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    Pigs on patrol

    Episode 220511 / 11 May 2022

    Learn language related to farming: scarecrow, harvest, crop, soil, fertile

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    ‘Extinct’ fish returns to the wild

    Episode 220504 / 04 May 2022

    Learn language related to disappearing and reappearing: missing, under the radar, bringing (something) back, recovering, making a comeback

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    Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic

    Episode 220427 / 27 Apr 2022

    Learn language related to shipwrecks: preserved, construction, pristine, portholes, raised

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    How to make people like robots

    Episode 220420 / 20 Apr 2022

    Learn language related to behaviour: playful, curious, sociable, interact, accept

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    Hope for people with diabetes

    Episode 220413 / 13 Apr 2022

    Learn vocabulary related to medical treatment: trial, monitors, game changer, quality of life, stabilised.

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    First woman of colour completes a solo expedition across Antarctica

    Episode 220406 / 06 Apr 2022

    Learn language related to physical challenges: comfort zone, gruelling, toughest, reservations, hardships

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    Going for gold in e-waste

    Episode 220330 / 30 Mar 2022

    Learn language related to chemical process: components, extract, heated, end result, recover

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    Restoring Scotland’s saltmarsh

    Episode 220323 / 23 Mar 2022

    Learn vocabulary related to change: transformation, re-engineered, bring (something) back, reappear

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    A family’s hope of ending discrimination

    Episode 220316 / 09 Mar 2022

    Learn language related to discrimination: to face, bullying, uniqueness, educate, stigma.

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    Recycling food waste

    Episode 220309 / 09 Mar 2022

    Learn language related to sustainability: deal with, breaks down, organic matter, sustainable, pathogens

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    Ancient bone found in the Thames

    Episode 220302 / 23 Feb 2022

    Learn language related to rivers: lurking, shallows, causeway, low tide, mudflats

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    Britain's lost Lego

    Episode 220223 / 23 Feb 2022

    Learn language related to the beach and the ocean: wash up, shoreline, off the coast, ocean currents, tide

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    Boxing to beat Parkinson’s disease

    Episode 220216 / 16 Feb 2022

    Learn language related to health and lifestyle: quality of life, rock bottom, medical intervention, exercise-orientated therapy, back on its feet

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    Out-of-hours work ban

    Episode 220209 / 09 Feb 2022

    Learn language related to work: civil servant, job, boss, normal hours, private sector.

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    Electric buses: greener public transport

    Episode 220202 / 27 Jan 2022

    Learn language related to buses: chugging, double-decker, secreted, cabin, range

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    Reducing construction waste

    Episode 220126 / 26 Jan 2022

    Learn language related to construction: wooden pallets, skip, manufacturing, supply chain, building site

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    Following whales round the Southern Ocean

    Episode 220119 / 19 Jan 2022

    Learn language related to researching animals: conducted, tags, track, migrations, transmitting

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    Robotic surgery

    Episode 220112 / 12 Jan 2022

    Learn language related to surgery: operation, medical field, patient, surgeons, keyhole surgery

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    Protecting seahorses

    Episode 220105 / 05 Jan 2022

    Learn language related to sea and boats: teeming with (life), mooring chains, seabed, tide, seafarers

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    Walrus counting

    Episode 211229 / 29 Dec 2021

    Learn language related to walrus: blubbery, grumpy, beasts, scouring, icon

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    Queen's Christmas pantomime costumes displayed

    Episode 211222 / 22 Dec 2021

    Learn vocabulary related to royalty: state rooms, princesses, on the throne, monarch

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    Most advanced polar ship heads for Antarctic

    Episode 211215 / 15 Dec 2021

    Learn language related to sea travel: set sail, top deck, crew, living quarters, vessel

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    The future of shopping

    Episode 211208 / 08 Dec 2021

    Learn language related to consumerism: charged, stock shelves, unmanned, mainstream, digitalisation

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    Dog rescue with a drone

    Episode 211201 / 01 Dec 2021

    Learn language related to seeing things: thermal imaging, heat signatures, spot, the naked eye, jumps out

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    Denmark's green hydrogen

    Episode 211124 / 24 Nov 2021

    Learn vocabulary related to energy: renewable, clean fuel, plant, grid, fossil fuel

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    Alaska's fading coastline

    Episode 211117 / 17 Nov 2021

    Learn vocabulary related to survival: getting harder, lifeline, medevacs, let go of, face

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    Climate change: Islands at risk

    Episode 211110 / 10 Nov 2021

    Learn vocabulary related to climate change: front line, unpredictable, challenge, vulnerable, mitigate

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    World's oldest known art cave

    Episode 211103 / 03 Nov 2021

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    New jobs in the ‘green’ industry

    Episode 211027 / 27 Oct 2021

    Learn language related to climate change: zero carbon, solar, carbon, sustainable, renewable

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    Healthcare robots

    Episode 211020 / 20 Oct 2021

    Learn language related to helping: menial tasks, assistance, augment, portering, made ready

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    Dying seabirds mystery

    Episode 211013 / 13 Oct 2021

    Learn language related to death: mass death, emaciated, toxin, starvation, make it

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    UK’s first ‘no heading’ adult football match

    Episode 210929 / 06 Oct 2021

    Learn language related to brain injuries: diagnosed, dementia, carried out, play a part, struggling

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    Future-proofing Stonehenge

    Episode 210929 / 29 Sep 2021

    Learn language related to construction: scaffolding, protective headgear, lintels, mortar, pillar

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    Cancer blood test trial

    Episode 210922 / 22 Sep 2021

    Learn language related to medicine: blood samples, tumours, early detection, invasive procedures, symptoms

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    Working on Big Ben

    Episode 210915 / 15 Sep 2021

    Learn language related to clocks: hands, demarcations, belfry, chiming, hammer

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    The world's oldest hat shop

    Episode 210908 / 08 Sep 2021

    Learn language related to transformation: survived, evolve, adapt, bounced back, take off

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    ‘Paintings’ for people with visual impairment

    Episode 210901 / 01 Sep 2021

    Learn words related to the senses: texture, contrast, tactile, sighted, triggers

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    Meet the robot artist

    Episode 210825 / 25 Aug 2021

    Learn language related to art: self-portraits, creative, paining, artwork

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    The Quantum Revolution

    Episode 210818 / 18 Aug 2021

    Learn language related to experiments: cusp, defects, harness, inextricably, grasp

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    Piano artificial intelligence

    Episode 210811 / 11 Aug 2021

    Learn words related to music: improvising, composing, original, innovative, showcasing

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    Jurassic fossils found in the UK

    Episode 210804 / 04 Aug 2021

    Learn words and phrases related to fossils: ancient past, natural history, excavate, preservation, fragments

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    Could planting giant trees offset a lifetime’s carbon footprint?

    Episode 210728 / 28 Jul 2021

    Learn the words and phrases related to the future: patient, legacy, long-term, lifetimes, generations to come

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    ‘Foyeco’ – The Togolese stove

    Episode 210721 / 21 Jul 2021

    Learn the words and phrases related to energy: discarded, scraps, residue, toxic, fuel-efficient

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    App-controlled cows help protect dunes

    Episode 210714 / 14 Jul 2021

    Learn the words and phrases related to cows: cattle, grazer, pasture, herd, vets

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    UK's energy revolution

    Episode 210707 / 07 Jul 2021

    Learn language related to energy: wind turbines, generator, wind farms, power, reliant on coal

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    E-scooter rental trials

    Episode 210630 / 30 Jun 2021

    Learn language related to e-scooters: joyriders, threat, congestion, network, legalised

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    Dark matter

    Episode 210623 / 23 Jun 2021

    Learn language related to theories: mysterious, unveiling, tangled, clumped, crumble

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    The cicada invasion

    Episode 210616 / 16 Jun 2021

    Learn language related to insects: droning, metamorphosis, nymph, critters, burrow

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    Stephen Hawking's office

    Episode 210609 / 09 Jun 2021

    Learn language related to character: tenderness, debilitate, willing, determination, prestige

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    Digital skills: “You’re never too old to learn!”

    Episode 210602 / 02 Jun 2021

    Learn language related to technology: video chat, tablet, video calling, connectivity, engagement

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    What we've learned from the children of the 90s

    Episode 210526 / 26 May 2021

    Learn language related to studies: privileged, beneficial, meticulously, journals, contributing

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    Dark sky reserves

    Episode 210519 / 19 May 2021

    Learn the words and phrases related to stargazing: star-strewn, astronomy, the Milky Way, the Northern Lights, expanse

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    The future of the office

    Episode 210512 / 12 May 2021

    Learn language related to working from home: struggling, aberration, splitting, hybrid, through the roof

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    The whitest white paint

    Episode 210505 / 05 May 2021

    Learn language related to discoveries: embraced, estimate, formulation, relatively, breakthroughs

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    The restoration of Notre Dame

    Episode 210428 / 28 Apr 2021

    Learn language related to reconstruction: dismantling, mangled, rafters, sprouted, contemporary

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    Decline in richness of marine life near equator

    Episode 210421 / 21 Apr 2021

    Learn language related to climate change, hotspots, a wink of an eye, systemic, devastate, stark

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    How will Brexit affect the flower industry?

    Episode 210414 / 14 Apr 2021

    Learn language related to trade: wholesale, consumer, auction, supply and demand, like clockwork

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    Africa’s endangered elephants

    Episode 210407 / 07 Apr 2021

    Learn language related to threats and warnings: poaching, destruction, faring, critically, wake-up call

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    Changing how we view the Universe

    Episode 210331 / 31 Mar 2021

    Learn language related to scientific discovery: profound consequences, hints, baffling, shed some light on, giant leap forward

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    Discovering the Universe’s best kept secrets

    Episode 210324 / 24 Mar 2021

    Learn language related to science: particles, detect, capturing, evolved

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    Kenyan fishermen and women saving the planet

    Episode 210317 / 17 Mar 2021

    Learn language related to fishing: catch, the fruits of, source of income, scarce, labour-intensive

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    The dentist helping a koala to walk

    Episode 210310 / 10 Mar 2021

    Learn language related to improving health: prosthetic, patient, mobility, rejuvenated, quality of life

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    Badger intruder

    Episode 210303 / 03 Mar 2021

    Learn language related to animal behaviour and characteristics: squishy, unfazed, lured, personality, imprinted

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    Hunting for the missing great white sharks

    Episode 210224 / 24 Feb 2021

    Learn language related to crime: mysteriously, suspects, detectives, crime scene, prime suspects

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    Night walking in the UK

    Episode 210217 / 17 Feb 2021

    Learn language related to darkness: descends, after dark, night walker, forbidding

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    Roller-skating making a comeback

    Episode 210210 / 10 Feb 2021

    Learn language related to new hobbies: challenge, switch off, craze, life's too short, captivated

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    The 100-year-old magic trick

    Episode 210203 / 03 Feb 2021

    Learn the words and phrases related to magic: moment, illusion, captured their imagination, glory, landmark

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    Dealing with Rome’s starling problem

    Episode 210127 / 27 Jan 2021

    Learn the words and phrases related to humans vs nature: predators, murmuration, nuisance, augur, coexist

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    Farming the sea for the food of the future

    Episode 210120 / 20 Jan 2021

    Learn the words and phrases related to farming: food bowl, reared, blue economy, aquaculture, supply chains

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    Extreme E: The new electric motorsports series

    Episode 210113 / 13 Jan 2021

    Learn today's words related to power: horsepower, acceleration, generate, fuel cell, capable

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    Fruit fashion

    Episode 210106 / 06 Jan 2021

    Learn the words and phrases related to design: standards, sewed, vision, ran with it

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    Bookshop in 'fairy-tale' tweet

    Episode 201230 / 30 Dec 2020

    Learn today's words: quaint, quirky, forlorn, weird

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    Lighting up the railway for Christmas

    Episode 201223 / 23 Dec 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to sentimentality: spectacular, wonder, Christmassy, touching, magical

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    Tackling a tide of plastic

    Episode 201216 / 16 Dec 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to helping the planet: the final straw, strong sign, responsibility, functioning, trajectory

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    New life for world’s loneliest elephant

    Episode 201209 / 09 Dec 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to animal welfare: captivity, vocal supporter, treated, distress, logistical

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    Trains powered by the Sun

    Episode 201202 / 02 Dec 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to power: solar power, feeding, a push, the grid, sources

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    Ban on new petrol and diesel cars in UK from 2030

    Episode 201125 / 25 Nov 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to cars: performance,top end, range, charge points, museum pieces

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    Polar bear moves house!

    Episode 201118 / 18 Nov 2020

    Learn words and phrases related to animal conservation: captured hearts, baby steps, bring into the world, fingers crossed, settling into

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    Koalas return to the wild

    Episode 201111 / 11 Nov 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to wildlife: ecology, survive, raise, joey, thrive

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    Restoring an English cathedral

    Episode 201104 / 04 Nov 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to restoration: spire, parapets, stonemasons, forebears, artisans

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    Camping on a cliff edge

    Episode 201028 / 28 Oct 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to business: cooped up, transformed, diversified, saving grace, adapt

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    Plans to land first woman on the Moon

    Episode 201021 / 21 Oct 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to exploration: sustainable, conduct, collaboration, a giant step, discoveries

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    The dogs sniffing out coronavirus

    Episode 201014 / 14 Oct 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to smell: sense of smell, olfaction, sniff out, odour, detect

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    Jet pack medics to the rescue

    Episode 201007 / 07 Oct 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to medical emergencies: critically ill, paramedic, rapid response, cardiac arrest, defibrillator

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    Making ‘plastic’ from peas

    Episode 200930 / 30 Sep 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to technology: engineer, protein, microcapsules, perfect, microplastics

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    Melting glacier

    Episode 200923 / 23 Sep 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to speed: rate, accelerated, rapidly, exceptional, quickly

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    Jon Bon Jovi helps food bank

    Episode 200916 / 09 Sep 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to helping people: hands-on, philanthropic, stepped in, godsend

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    Surfing therapy

    Episode 200909 / 09 Sep 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to therapy: healing properties, rehabilitation, stimulate, the blues, ride out the storm

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    Driverless cars to be on UK roads?

    Episode 200902 / 02 Sep 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to driving: test track, control freak, swerving, liable, competent

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    Free flowers to bring happiness

    Episode 200826 / 26 Aug 2020

    Learn the words and phrases related to happiness

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    Famous London museum reopens

    Episode 200819 / 19 Aug 2020

    Learn the words and phrases: airy, exploring, galleries, extensive

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    The worldwide plastic problem

    Episode 200812 / 12 Aug 2020

    Learn the words and phrases: scale, staggering, unimaginable, estimated, daunting

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    Tourism trouble in Egypt

    Episode 200805 / 05 Aug 2020

    Learn the words and phrases: killed off, a blow, turmoil, on a mission, counting on

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    The woman leading UAE's Mars mission

    Episode 200729 / 29 Jul 2020

    Learn the words and phrases:a big deal, destined, comprehensive, Martian mystery, space race

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    London unlocked

    Episode 200722 / 22 Jul 2020

    Learn the words: a new normal,make the most of it, liberating, weather this storm, reshape

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    Mexico’s ‘underwater kingdom’

    Episode 200715 / 15 Jul 2020

    Learn the words: unravel, preserved, evidence, rare, excavation

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    Wildlife in lockdown

    Episode 200708 / 08 Jul 2020

    Learn the words: profound, migrations, unprecedented, insight, inform

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    Stonehenge: Second monument discovered

    Episode 200701 / 01 Jul 2020

    Learn the words: archaeologists, shafts, pits, oriented, ritualistic

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    Preparing the Queen's horses

    Episode 200624 / 24 Jun 2020

    Learn the words: parade, fixture, pomp and pageantry, ceremonial, champing at the bit

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    Virtual safari

    Episode 200617 / 17 Jun 2020

    Learn the words: live, commentary, performance, audience, technology

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    Back to school

    Episode 200610 / 10 Jun 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: scrub, shields, visors, monitoring

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    Defending ourselves from meteorites

    Episode 200603 / 03 Jun 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: meteorite, orbit, Solar System, asteroid, shooting star

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    Greenhouse dining

    Episode 200527 / 27 May 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: a state of, anxiety, concerns, reservations, reassurance

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    Recycling bikes for health workers

    Episode 200520 / 20 May 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: resurrected, second-hand, refurbished, breathing new life into, schemes

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    Our plastic ocean

    Episode 200513 / 13 May 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: accumulations, flushed, breaks down, fragments, fragile

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    Prickles the sheep has been found!

    Episode 200506 / 06 May 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: a master of, condition, herd, fleece, shearer

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    Coronavirus: How to avoid back pain while working from home

    Episode 200429 / 29 Apr 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: postures, aches, extremities, small of your back

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    Coronavirus: Help on two wheels

    Episode 200422 / 22 Apr 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: stuck at home, self-isolate, keep ourselves to ourselves, lockdown, stick together

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    Creating African comic superheroes

    Episode 200415 / 15 Apr 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: movement, put (something) on the map, perspective, talents, entrepreneurship

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    Marvel’s Spider-Man artist teaching children to draw online

    Episode 200408 / 08 Apr 2020

    Learn today's phrases:a little bit down, brought a bit of a smile to my face, in good spirits, a bit worrying, can't help but feel good

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    Coronavirus - lessons from an ancient plague village

    Episode 200401 / 01 Apr 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: isolate, measure up, acts of kindness, close-knit, humanity

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    Can trees help climate change?

    Episode 200325 / 25 Mar 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: experiment, instruments, tracks, monitored, don't put all your eggs in one basket

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    Changing Antarctica

    Episode 200318 / 18 Mar 2021

    Learn today's words and phrases: challenge, compensated, thrive, adapt, to their max

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    Recycling chopsticks

    Episode 200311 / 11 Mar 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: resource, infused, modular, press, mass-produce

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    Turning pineapples into bags

    Episode 200304 / 04 Mar 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: reward, penny, income, purses, set you back

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    Turning moon dust into water

    Episode 200226 / 26 Feb 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: lunar, rocket fuel, propellant, mission

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    New treatment for nut allergy

    Episode 200219 / 19 Feb 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: anaphylaxis, hives, tolerant, diagnosis, dietary restrictions

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    Women in space

    Episode 200212 / 12 Feb 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: capsule, gravity, cosmonaut, mission, spacewalk

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    Beating your fear of spiders

    Episode 200205 / 05 Feb 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: the heebie-jeebies, phobia, getting over, bother, crippling fear

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    Hot-air balloon legend

    Episode 200129 / 29 Jan 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: gravity-defying, floating, gliding, volume

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    The hungry swans

    Episode 200122 / 22 Jan 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: irresistible, familiar, nuisance,bother

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    Australia fires: Farmers face losses

    Episode 200115 / 15 Jan 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: flames, bush fire, burnt out, tinder dry

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    Taking the stress out of surgery

    Episode 200108 / 08 Jan 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: prepped, localised anaesthetic, sedation, operating table, undergoing

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    Dog garden

    Episode 200101 / 01 Jan 2020

    Learn today's words and phrases: sensory, stimulation, rehabilitate, enrich, socialise

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    Christmas toys for children in poverty

    Episode 191225 / 25 Dec 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: appeal, food bank, suffering, stigma

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    Deep-sea mining

    Episode 191218 / 19 Dec 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: excavating, sources, rich in, on the brink, ventures

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    Discovering the code of all life

    Episode 191211 / 11 Dec 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: teeming with life, biomedical sciences, DNA sequence, breed crops, decipher the genetic code

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    Victoria Falls: Is Zimbabwe drying up?

    Episode 191204 / 04 Dec 2019

    Learn today's words: drought, unsustainable, crisis, crippled, collapse

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    Mapping the dead

    Episode 191127 / 27 Nov 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: resting place, headstones, grave, cemetery, decay

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    French restaurants fighting climate change

    Episode 191120 / 20 Nov 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: waste food, compost, organic, landfill, greenhouse gas

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    Toy-free play trial

    Episode 191113 / 13 Nov 2019

    Learn the words and phrases: nursery, imagination, dexterity, deprive, gender

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    Oysters: an eco-friendly delicacy?

    Episode 191106 / 06 Nov 2019

    Learn today's words: loch, mudflats, reefs, incoming tide, estuary

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    VR: The secret of Mona Lisa's smile

    Episode 191030 / 30 Oct 2019

    Learn today's words: exhibition, work, composition, studies, artworks

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    Virtual Reality Therapy: helping old people remember

    Episode 191023 / 23 Oct 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: care home, dementia, trip down memory lane, no longer with us, disorientating

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    The woman who swims inside icebergs

    Episode 191016 / 16 Oct 2019

    Learn today's words: adrenalin junkie, rescue, shifting environment, mind-numbing fear, dangerous endeavour

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    Mind-reading machine helps man walk again

    Episode 191009 / 09 Oct 2019

    Learn today's words: robotic, exoskeleton, implants, beamed, kit

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    Electric car island

    Episode 191002 / 02 Oct 2019

    Learn today's words: generated, renewable, reversible, electricity grid, powered

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    Would you crowdfund a cow?

    Episode 190925 / 25 Sep 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: tough business, hurdles, running, traded a life, life-changing

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    Rainbow recycling

    Episode 190918 / 18 Sep 2019

    Learn today's words: sort, colour code, jumbled up, separate, cross-contamination

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    Searching for the Loch Ness Monster

    Episode 190911 / 11 Sep 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: mystery, definitive explanation, plausible, unconvinced, unidentified

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    Baby elephant zoo trade banned

    Episode 190904 / 04 Sep 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: prohibited, compromise, loopholes, exceptional circumstances, significant victory

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    The Amazon and climate change

    Episode 190828 / 28 Aug 2019

    Learn today's words: carbon dioxide, heating up, global warming, deforestation, fossil fuels

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    Climate change: Can floating farms help us cope?

    Episode 190821 / 21 Aug 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: dairy products, milked, manure, herd, animal welfare

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    No-deal Brexit: What happens to British tourists?

    Episode 190814 / 14 Aug 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: complicated, put (someone) off, implications, hard facts, straightforward

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    Meet the 'Asian Iceman'

    Episode 190807 / 07 Aug 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: refreshed, awakening, natural high, clarity, mental strength

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    Extreme weather: Is it caused by climate change?

    Episode 190731 / 31 Jul 2019

    Learn today's words: scorching, heatwaves, heating up, drought-resistant, baking

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    The end for London’s oldest boats?

    Episode 190724 / 24 Jul 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: vessel, tide, fleets, skipper, on course

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    Moon Landing: Why was Neil Armstrong first?

    Episode 190717 / 17 Jul 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: qualified, a man of many talents, broad viewpoint, broad exposure, representative

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    Britain’s largest female sculpture

    Episode 190710 / 10 Jul 2019

    Learn today's words: incongruous, imposing, stance, dynamic, bemusement

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    AI recruitment

    Episode 190703 / 03 Jul 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: character traits, roles, applicants, talent pool, jobs market

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    Rhinos taken back to Rwanda

    Episode 190626 / 26 Jun 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: feeding time, keepers, released into the wild, critically endangered

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    Turning plastic into sportswear

    Episode 190619 / 19 Jun 2019

    Learn today's words: thread, yarn, polyester, textiles, apparel

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    Robot recycling

    Episode 190612 / 12 Jun 2019

    Learn today's words: puncture-resistant, sensors, simulated, algorithms, automation

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    Ultra-processed food health warning

    Episode 190605 / 05 Jun 2019

    Learn today's words: industrial processing, diets, nutritional content, additive, rich in

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    The 2019 Cricket World Cup

    Episode 190529 / 29 May 2019

    Learn today's words: rivalries, round-robin, favourites, warm-up game, trophy

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    Trees talking to trees

    Episode 190522 / 22 May 2019

    Learn today's words: fungi, nutrients, subterranean, vulnerable, flourish

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    Love symbol hidden in masterpiece

    Episode 190515 / 15 May 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: restoring, varnish, painstaking, stroke

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    Prince Harry: Proud father

    Episode 190508 / 08 May 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: well-wishers, settling into, delight, to die for, over the moon

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    Using cow waste to fight climate change

    Episode 190501 / 01 May 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: erosion, degradation, dung, pasture, depleted

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    Meet Britain's first trainee guide pony

    Episode 190424 / 24 Apr 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: hack it, coping, take it in his stride, naysayer

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    Harry Potter: Wizard banking!

    Episode 190417 / 17 Apr 2019

    Learn today's words: treasures, currency, vault, profits, turnover

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    The popularity of raw milk

    Episode 190410 / 10 Apr 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: dairy farmer, raw milk, pasteurised, teat

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    The woman who feels no pain

    Episode 190403 / 03 Apr 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: pain sensitivity, response to pain, pain thresholds, chronic pain

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    Robot grocery deliveries

    Episode 190327 / 27 Mar 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: convenience, handed over, the order is placed, on its way, tampered with

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    Tackling food waste and obesity

    Episode 190320 / 20 Mar 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: leftover, piling up, stale, culinary, loading up

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    Electrifying Africa

    Episode 190313 / 13 Mar 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: sustainability, convert, surplus, small-scale, solar system,

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    Why are we ticklish?

    Episode 190306 / 06 Mar 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: tickling sensation, nerve endings, electrical signals, defence mechanism

  • completed

    Maya Bay: Saving paradise

    Episode 190227 / 27 Feb 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: landscape, tourists, tourist attraction, to dock, preservation

  • completed

    The harpoon that clears space junk

    Episode 190220 / 20 Feb 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: mission, space station, satellite, orbit, celestial

  • completed

    3D printing human anatomy

    Episode 190213 / 13 Feb 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: anatomy, organs, abdomen, cadavers

  • completed

    The changing sound of whale song

    Episode 190206 / 06 Feb 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: tunes, singing from the same song sheet, embellishments, start from scratch, musical repertoire

  • completed

    The recycled-goods shopping mall

    Episode 190130 / 30 Jan 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: second-hand, upcycled, broken-down, handmade, worn-out

  • completed

    Bollywood bridal wear

    Episode 190123 / 23 Jan 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: luxury, in demand, swanky, off-the-rack, glamour

  • completed

    Frozen in time: Inside London's ice well

    Episode 190116 / 16 Jan 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: supplying, sourced locally, imported, distributed, commercial

  • completed

    Is screen use really bad for kids?

    Episode 190109 / 09 Jan 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: digital entertainment, toxic, sedentary occupation, keep you up at night, screen time limits

  • completed

    Taking a look at eye yoga

    Episode 190102 / 02 Jan 2019

    Learn today's words and phrases: eye strain, short-sighted, long-sighted, anatomically

  • completed

    Clothing and the environment

    Episode 181226 / 26 Dec 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: junked, scrapped, incinerated, sustainable, throwing away

  • completed

    South Korea's gaming addiction

    Episode 181219 / 19 Dec 2018

    Today's words and phrases: psychiatrists, mental well-being, inclusion, express feelings, stigma

  • completed

    Using Buddy Benches to improve mental health

    Episode 181212 / 12 Dec 2018

    Today's words and phrases: psychiatrists, mental well-being, inclusion, express feelings, stigma

  • completed

    Underwater sound pollution

    Episode 181205 / 05 Dec 2018

    Today's words and phrases: listening in on something, picking up sounds, ruptured, eardrum, swamping

  • completed

    Moving London's dead

    Episode 181128 / 28 Nov 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: cemeteries, final resting place, interred, morgue, consecrated ground

  • completed

    The effects of pollution on London's schoolchildren

    Episode 181121 / 21 Nov 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: asthma, stunted lung capacity, exposure, particles, low emission

  • completed

    First woman Physics Nobel winner in 55 years

    Episode 181114 / 14 Nov 2018

    Today's words and phrases: ground-breaking, devised, to get recognised, in the field

  • completed

    Train of the future

    Episode 181107 / 07 Nov 2018

    Learn today's words: diesel, electrification, hydrogen, coal, battery-powered

  • completed

    Dogs could help detect malaria

    Episode 181031 / 31 Oct 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: four-legged friends, on the scent, pooches, sniff out something/someone

  • completed

    Laboratory-grown meat

    Episode 181024 / 24 Oct 2018

    Learn today's word and its different forms: tasty, tastes, taste

  • completed

    Cookery classes for elderly men

    Episode 181017 / 17 Oct 2018

    Today's words and phrases: look after (somebody), carer, relied on, take a weight off (somebody's) shoulders

  • completed

    New hope for brain cancer patients

    Episode 181010 / 10 Oct 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: vaccine, treatment, tumour, immune system, cells

  • completed

    Zimbabwe's female rangers

    Episode 181003 / 03 Oct 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: gruelling, a big ask, break, state financial assistance, blighted

  • completed

    Stonehenge wants your photos

    Episode 180926 / 26 Sep 2018

    Today's words and phrases: vividly, nostalgia, personalise, digital photo album

  • completed

    19 September 2018

    Episode 180919 / 19 Sep 2018

    Today's words and phrases: incarnations, iconic version, rear-engine model, archaic, outmoded

  • completed

    12 September 2018

    Episode 180912 / 12 Sep 2018

    Today's words and phrases: pensioners, contemplating life, loneliness, disability, carers

  • completed

    Gaspard the friendly fox

    Episode 180905 / 05 Sep 2018

    Today's words and phrases: unlikeliest of friendships, blossoming, befriended, become familiar with, trusting

  • completed

    Cambodia's tuk-tuk rivals

    Episode 180829 / 29 Aug 2018

    Today's words and phrases: cyclos, tuk-tuk, auto-rickshaw, ride-hailing, carriages

  • completed

    The secret recipe of ancient mummification

    Episode 180822 / 22 Aug 2018

    Today's words and phrases: preserved, embalming, antibacterial, prevent something from decaying, intact

  • completed

    The AI that spots eye disease

    Episode 180815 / 15 Aug 2018

    Today's words and phrases: on the brink of, jaw-dropping, gasp, game changer, the advent of

  • completed

    Strandbeests - Theo Jansen's mechanical artworks

    Episode 180808 / 08 Aug 2018

    Today's words and phrases: engineer, powered by, trial and error, mechanical, robust design

  • completed

    Child announcer on London Underground

    Episode 180801 / 01 Aug 2018

    Today's words and phrases: safety, take care, handrail, injured, takes notice

  • completed

    25 July 2018

    Episode 180725 / 25 Jul 2018

    Today's words and phrases: exploring, tracked, identify, monitored, carry out

  • completed

    18 July 2018

    Episode 180718 / 18 Jul 2018

    Today's words and phrases: smoulder, wildfires, smoky, plume, drifting

  • completed

    11 July 2018

    Episode 180711 / 11 Jul 2018

    Today's words and phrases: freshest, going green, pesticides, harvested, horticulture

  • completed

    4 July 2018

    Episode 180704 / 04 Jul 2018

    Today's words and phrases: flypasts, the RAF, air traffic centre, airspace, aircraft

  • completed

    27 June 2018

    Episode 180627 / 27 Jun 2018

    Today's words and phrases: passion, motivation, collective achievement, inspiration

  • completed

    20 June 2018

    Episode 180620 / 20 Jun 2018

    Today's words and phrases: critically endangered, wiped out, rearing (something) in captivity, sanctuary

  • completed

    13 June 2018

    Episode 180613 / 13 Jun 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: pristine, microplastics, airborne, contaminated

  • completed

    6 June 2018

    Episode 180606 / 06 Jun 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: accurate record, keep tabs on, adjust, catalogue

  • completed

    30 May 2018

    Episode 180530 / 30 May 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: dolphinariums, in captivity, human-animal bonds, in the wild

  • completed

    23 May 2018

    Episode 180523 / 23 May 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: put through their paces, dieticians, getting fit, leaner, burning calories

  • completed

    How tourism and science work together in Antarctica

    Episode 180522 / 18 May 2022

    Learn language related to behaviour: alluring, remote, expedition, ambassadors, fragile

  • completed

    16 May 2018

    Episode 180516 / 16 May 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: whirlwind romance, tying the knot, blind date, fell in love, engagement

  • completed

    9 May 2018

    Episode 180509 / 09 May 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: a labour of love, stripped back, bare metal, painstaking refurbishment, architectural brilliance

  • completed

    2 May 2018

    Episode 180502 / 02 May 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: lifeblood, sustenance, make a living, way of life, in the doldrums

  • completed

    25 April 2018

    Episode 180425 / 25 Apr 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: rate, analysed, dataset, on average

  • completed

    18 April 2018

    Episode 180418 / 18 Apr 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: depressed, open up, comfort, counsellor, therapist

  • completed

    11 April 2018

    Episode 180411 / 11 Apr 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: eats away, chip, swishing, acidic, erode

  • completed

    4 April 2018

    Episode 180404 / 04 Apr 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: stale bread, leftover, niche, raising awareness

  • completed

    28 March 2018

    Episode 180328 / 28 Mar 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: sugar tax, half the price, revenue-raising measure, policies, fall in consumption

  • completed

    21 March 2018

    Episode 180321 / 21 Mar 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: shake up, giving it a shot, a viable alternative, pie in the sky

  • completed

    14 March 2018

    Episode 180314 / 14 Mar 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: chunks, flying buttress, brace, Gothic masonry, crumbles

  • completed

    7 March 2018

    Episode 180307 / 07 Mar 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: litter, versatile, to hammer home, new lease of life, eye-catching

  • completed

    28 February 2018

    Episode 180228 / 28 Feb 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: vital signs, monitor (their) progress, speed (her) recovery, medical team, heart rate

  • completed

    21 February 2018

    Episode 180221 / 21 Feb 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: pilot scheme, gain traction, draw inspiration (from), government guidelines, champion

  • completed

    14 February 2018

    Episode 180214 / 14 Feb 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: jobseeker, contract, short-term, candidates, the competition

  • completed

    7 February 2018

    Episode 180207 / 07 Feb 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: exporting, generate, diversify, funding, mainstay

  • completed

    31 January 2018

    Episode 180131 / 31 Jan 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: glimpse, hurtling, miles an hour, test track, cut the journey

  • completed

    24 January 2018

    Episode 180124 / 24 Jan 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: glacial ice, icy seas, frigid ice, wall of life, unique ecosystem

  • completed

    17 January 2018

    Episode 180117 / 17 Jan 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: sanctuary, rescue centre, rehab, recuperation

  • completed

    10 January 2018

    Episode 180110 / 10 Jan 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: robot, artificial intelligence, driverless cars, autonomous cab

  • completed

    3 January 2018

    Episode 180103 / 03 Jan 2018

    Learn today's words and phrases: stacking, stock, displays, promotions, running

  • completed

    27 December 2017

    Episode 171227 / 27 Dec 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: genetic defeat, clot, bleeding, blood clotting proteins, Factor Eight

  • completed

    20 December 2017

    Episode 171220 / 20 Dec 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: faint-hearted, steep, gradient, weak at the knees, descent

  • completed

    13 December 2017

    Episode 171213 / 13 Dec 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: hearing impairment, stimulate, hearing acuity, discriminate

  • completed

    6 December 2017

    Episode 171206 / 06 Dec 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: creatures, thrive, ecology, species, food web

  • completed

    29 November 2017

    Episode 171129 / 29 Nov 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: towers above, active, peak, eruption, lava

  • completed

    22 November 2017

    Episode 171122 / 22 Nov 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: sell-by date, discarded, overproduction, surplus, landfill

  • completed

    15 November 2017

    Episode 171115 / 15 Nov 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: tombs, civilisations, ancient wonders, treasure, centuries-old heritage

  • completed

    8 November 2017

    Episode 171108 / 08 Nov 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: species, DNA, genetic comparisons, evolutionary history, breakthrough

  • completed

    1 November 2017

    Episode 171101 / 01 Nov 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: biological clock, open-heart surgery, complications, high-risk patients, medicine

  • completed

    25 October 2017

    Episode 171025 / 25 Oct 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: resistant, antibiotics, transmitted, prophylaxis, disinfect

  • completed

    18 October 2017

    Episode 171018 / 18 Oct 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: sinister, threatening, in distress, do more harm than good

  • completed

    11 October 2017

    Episode 171011 / 11 Oct 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: dumped, collections, sustainable materials, break down, micro level

  • completed

    4 October 2017

    Episode 171004 / 04 Oct 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: desertification, erode, humidity, drought-resistant, planting

  • completed

    27 September 2017

    Episode 170927 / 27 Sep 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: get connected, chip, tracked, tagging, smarter

  • completed

    20 September 2017

    Episode 170920 / 20 Sep 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: a comeback, brought back from the dead, breeding programme, staging its return, released back into the wild

  • completed

    13 September 2017

    Episode 170913 / 13 Sep 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: therapist, anxiety, depression, therapeutic quality, stimulating

  • completed

    6 September 2017

    Episode 170906 / 06 Sep 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: Saturn, ring system, aurora, probe, atmosphere

  • completed

    30 August 2017

    Episode 170830 / 30 Aug 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: penetrate, ponder, notorious, blanket ban

  • completed

    23 August 2017

    Episode 170823 / 23 Aug 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: outraged, inspired by fiction, crowned, podiatrist

  • completed

    16 August 2017

    Episode 170816 / 16 Aug 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: impunity, uncharted, keep up with the Joneses, child's play

  • completed

    9 August 2017

    Episode 170809 / 09 Aug 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: elective, forsaking, fairly and squarely, top dog

  • completed

    26 July 2017

    Episode 170726 / 26 Jul 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: segregated, front-runner, vehicles, internal combustion engine

  • completed

    19 July 2017

    Episode 170719 / 19 Jul 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: breadwinner, habitat, drastically

  • completed

    12 July 2017

    Episode 170712 / 12 Jul 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: vicious cycle, vices, welfare

  • completed

    5 July

    Episode 170705 / 05 Jul 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: cap, stood down, remains

  • completed

    28 June

    Episode 170628 / 28 Jun 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: brainpower, humorously, crowd-pleaser

  • completed

    21 June

    Episode 170621 / 21 Jun 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: immune system, buzz, mammals

  • completed

    14 June

    Episode 170614 / 14 Jun 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: set off, the wild, volunteers

  • completed

    7 June 2017

    Episode 170607 / 07 Jun 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases:

  • completed

    31 May 2017

    Episode 170531 / 31 May 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: bacteria, hub, turn their lives around

  • completed

    24 May 2017

    Episode 170524 / 24 May 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: grieving, overdrive, coordinated

  • completed

    17 May 2017

    Episode 170517 / 17 May 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: myth, smuggle, has a knack for

  • completed

    10 May 2017

    Episode 170510 / 10 May 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: condition, draw, is down to

  • completed

    3 May 2017

    Episode 170503 / 03 May 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: trawled through, persuaded, obsession

  • completed

    26 April 2017

    Episode 170426 / 26 Apr 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: solar power, remarkable, sanctuary

  • completed

    19 April 2017

    Episode 170419 / 19 Apr 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: tunnelling, put a spin on, camaraderie

  • completed

    12 April 2017

    Episode 170412 / 12 Apr 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: side-effects, green businesses, backstory

  • completed

    5 April 2017

    Episode 170405 / 05 Apr 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: scarce, crammed, plight

  • completed

    29 March 2017

    Episode 170329 / 29 Mar 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: triggered, unpick, unfolding, hologram

  • completed

    22 March 2017

    Episode 170322 / 22 Mar 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: underway, stands out, making history

  • completed

    15 March 2017

    Episode 170315 / 15 Mar 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: besieged, salvo, turnaround, upstaged

  • completed

    8 March 2017

    Episode 170308 / 08 Mar 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: steeped in, emissions, far-fetched

  • completed

    1 March 2017

    Episode 170301 / 01 Mar 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: upside, catching their breath, dexterity

  • completed

    22 February 2017

    Episode 170222 / 22 Feb 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: visually impaired, engineered, heading out

  • completed

    15 February 2017

    Episode 170215 / 15 Feb 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: fall from grace, rip-off goods, a range of

  • completed

    8 February 2017

    Episode 170208 / 08 Feb 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: relics, comprehensive, sorted

  • completed

    1 February 2017

    Episode 170201 / 01 Feb 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: outrageous, looking into, hermit

  • completed

    25 January 2017

    Episode 170125 / 25 Jan 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: premature, wholesome, obesity

  • completed

    18 January 2017

    Episode 170118 / 18 Jan 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: predominantly, devastating, cited, controversial

  • completed

    11 January 2017

    Episode 170111 / 11 Jan 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: seedy, urban areas, cubs

  • completed

    4 January 2017

    Episode 170104 / 04 Jan 2017

    Learn today's words and phrases: mock-up, social isolation, daredevils

  • completed

    28 December 2016

    Episode 161228 / 28 Dec 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: pioneering, safe haven, distracted

  • completed

    21 December 2016

    Episode 161221 / 21 Dec 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: cabin feverish, harness, holographic, companion

  • completed

    14 December 2016

    Episode 161214 / 14 Dec 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: a testament, lived rough, sanctuaries, urban oasis

  • completed

    7 December 2016

    Episode 161207 / 07 Dec 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: in labour, keeping up, up close

  • completed

    30 November 2016

    Episode 161130 / 30 Nov 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: mourning, cathartic release, prognosis, advance

  • completed

    23 November 2016

    Episode 161123 / 23 Nov 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: evade tax, traces, solving

  • completed

    16 November 2016

    Episode 161116 / 16 Nov 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: evade tax, traces, solving

  • completed

    9 November 2016

    Episode 161109 / 09 Nov 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: storm, shattering the dreams, makeshift, inspired

  • completed

    2 November 2016

    Episode 161102 / 02 Nov 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: airlifted, side effects, released

  • completed

    26 October 2016

    Episode 161026 / 26 Oct 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: given the green light, severity, charity

  • completed

    19 October 2016

    Episode 161019 / 19 Oct 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: classified, deficiency, vessel

  • completed

    12 October 2016

    Episode 161012 / 12 Oct 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: destabilise, appetite, limiting the damage, nudge

  • completed

    5 October 2016

    Episode 161005 / 05 Oct 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: inability, deadline, stigma, auctioned

  • completed

    28 September 2016

    Episode 160928 / 28 Sep 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: forging, injuries, novel

  • completed

    21 September 2016

    Episode 160921 / 21 Sep 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: potential, saddened, sensation

  • completed

    14 September 2016

    Episode 160914 / 14 Sep 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: address, leaked, cracked

  • completed

    7 September 2016

    Episode 160907 / 07 Sep 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: outbreaks, passed away, spotted

  • completed

    31 August 2016

    Episode 160831 / 31 Aug 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: marine reserve, orbiting, mourning

  • completed

    24 August 2016

    Episode 160824 / 24 Aug 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: peer, underestimated, put down to

  • 17 August 2016

    Episode 160817 / 17 Aug 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: medal tally, feeds on, cheating

  • completed

    10 August 2016

    Episode 160810 / 10 Aug 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: wondering, to log, stylish, unveiled

  • completed

    3 August 2016

    Episode 160803 / 03 Aug 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: questioned, remotely, insight

  • completed

    27 July 2016

    Episode 160727 / 27 Jul 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: breaking through, eluded, blazes, prematurely

  • completed

    20 July 2016

    Episode 160720 / 20 Jul 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: candidate, damning, trend

  • completed

    13 July 2016

    Episode 160713 / 13 Jul 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: pressing, scene, malnutrition, so-called

  • completed

    6 July 2016

    Episode 160706 / 06 Jul 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: on such a scale, judgement, on record, loggers

  • completed

    29 June 2016

    Episode 160629 / 29 Jun 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: propaganda, urged, distinguished

  • completed

    22 June 2016

    Episode 160622 / 22 Jun 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: cracks down, merciless, infrastructure, think tank

  • completed

    15 June 2016

    Episode 160615 / 15 Jun 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: on high alert, paddling, range

  • completed

    8 June 2016

    Episode 160608 / 08 Jun 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: to contest, victimised, swells

  • completed

    1 June 2016

    Episode 160601 / 01 Jun 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: bitter stand-off, the heart of, thriving

  • completed

    25 May 2016

    Episode 160525 / 25 May 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: bailout funds, samples, collaborative

  • completed

    18 May 2016

    Episode 160518 / 18 May 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: missing, submerged, rapturous

  • completed

    11 May 2016

    Episode 160511 / 11 May 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: highly symbolic, obliterated, inflicted, exoplanets

  • completed

    4 May 2016

    Episode 160504 / 04 May 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: presumptive, inappropriately, long-standing

  • completed

    27 April 2016

    Episode 160427 / 27 Apr 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: catastrophically, fall silent, scaffolding, glimpse, delivery

  • completed

    20 April 2016

    Episode 160420 / 20 Apr 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: to date, precious, valuable

  • completed

    13 April 2016

    Episode 160413 / 13 Apr 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: ambitious, exceptional, triumph, the height of, winning hearts

  • completed

    6 April 2016

    Episode 160406 / 06 Apr 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: prominent, prompted, honoured

  • completed

    30 March 2016

    Episode 160330 / 30 Mar 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: driverless, choking, toxic, abundance, predominantly

  • completed

    23 March 2016

    Episode 160323 / 23 Mar 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: mourning, odious, abnormally, unrealistic

  • completed

    16 March 2016

    Episode 160316 / 16 Mar 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: triggered, remarkable, outrage

  • completed

    9 March 2016

    Episode 160309 / 09 Mar 2016

    Learn today's words: violate, solar eclipse, influential, accomplishments

  • completed

    2 March 2016

    Episode 160302 / 02 Mar 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: dominated, warning, manned

  • completed

    24 February 2016

    Episode 160224 / 24 Feb 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: have come out, recalling, caesarean

  • completed

    17 February 2016

    Episode 160217 / 17 Feb 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: restoring, seized, went under the knife

  • completed

    10 February 2016

    Episode 160210 / 10 Feb 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: outsider, refurbishing, adapting

  • completed

    3 February 2016

    Episode 160203 / 03 Feb 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: hailed, hampering, backlog, prediction

  • completed

    27 January 2016

    Episode 160127 / 27 Jan 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: crossing, sporadic, spot

  • completed

    20 January 2016

    Episode 160120 / 20 Jan 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: evenly, condition, boycott

  • completed

    13 January 2016

    Episode 160113 / 13 Jan 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: vowed, partisan, bold ambition, census, iconic

  • completed

    6 January 2016

    Episode 160106 / 06 Jan 2016

    Learn today's words and phrases: announcement, suspended, bionic

  • completed

    30 December 2015

    Episode 151230 / 30 Dec 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: nominate, replacement, manned

  • completed

    23 December 2015

    Episode 151223 / 23 Dec 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: confront, reinforces, stepping down

  • completed

    16 December 2015

    Episode 151216 / 16 Dec 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: plant, broke new ground, to renovate

  • completed

    9 December 2015

    Episode 151209 / 09 Dec 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: ceasefire, ringleader, allegations

  • completed

    2 December 2015

    Episode 151202 / 02 Dec 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: extremists, raids, pledged

  • completed

    25 November 2015

    Episode 151125 / 25 Nov 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: striving, offset, revolutionary advances, ambassadors

  • completed

    18 November 2015

    Episode 151118 / 18 Nov 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: on the run, legacy of, inevitable anxiety, symptomatic of, caused by

  • completed

    11 November 2015

    Episode 151111 / 11 Nov 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: stem the flow, deteriorating, retaliatory steps, star lot

  • completed

    4 November 2015

    Episode 151104 / 04 Nov 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: investigated, to secure, artisans, donations

  • completed

    28 October 2015

    Episode 151028 / 28 Oct 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: vast army, cutting edge, vaping, kick the habit

  • completed

    21 October 2015

    Episode 151021 / 21 Oct 2015

    Learn today's words and phrases: displaced, launched offensives, defining moment, controversy

  • completed

    14 October 2015

    Episode 151014 / 14 Oct 2015

    Today's Headlines: Israel responds to Jerusalem attacks, Wolf war in French Alps, Man Booker winner announced

  • completed

    7 October 2015

    Episode 151007 / 07 Oct 2015

    Today's Headlines: EU to catch smugglers' boats, Iraqi girls tell their stories on stage, Toddler's miracle operation

  • completed

    30 September 2015

    Episode 150930 / 30 Sep 2015

    Today's Headlines: Dengue fever outbreak in Delhi, Drugs raid in the Caribbean Sea, UK starts womb transplants

  • completed

    23 September 2015

    Episode 150923 / 23 Sep 2015

    Today's Headlines: US investigates Volkswagen, Europe's migrant plan, The art of Pele

  • completed

    16 September 2015

    Episode 150916 / 16 Sep 2015

    Today's Headlines: Border closes for migrants, Wildfires in California, Crisis for world's oceans