BBC World Service - First Sight Second Thoughts

In 'First Sight, Second Thoughts', we hear about life in Britain as seen through the eyes of her immigrant population, people from many different cultures and countries.

 

 In this series from 1999, we discover if their ‘first sights’ of Britain matched their expectations. Immigrants from India, Guyana, Mexico, Germany, Pakistan, Botswana and Iran tell us about their first impressions.

 

 

Contents:

Part 1. First impressions.

Part 2. Coming to terms with English.

Part 3. Early Days.

Part 4. Housing.

PArt 5. Working Life.

Part 6. Leisure.

Part 7. Cultural Differences.

Part 8. Proudest Achievements.

Part 9. Going Home.

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BBC World News English - News and Current Affairs Series 1 Audio Only

With topics ranging from global warming to immigration issues, this series offers learners the chance to explore and understand our changing world and improve their English. Aimed at learners at beginner to intermediate level, this series delivers authentic, stimulating and varied English language practice.

 

 

 

Each series includes the following five titles:

Arts and Entertainment

Business and Finance

Culture and Society

News and Current Affairs

Science and Environment

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BBC Russian - Focus on Idioms Audio

This file consists of 19 tracks in mp3 format.

 

Track 1: round the clock

Track 2: on cloud nine

Track 3: cold comfort

Track 4: to the core

Track 5: stay the course

Track 6: off-the-cuff

Track 7: cut and dried

Track 8: call it a day

Track  9: daylight robbery

Track 10: days are numbered

Track 11: drop a line

Track 12: out of one's depth

Track 13: down and out

Track 14: go down the drain

Track 15: fall on deaf ears

Track 16: take it easy

Track 17: cutting edge 

Track 18: dead end 

Track 19: the naked eye

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BBC Radioshows - Agatha Christie

10 BBC Radioshows:

- Taken at the Flood

- The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

- The Chocolate Box

- The Four Suspects

- The Lost Mine

- The Silent Scream

- The Sittaford Mystery

- The Tuesday Club Murders 

- The Veiled Lady

- They Do it with Mirrors

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BBC Radio Play - Educating Rita by Willy Russell

The sparky and touching tale of a working-class student and her alcohol-fuelled tutor. From BBC Radio 4 Extra. Written and Adapted by Willy Russell. Full-cast dramatisation starring Laura Dos Santos and Bill Nighy. Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes First broadcast: Saturday 08 October 2011 Rita feels trapped by both her marriage and her life, which seems mapped out by her friends and family into motherhood and settling for what she's got.

Wanting to broaden her horizons, she joins the Open University to study English Literature. This is where she meets Dr Frank Bryant. 'Educating Rita' portrays a working-class Liverpool woman's hunger for education. It premiered in London, in 1980 and won the Society for West End Theatres (SWET) award for Best Comedy of the Year. It was made into a highly successful film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters and won the 1983 BAFTA award for Best Film.

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BBC Radio Full Cast Drama - Batman Knightfall

In this thrilling radio drama, Batman has been crippled by his fiercest foe ever: Bane, a villain of superhuman strength, cunning and evil. Gotham City is reeling from the shocking news that Batman is confined to a wheelchair.

Who will now protect the innocent from the dangerous inmates of Arkham Asylum, whom Bane has released? A new heroAzraeltakes up the mantle of the Bat. But Azrael is a more brutal Batman than Bruce Wayne, and far more eager to punish the guilty than to protect the innocent. Will he destroy Gotham City in order to save it?

This fantastic full-cast adventure stars Bob Sessions, Michael Gough, Peter Marinker, and Kerry Shale, and it comes from the renowned producer Dirk Maggs, of Superman and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio fame.

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BBC Radio Drama - MISERY by Stephen King

Paul Sheldon, a writer of historical romances, is in a car accident; rescued by nurse Annie Wilkes, he slowly realizes that salvation can be worse than death. Sheldon has killed off Misery Chastain, the popular protagonist of his Misery series and Annie, who has a murderous past, wants her back.

 

 

Written by Stephen King; Dramatised by Dirk Maggs. First broadcast on the BBC World Service, September 2004. 

 

 

What you are about to hear is an adaptation of the stage play, which premiered in London's West End. It stars 2 of Britain's finest actors: Miriam Margoyles, perhaps best-known as the dog Fly in the film "Babe" and the nurse in "Romeo and Juliette" and Nicholas Farrell, whose films include "Chariots of Fire" and "Pearl Harbor".

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