6 Minute English
Hosted by Neil and Georgie and Phil and Pippa and Becca · BBC Radio
4.8from 10,166 ratings
- 347
- Episodes
- 137
- Transcribed
- 10,166
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 402M
- YouTube views
About 6 Minute English
Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC. Each week, we talk about an interesting topic and learn helpful words and phrases used in natural spoken English - all in 6 minutes! Practise your listening and hear natural spoken English. Find more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish (https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish) Follow us at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus (https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus)
- Publisher
- BBC Radio
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Apr 2018
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
137 of 347 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Could vaccines cure cancer?
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] If you think about many existing cancer treatments, such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, these have quite a few side effects. But the idea is that a cancer vaccine would help the body's natural immune system help fight the disease, which could have fewer side effects and also be more effective. […]
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- YouTube views
- 402,173,784
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 1,335 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 8,831 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 94
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Neil and Georgie and Phil and Pippa and Becca host the show. Published by BBC Radio.
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