening to Weekender. And this week were talking about handwriting. Just how much can you tell about a persons personality just by looking at how they write? And why do...