Learning English Stories

Learning English Stories by BBC Radio

BBC Radio

Improve your English with these short dramas and stories.

Each week we bring you a new story in English you can understand.

Find more at bbclearningenglish.com

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Categories: Education

Listen to the last episode:

Enjoy this classic story written by Oscar Wilde, read to you by Tim. Practise your listening and learn learn 10 uses of ‘picture’.

And if you have a good level of English, but you feel anxious when you speak, try our new podcast and video series, where we speak to experts about the fears that come with speaking a foreign language:

✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_speaking_anxiety

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Previous episodes

  • 539 - Classic Stories: The Picture of Dorian Gray 
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    Fri, 20 Feb 2026
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    Fri, 13 Feb 2026
  • 536 - Classic Stories: Macbeth 
    Fri, 06 Feb 2026
  • 535 - Classic Stories: The Vampyre 
    Fri, 23 Jan 2026
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