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Episode 1 | Blethering Scots

Ten well-known personalities share their favourite Scots word and celebrate the warmth, wit and grit of the Scots language. Written by Sanjeev K...

1: Doing What Comes Naturally | Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language

A personal enquiry into language, with Jonathan Miller. From infancy, language growth is aston...

2: The Mother Tongue | The Story of English

Robert Macneil presents the second programme in this series tracing the history of the English language from its roots to present...

Episode 2 | Blethering Scots

Ten more well-known Scottish personalities share their favourite Scots words. Comedian Susan Calman is a wee 'besom', while Elaine C Smith has s...

Speeches that Shook the World

Documentary in which poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches that provoked radical change, surpri...

Episode 8 | The Speaker

It's the final and the three remaining teenagers get to go on the trip of a lifetime as they travel with Unicef to research children's rights in Mala...

KS1/First Level - Michael Rosen Poetry | BBC Teach Live Lessons

After hearing poems from Michael Rosen's A Great Big Cuddle collection, Rhys Stephenson and Mr Smith learn ab...

Similes in poetry | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

With locusts let loose in the room, the children are asked to use similes in their poems to describe them.

Speeches - Martin Luther King's ''I have a dream'' speech | Speeches that Shook the World

Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches th...

The Sound Collector (poem) | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

Roger McGough performs his poem "The Sound Collector".

2: Broken English | Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language

When the brain is damaged through accident or injury, language can go tragically wrong. Meeting and talkin...

2: Memories | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

Four children are taken to Devon for a crash course in poetry. Sunesh, Corey, Aziza and Frandella must write a free verse poem...

3: Lending a Hand | Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language

The sign language of deaf people is as complex as any spoken language and reveals something essential abou...

4: In a Manner of Speaking | Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language

Jonathan Miller explores the elements that make language more than just strings of words - such a...

4: Rhythm, Rap and Rhyme | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

A series exploring reading and writing poetry in all its diversity. Ben, Carys, Abigail and Leon are challenged t...

9: The Empire Strikes Back | The Story of English

Film looks at former British colonies Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Barbados, Jamaica and India as well as the language o...

Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51

Jay Blades, presenter of The Repair Shop, struggles to read. Now he has decided it is finally time to learn.

KS2/Second Level - Poetry | BBC Teach Live Lessons

Presenter and journalist Ayshah Tull and professional poet Mark Grist explore the world of poetry. Together with special g...

Objects and hearing for inspiration | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

The kids blindfold themselves and hone their hearing skills as well as pick objects as inspiration for...

S03E47: Cricket | Bluey

During a friendly game of neighbourhood cricket, the dads struggle to bowl Rusty out.