Learning English Stories Podcast
Improve your English with these short dramas and stories.
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Episodes to download
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Gulliver's Travels: Part 2: War with Blefuscu
Fri 7 Jan 2022
Gulliver goes to war against Lilliput's enemies.
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Gulliver's Travels: Part 1: Voyage to Lilliput
Fri 31 Dec 2021
Our hero Gulliver wakes up in a strange land surrounded by hundreds of tiny people.
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A Christmas Carol - part 5: The End of It
Christmas Eve 2021
In his own bed, in his own room, Scrooge felt happy and ready to change his life.
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A Christmas Carol: Part 4 - The Last of the Spirits
Thu 23 Dec 2021
Scrooge was getting used to the company of ghosts by now but he was afraid of this one.
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A Christmas Carol - Part 3: The Second of Three Spirits
Wed 22 Dec 2021
Scrooge wakes before the clock strikes one, ready for the Spirit of Christmas Present.
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A Christmas Carol - Part 2: The First of Three Spirits
Tue 21 Dec 2021
An adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Past.
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A Christmas Carol - Part 1: Marley's ghost
Mon 20 Dec 2021
An adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. In this episode, meet Ebenezer Scrooge.
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English at Work: Episode 50: Reality bites
Fri 17 Dec 2021
Learn language to use when making someone redundant.
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English at Work: Episode 49: Award-winning!
Fri 10 Dec 2021
It's award time at the International Plastics Convention! Will Anna's team win the prize?
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English at Work: Episode 48: Face to face
Fri 3 Dec 2021
Will Anna be able to make some useful contacts at the International Plastics Convention?
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English at Work: Episode 47: Talking sense
Fri 26 Nov 2021
How will Anna stop rumours flying round the office?
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English at Work: Episode 46: Acting up
Fri 19 Nov 2021
Anna has to step up to take charge while the boss is missing.
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English at Work: Episode 45: The plastic aubergine
Fri 29 Oct 2021
Anna has to pitch her new idea for a plastic aubergine to Paul the boss.
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English at Work: Episode 44: Computer Crisis
Fri 22 Oct 2021
Something's happened to the computers and everyone's work has disappeared!
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English at Work: Episode 43: Doing your homework
Fri 15 Oct 2021
This episode focuses on the language you need to carry out customer research.
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English At Work - Ep 42 - Language to use when writing a proposal
Fri 8 Oct 2021
Anna and Tom are finally on their dinner date!
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Father and Son: Episode 10
Fri 1 Oct 2021
Arthur Montgomery is suspected of murdering Jamie Phelps. The race is on to find him.
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Father and Son: Episode 8
Fri 17 Sep 2021
The detectives try to work out how and when Jamie's body landed on the beach.
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Father and Son: Episode 7
Fri 10 Sep 2021
The body of the missing man, Jamie Phelps, has been discovered.
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Father and Son: Episode 6
Fri 3 Sep 2021
Does Arthur Montgomery have important information about Jamie's last movements?
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Father and Son: Episode 5
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Meet some people who knew missing man, Jamie Phelps. What will they reveal?
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Father and Son: Episode 3
Fri 13 Aug 2021
There's an important discovery in the search for a missing father and son.
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Father and Son: Episode 2
Fri 6 Aug 2021
The detectives continue to hear from Lucy Phelps about her missing husband and son.
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Father and Son: Episode 1
Fri 30 Jul 2021
In our new crime drama, a woman reports her husband and son missing.
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English At Work: Episode 41: Doing it by the book
Fri 23 Jul 2021
Tom's had an accident! Can Anna sort out health and safety problems at work?
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English At Work: Episode 40: The Appraisal
Fri 16 Jul 2021
It's time for Anna's appraisal. But will Anna like what Paul has to say?
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English At Work: Episode 39: Disciplining a member of staff
Fri 9 Jul 2021
It's time for discipline and someone to give Rachel a warning.
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English At Work: Episode 38: Oranges and lemons
Fri 2 Jul 2021
Tense times at Tip Top Trading! What can Anna do before Rachel goes too far?
