Language
- Attribution
- Posted10 September 2021
6 Degrees from Jamie and Spencer. Jamie & Spencer call Countdown legend Susie Dent. Audio, 46 minutes
Jamie & Spencer call Countdown legend Susie Dent
- AttributionBBC Radio 1
- Available for over a year
The Food Programme. Tastefully Worded: Exploring food in language. Audio, 40 minutes
Sheila Dillon and Michael Rosen consider the power and persuasion of food language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Conversation. A love for my language. Audio, 27 minutes
Kim Chakanetsa speaks to two women who are keeping their indigenous languages alive
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Discovery. Lost for words. Audio, 27 minutes
David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Word of Mouth. Cultish Language. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen and Amanda Montell on who uses it and why.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Written in Scotland. Episode 4: Language and Class. Audio, 28 minutes
A four-part series on the relationship that Scotland’s writers have with Scotland itself.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted12 July 2021
- Attribution
- Posted12 July 2021
Dorset Italian language teacher 'feels more Italian than English' Steve Harris. Audio, 00:02:00
Jo Harvey from Gillingham says her heart and soul are Italian.
- AttributionBBC Radio Solent
- Posted9 July 2021
Lost for Words. Audio, 28 minutes
David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted28 June 2021
- Attribution
- Posted28 June 2021
The Forum. Aramaic: An imperial language without an empire. Audio, 40 minutes
A history of one of the oldest living languages in the world
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted3 June 2021
- Attribution
- Posted16 May 2021
The extreme language of extroverts. Video, 00:03:04
Why extroverts have their own extreme language
- AttributionBBC
- Posted13 May 2021
The Comb. Losing my language. Audio, 27 minutes
‘A linguistic famine’: Why are so many young Africans losing their mother tongue?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
In Touch. The Language of Disability. Audio, 19 minutes
The Language of Disability - how it's changing and why it matters.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted27 April 2021
US English: Why do Brits hate it so? Video, 00:02:58
The British have a few bugbears when it comes to US English spelling, but is it justified?
- AttributionBBC
- Posted26 April 2021
Poetry & I. Audio, 28 minutes
Poet Jay Bernard explores the power and potency of the letter I.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
How do YOU say 'thank you very much' in French? Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie. Video, 00:01:51
Miss Morris reveals a very cheeky, common French pronunciation mistake to Greg and Bella.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Posted22 March 2021