6 Minute Vocabulary
Build your English vocabulary in six minutes.
BBC
Show overview
6 Minute Vocabulary has published 50 episodes during 2026. That works out to roughly 4 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 1 min and 7 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 50 episodes already out so far this year. Published by BBC.
From the publisher
Build your English vocabulary in six minutes. Every Monday join two of our presenters and hear about different ways to develop your vocabulary knowledge and skills. Our presenters include Finn, Emma, Rob, Neil, Sophie and Alice. They are there to teach you new vocabulary and to test your language knowledge and they'll do it all in just six minutes.