William: Hello and welcome to People and Places. My names William Kremer. Coming up in the programme today, were going to practise listening and [strange noise] and well be finding out what that strange noise is. Now, imagine that you were trapped on...
Jackie: Hello and welcome to People and Places with bbclearningenglish.com and me, Jackie Dalton. Food and eating habits are a big issue in Britain at the moment everyone seems to be worrying that the nation is getting too fat and people dont know ho...
Dima: Hello, I'm Dima, and today we are seeing a doctor. But not an ordinary doctor. Robin Coupland is the adviser on armed violence for the International Committee of the Red Cross who has spent many years as a field surgeon treating victims of land...
Dima: Hello, I'm Dima, and today our guest is Richard Firestone, an American scientist in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who has recently been involved in a fascinating research into an unusual 'meteor', that's a piece of rock or other matter...
Amber: Hello! Today, we meet a young and highly-successful Chinese writer and filmmaker, Xiaolu Guo. She talks about learning English, and about how she had fun trying to find the right kind of English for a character in her best-selling novel, A Con...
Doug: Hello, and welcome to People and Places. I want to talk about politicians and the words they use. This year we have heard from politicians who want to be the President of the United States. For one of the political parties the Democrats there h...
Callum: Hello this is Entertainment and I'm Callum Robertson. We all love going to the movies, seeing the stories and adventures on the big screen. In today's entertainment we take you behind the scenes as we talk to someone who not only goes to the...
Callum: Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is entertainment. On Friday 20th January the 2006 African Cup of Nations football tournament kicked off at the Cairo International Stadium in Egypt. Two days before I was lucky enough to take a guided tour...
Jackie: Hello Im Jackie Dalton and today, were going to find out about space travel and look at some science language. Were going to do this with the help of Jeff Hoffman. Hes a former NASA astronaut an astronaut a person who goes into space. Hes goi...
Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton, welcome to Entertainment. (sfx laughter) Jackie: What makes you happy? Friends, family, art, money, a big TV set? Research shows that having lots of money doesn't always mean being happier. We're about to hear a repo...
Callum: Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is entertainment. In the programme today I'm going to be looking at sounds and talking about sounds we like. Sounds and noises are all around us from the sounds of nature such as the wind in the trees to m...
Yvonne: Im Yvonne Archer and today on Entertainment we review a new and unusual British film called Confetti. The film tells the story of a magazine competition to find the couple with the most original and stylish idea for wedding of the year. Final...
Yvonne: Im Yvonne Archer and today on Entertainment we review a new and unusual British film called Confetti. The film tells the story of a magazine competition to find the couple with the most original and stylish idea for wedding of the year. Final...
Jackie: Hello, welcome to Entertainment! I'm Jackie Dalton. Many countries have a particular type of food or drink which they become associated with. Swiss chocolate, Cuban rum, American burgers. What are the English most associated with? Well, for m...
Callum: Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Entertainment. In today's programme we focus on the language of talking about films. As it's World Cup time, we're going to be looking at reviews of a new film based on a World Cup qualification match....
