A passion for cricket

Amber: Hello, I'm Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to extracts from an interview with John Major, who was the British Prime Minister before Tony Blair. He's written a th book about the history of cricket fr

Gene Wilder

William: Hello, and welcome to Entertainment, I'm William Kremer. Today, I'm very excited, because we're going to be hearing from one of my very favourite comedians Gene Wilder. If you're a fan of the crazy comedies of Mel Brooks, you'll know Gene W

The Royal Festival Hall

SIG Clement I hope that this concert hall will long endure to give the opportunity for the Attlee: finest music, the greatest singers and players to be heard, and to give pleasure and refreshment of the soul to generations of Londoners yet unborn. W

Stephen King

Andrea: Hello, Im Andrea Rose and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. Today in Entertainment, we speak to well-known American horror writer Stephen King, who has just released his new novel, Blaze. The author of over 50 best-selling horror no

Star Wars: The Exhibition

Andrea: Hello, Im Andrea Rose and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. Today in Entertainment, were going along to a new exhibition thats taking the world by storm. Its really exciting people. Yes, its Star Wars: The Exhibition and its been mak

Flatmates celebration

Callum: Hello, Im Callum Robertson and welcome to this very special edition of Entertainment. Im backstage at the International Learning English Awards, the most prestigious awards of their kind and they are just about to announce the award for the

Portobello Film Festival

Callum: Hello, Im Callum Robertson and this is Entertainment. Our topic today is films and film festivals. You may have heard of the Venice Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival, glamorous occasions with A-list celebrities from the movie world

Joanna Lumley

Hello, Im Andrea Rose and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. Today in Entertainment, we meet well-known British actress, Joanna Lumley, who is best known as Patsy in the television comedy series, Absolutely Fabulous. Its also known as Ab Fab

Bog Snorkelling

Hello, Im Callum Robertson and this is Entertainment. Next Monday, August th 27 , in Britain is a national holiday or what we call a bank holiday and several thousand people will be heading off to a small village in Wales which is hosting the World B

Antony Gormley

Hello, Im Callum Robertson and this is Entertainment. th The British sculptor Antony Gormley celebrates his 57 birthday this week. Hes a prolific and popular modern sculptor. One of his most well known pieces is the huge Angel of the North, an enormo

The Simpsons Movie

Hello, Im Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we hear two reviews of The Simpsons Movie yes, after 400 TV shows, Americas most famous dysfunctional cartoon family Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie step up from the tele

Bond, James Bond

Callum: Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Entertainment. st This week sees the release of the 21 Bond film, Casino Royale and it's the first film to star actor Daniel Craig as the British Secret Service spy 007. James Bond was the creation of

The science of attraction

Callum: Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Entertainment. Today we're talking about love. Love is one of the strongest emotions there is and that's usually how we think of it, as an emotion. Love is the topic of many many songs, poems, plays, f

Casino Royale

Callum: Hello, I'm Robertson, Callum Robertson and this is entertainment. Today, Casino Royale the new James Bond film; is it any good and what is Daniel Craig like in his first performance as 007? We'll hear the views of BBC film reviewer Mark Kerm

Great new Canadian short stories

Amber: Hello, I'm Amber, and you're listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to an interview with the Canadian writer Alice Munro about her latest collection of short stories, The View from Castle Rock. Alice Munro has

Describing Food

Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton, welcome to the programme. Today we're going to look at food and the language used to describe food whether it's at someone's house after you've just had a lovely meal and you want to compliment them, or if you want

The Holiday review

Callum: Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Entertainment. In the Christmas and New Year season there are always a number of films released set in this time of year which use images of traditional Christmas and winter scenery, like cottages in c

Tiger Woods

Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton. Welcome to Entertainment, where this week we discuss a man who has emerged as one of the most successful sportsmen of the last year. Tiger Woods ended 2006 being named as the World Golfer of the Year for a record ei

How flying affects you

Jackie: Hello, this is Entertainment from BBC Learning English dot com with me, Jackie Dalton. I've just got back from my Christmas holidays, which involved taking a long flight. When I got off the plane, I felt exhausted and now I've got a cold and

Renee Zellweger plays ‘Miss Potter’

Amber: Hello, I'm Amber, and you're listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to an interview with the Oscar-winning actress, Renee Zellweger. She talks about her new film 'Miss Potter'. 'Miss Potter' tells the life stor