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British icons: the panto

It um… pantomime actually originated in Italy um… but when it came to Britain um… of course we've got this wealth of variety and music hall tradition, it became um… a sort of Christmas variety show. But telling, as you know um… children's stories...
Jul 02,2015

Red Nose Day

Every year in March, celebrities and the general public join together for Red Nose Day. You'll see people wearing red noses, red noses on cars, red noses on shirts, the UK is awash with red noses...
Jul 02,2015

The name game 2

For the last level 3 podcast we talked about people changing their names, but for this week's podcastsinenglish.com we're talking about the trend for novel baby names...
Jul 02,2015

The name game extra

Well, it's basically um… just a signed and written document which is a legal document accepted by the people who give you your passport for example or the bank. Um… but now there are many online companies who will give you that piece of paper...
Jul 02,2015

The name game

Well, it's basically um… just a signed and written document which is a legal document accepted by the people who give you your passport for example or the bank. Um… but now there are many online companies who will give you that piece of paper...
Jul 02,2015

Lord of the lip

For the past week I have taken up residence in England, specifically in Castle Thornbury which you can see behind me. Having been surrounded by so much beauty I've indulged in a great many of the traditional English extra-curricula activities including archery, fencing, swashbuckling and the occasion..
Jul 02,2015

The Eagle has landed

On 20th July 1969 about 600 million people watched and listened to the moon landing. I can remember the feelings of watching it on television. The amazement of seeing this thing happening millions of miles away and you could see it in your own sitting room. It was incredible...
Jul 02,2015

Los 33

33 miners, 69 days. The San José mine has been the focus of a global news story for over two months. But what about the miners? For this week's podcastsinenglish.com we're looking at the physical and mental consequences of that event...
Jul 02,2015

The long-distance runner extra

When I was at school I always enjoyed running anyway and then I stopped for a few years but then in the early 1980's there was quite a big boom.....
Jul 02,2015

The long-distance runner

I sat on the settee at home and I watched in 1993, I watched the marathon and I said to my husband, “I'd really like to do a marathon”. So I applied and I... fortunate enough to be accepted so throughout that whole year I gradually increased the amount of miles I was running each week so through ..
Jul 02,2015