Synopsis
Dramas for English language learners from BBC World Service. Improve your English with retellings of stories classic and new. Each episode is between 6 and 10 minutes long.
Episodes
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Frankenstein: Episode 6: Death comes to you
08/07/2022 Duration: 07minThe Creature explains the killings offering to leave everybody in peace on one condition
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Frankenstein: Episode 5: The milk of human kindness
01/07/2022 Duration: 07minThe Creature is on the run and finally meets a good family. Will they accept it?
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Frankenstein: Episode 4: Creature meets creator
24/06/2022 Duration: 07minViktor Frankenstein meets the Creature at last. Will they be friends or have a fight?
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Frankenstein: Episode 3: Death in the family
17/06/2022 Duration: 06minViktor Frankenstein describes the investigation into the murder of his younger brother.
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Frankenstein: Episode 2: It's alive!
10/06/2022 Duration: 07minViktor Frankenstein is ready to give life to a creature, but is this a wise thing to do?
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Frankenstein, Episode 1 - A passion for science
01/06/2022 Duration: 06minDo you know the real story of Frankenstein? Follow our drama, every Friday.
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Part 9: Photographic evidence
20/05/2022 Duration: 03minThe detectives interview a key witness who helps to reveal who killed Jamie Phelps.
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Part 8: Who needs the forensics team?
13/05/2022 Duration: 05minHow do the detectives work out exactly how Jamie's body landed on the beach and why?
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Part 7: Too many unanswered questions
06/05/2022 Duration: 03minAfter Jamie's body was found, the detectives had to work out if it was suicide or murder.
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Part 6: Interview with a chef
29/04/2022 Duration: 05minThe detectives replay an interview with Arthur Montgomery, a celebrity chef.
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Part 5: Ransomware
22/04/2022 Duration: 05minCyber criminals and ransomware: Has this got something to do with Jamie's disappearance?
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Part 4: Gathering evidence
14/04/2022 Duration: 03minA child psychologist is employed to help with the case
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Gulliver's Travels: Part 9: In the land of the houyhnhnms
08/04/2022 Duration: 06minGulliver finds himself on an island of talking horse-people
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Part 2: Establishing the facts
01/04/2022 Duration: 03minThe detectives recall the story Lucy Phelps gave about her missing husband and young son.
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Part 1: Detective work
25/03/2022 Duration: 05minTwo detectives reflect on the intriguing case of a missing father and his son.
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Gulliver's Travels: Part 8: Horrible science
11/03/2022 Duration: 07minGulliver visits the Great Academy of Lagudo.
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Gulliver's Travels: Part 7: Island in the sky
25/02/2022 Duration: 07minAn attack by pirates leaves Gulliver alone on an empty island.
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Gulliver's Travels: Part 6: Gunpowder
18/02/2022 Duration: 07minGulliver tries to bargain for his freedom with the King of the giants.