Hi, I have recently been watching the BBC TV Series called The Big Life Fix which you can still see o the BBC iplayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b084zttn/the-big-life-fix-with-simon-reeve-episode-1

I thought that perhaps those of you who are learning English might also enjoy it.  The programme is about a team of experts (IT, Engineers, Designers etc) that help people solve their problems.  

For example, in the first programme there is a young man who loves photography, but because of a rare skin disease he is no longer able to use his camera.  The team have created a camera with different controls and have adapted the zoom controls to be changed using his foot.  In another episode, a young woman with Parkinsons disease, who is a graphic designer, can no longer write her name because of the tremors in her hands.  The team put their skills together and created a piece of equipment that looks like a watch (I don't understand all the technical aspects of it) and for the first time in years she was able to write her name again - incredible!!

There are many stories of how people have been helped by this incredible team.  The show is available for another couple of weeks I think, there are also English subtitles.   I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Happy New Year to you all.

Helen

I have just been told about a Spanish TV series that would be good to watch to help me improve my Spanish (thanks Tania) I have found some episode on google with English subtitles but would also like to find it with Spanish subtitle - which I hope to eventually be able to ignore !  I have looked on Amazon to see if I could buy the box set of DVDs but no luck.  Does anyone have any idea where I could order them from (preferably with English and Spanish subtitles)  The couple of episodes I have seen so far have got me hooked!

Thanks to all 

oh and Merry Christmas from not so sunny West Midlands UK

Today I was listening to BBC Radio four while I was driving to work (a documentary) and I realised that it would be very useful for people wanting to learn English as it was very clearly spoken, not too fast and it had a wide vocabulary.  Also, you can hear it again and again on the BBC player.  Unfortunately, I do not know of any transcripts but for listening while driving it is very useful.

I also listen to radio plays, women's hour, comedy etc from time to time.  My question is, does anyone know if there is anything similar in Spain that I can access on my computer.  I realise that there are many music stations out there, just as there are here, plus lots of news stations (which does not really interest me as most of it is depressing) but I wonder if there are any talk shows etc.

Any suggestions?

Helen