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82 British icons: the panto Actor David talks about one of Britain's winter highlights (19 Jan 12)
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Transcript (pdf 55KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 257KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 80KB)A taste of the pantomime, Aladdin with his 'mother':
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Stop listening Download (1.14MB, 2min 30sec) Transcript (pdf 51KB)81 Lord of the lip. How has Adam been fundraising for the Movember campaign? (1 Dec 11)
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Transcript (pdf 49KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 78KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 184KB)The podcast goes with this video:
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80 Fire! Fire! Peter describes his narrow escape from a forest fire (3 Nov 11)
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Transcript (pdf 56KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 71KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 120KB)This podcast goes with this pie video (all pictures taken by Peter):
Stop listening Download (729KB, 1min 33sec) Transcript (pdf 49KB)79 The big mac. Are Apple computers the best designed in the world? (13 Oct 11)
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Transcript (pdf 6KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 174KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 78KB)A young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh in 1984.
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Watch & listen (2min 04sec)78 Going Dutch. Meet Hendrik, who doesn't come from Holland! (11 Aug 11)
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Transcript (pdf 61KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 74KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 78KB)Sing along to Tulips from Amsterdam (an old Dutch folk song):
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77 Ironman! He's fit and he's tough; James tells us what he does to become an Ironman! (14 Jul 11)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 119KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 66KB)76 Festival fun. Will the pie team be joining the festival crowds this summer? (16 Jun 11)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 80KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 102KB) Lesson plan (pdf 57KB) extra for teachers!Fancy going to Glastonbury? Wellies and waterproofs essential for 2011, have a look here. And here's the 2009 Official Registration Film:
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75 India, incredible India. Rosie talks about living and working in one of the world's most exciting countries (12 May 11)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 66KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 70KB)Does this advert make you want to visit?
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Stop listening Download (1.28MB, 2min 47sec) Transcript (pdf 53KB)74 Vanishing bees. Does it matter that bees around the world are buzzing off? (31 Mar 11)
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Transcript (pdf 61KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 70KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 66KB)Trailer for the US documentary Vanishing of the Bees:
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73 Red Nose Day. Why is Richard's sister wearing pyjamas to work for Red Nose Day? (3 Mar 11)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 127KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 57KB)3 celebrities helped raise over £3.5 million for Comic Relief as part of Red Nose Day 2009. Much of the money was spent on anti-mosquito nets.
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Have a look at the Red Nose Day website to see what's happening in 2011.
Red Nose Day72 The name game 2. Forget John and Mary, here's Brooklyn and Peaches! (3 Feb 11)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 86KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 57KB)71 The name game. Why are so many Brits changing their names? (16 Dec 10)
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Transcript (pdf 61KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 78KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 61KB) Stop listening Download (728KB, 1min 32sec) Transcript (pdf 49KB)70 Happiness. Feeling happy? Enjoying life? How do you know?! (18 Nov 10)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 147KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 70KB)Finding happiness - it's easy! This video is from www.videojug.com:
69 Los 33. What happens now to the San José miners? (21 Oct 10)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 78KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 66KB)Florencio Avalos, the first of the 33 trapped miners to be rescued, has an emotional reunion with his wife and son.
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68 Is that a Mango t-shirt? Jo talks about her love of high-street brands (9 Sep 10)
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Stop listening Download (1min 20sec, 632KB) Transcript (pdf 49KB)Cool, crazy, comfortable Camper shoes. Gimme some!
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67 Big boys don't cry... but why not? Surely men should be able to snivel too? (19 Aug 10)
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Transcript (pdf 61KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 78KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 57KB)Men crying in films:
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66 DIY. The pie team are hammering away in their new home! (22 Jul 10)
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Transcript (pdf 53KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 74KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 61KB)65 Forty - love. Forget the football - let's see if we can do any better at Wimbledon! (30 Jun 10)
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Stop listening Download (1min 13sec) Transcript (pdf 49KB)64 The moneyless man. Mark Boyle decided last year he wouldn't spend any more money - how does he do that? (2 Jun 09)
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Transcript (pdf 61KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 119KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 61KB)You can watch the whole interview with Mark and The Guardian reporter here:
63 Troubled waters. The BP oil spill is a disaster for the seafood industry, as this video explains (13 May 09)
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Transcript (pdf 61KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 217KB) Webquest (pdf 53KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 66KB)This video is from the Al Jazeera English Channel:
An explanation of what caused the accicent, you might like to watch this one first.
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62 An American in Spain. Scott talks about the highs and lows of Spanish living (22 Apr 10)
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Transcript (pdf 70KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 70KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 66KB)A Spaniard in England... and the most important one?!
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61 Spring forward, fall back. The pie team look forward to longer summer evenings (18 Mar 10)
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Transcript (pdf 61KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 70KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 70KB)59 A history of the world... in 100 objects. The pie team talk about a great British Museum project (28 Jan 10)
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Transcript (pdf 70KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 70KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 66KB) Webquest (pdf 78KB)Museums aren't always boring places, and certainly not the Smithsonian at night...
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58 Yes, you can! Phillipa believes everyone can learn English - and has some great advice (7 Jan 10)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 90KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 66KB)57 A click away. The pie team talk about how the Internet has changed their lives (3 Dec 09)
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Transcript (pdf 55KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 90KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 58KB)The Internet was a futuristic dream in 1969, but amazingly accurate too.
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56 Liquid gold. Witness the pie team's first olive harvest (5 Nov 09)
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Transcript (pdf 48KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 68KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 60KB)This podcast goes with this pie video:
55 The colour purple. Jackie has a rant about the fashion trade (8 Oct 09)
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54 Open wide! Richard visits the dentist - the man that everyone dreads! (10 Sep 09)
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Stop listening Download (55sec) Transcript (pdf 41KB)53 The music biz (part 2). Why did Nigel leave for the less glamourous world of teaching? (13 Aug 09)
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Stop listening Download (55sec) Transcript (pdf 44KB)52 The music biz (part 1). Nigel talks about his rock star days (16 Jul 09)
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Transcript (pdf 55KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 643KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 62KB)Are The Stones Britain's best ever band?
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51 Banksy: artist or vandal? The pie team talk about Britain's spray can maestro (18 Jun 09)
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Transcript (pdf 51KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 66KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 60KB)This podcast goes with this pie video:
Your podcasts have been most useful to me since it´s not easy to find enough dialogues in English on the internet, but lots of narration that are too easy to follow and have little to do with English spoken by common people in the streets, pubs, workplace. etc. 