Language
The Why Factor. Diplomacy. Audio, 18 minutes
How to get ahead in diplomacy, from negotiations to polite language and secret code words
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Dylan Thomas Centenary, Tracing Dylan's Pathway. Audio, 15 minutes
Gwyneth Lewis takes a personal journey through the language of Dylan Thomas.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Swearing. Audio, 18 minutes
Why some words have such power to shock and offend
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 4, Language Is Power. Audio, 15 minutes
Lindsay Johns says language is power, and makes the case for speaking English properly.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Ecce! Fife! or Rediscovering the Lost Latin of Fife. Audio, 30 minutes
Schoolchildren in Fife are learning Latin for the first time. Natalie Haynes investigates.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 4, Ranjini Obeyesekere: Lost in Translation? Audio, 15 minutes
William Dalrymple introduces Ranjini Obeyesekere in Four Thought in Jaipur.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The Dragon with Two Tongues. Audio, 45 minutes
Poet Gwyneth Lewis explores the modern revival of Welsh language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Series 2, The Space between Us. Audio, 28 minutes
Nina Garthwaite explores the difficulties and delights of distance.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Inside the Academie Francaise. Audio, 30 minutes
Agnes Poirier explores the role of the body which protects the French language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 2, Matthew Engel: An Invasion of Americanisms. Audio, 15 minutes
Matthew Engel warns of a new threat to the English language from Americanisms.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Whose Hebrew Is It Anyway? Audio, 27 minutes
Hannah Barnes explores how the revival of Hebrew continues to divide world Jewry.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Endangered 'Click' Languages of the Kalahari. Audio, 22 minutes
Audio-exploration of the click languages of the Khoisan peoples of the Kalahari Desert
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Churchill's Roar. Audio, 28 minutes
Melvyn Bragg presents a celebration of the remarkable language of Sir Winston Churchill.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. Implement Me No Directives! Audio, 15 minutes
Alistair Cooke judges the language used by the Old Testament, Churchill and UN treaties.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Plain English. Mathematical Plainness. Audio, 14 minutes
How did the language of Shakespeare become the language we know today?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Agenda. Changing Attitudes towards Disability. Audio, 27 minutes
How attitudes have changed towards the disabled in terms of language, law and behaviour
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Essential Guide. The Future of English. Audio, 29 minutes
An exploration of the dominance of English in communication all over the world
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Cameroon Education System. Audio, 29 minutes
English and French speaking people talk about the divided education system in Cameroon
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Slavs. The Future of Slavs. Audio, 28 minutes
Slavic peoples are rediscovering their identies and languages
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Television and Public Speaking. Audio, 14 minutes
A look at the influence of televison on public speaking
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Future of Afrikaans in South Africa. Audio, 30 minutes
A former language of oppression, what place does Afrikaans have in the new South Africa?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda. Audio, 42 minutes
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda - the driving spirit behind the revival of the Hebrew language
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year