BBC: The Flatmates

The Flatmates is an English language teaching soap. It's basically a radio play based on the life of a group of flatmates; like Orson Welle's "The War of the Worlds", but on the Internet, of course.

Unfortunately it's over. So there won't be any new episodes. But the full archive is available online. So you can watch the entire 204 episodes if you wish, and get to know Tim, Helen, Khalid, Alice and Michal.

Each episode has a language point and a quiz so you can practice what you hear and learn even more vocabulary and grammar. And it also seems that listeners might even be able to create their own episodes in the future.

This is high quality stuff. Definitely worth checking out.


The Flatmates


Levels: Intermediate

BBC: 6 Minute English

Quick and to the point. The BBC has many different 6 minute radios shows that you can download or listen to online. This is a great website to listen and have some fun at the same time. There are so many different topics that you won't know which one to choose. Of course, all the broadcasts are in British English and the radio shows also explain many of the difficult words during the program.

Give it a go!

6 Minute English


Difficulty Levels: Intermediate