Free English listening lessons from a late-night radio drama. Follow the story, then learn the English you just heard. For B1–B2. All of season one is out now, and season two is coming soon.
Every lesson follows the night of the show. First you're a listener. By morning you're a student. Do it all in one evening, or spread it over a week.
Meet tonight's story and see the words before you hear them.
The whole episode, start to finish. Don't try to catch every word. The story carries you.
Scene by scene, with questions. A wrong answer plays the line that proves it.
Six expressions and five words, in the lines where they were really said. Click any line to hear it.
Shadow three sentences, slow and then at normal speed, and answer two questions out loud. Two minutes of speaking beats twenty minutes of reading.
Callers hesitate, interrupt each other and change their minds. That is the English you hear on the phone, at work and on the street.
You hear an expression inside the story first. Then Iris and Owen replay that exact line and explain it. You remember the words because you remember the moment.
You want to know how the call ends, so you listen for half an hour without deciding to. Long, relaxed listening is what builds your ear.
Each lesson ends with shadowing: you repeat three sentences with the recording, slowly and then at normal speed, until they sit in your mouth.
Each episode stands on its own. When an old story comes back, the program tells you what happened before.
The hostTwenty years on the late shift. He opens the lines at ten after one and listens more than he talks.
The producerShe runs the five phone lines behind the glass. Quick, dry, and she has heard everything.
The teachersThey come in at six in the morning, go back through the tape and teach the English of the night in After the Line.
All twelve calls of season one are out now. Follow the program and season two arrives on its own.
Yes. The episodes, the lesson pages, the transcripts and the tests are free, and you do not need an account.
The show is written for B1–B2, intermediate learners. If you can follow a slow conversation about everyday life, you can follow the story. The lesson page helps with the rest.
An episode is 27 to 37 minutes. With the five steps on the lesson page, plan on about an hour, or split it over several days.
No. Every episode stands on its own. Episode 1 is a good first night, but you can start with whichever story you like.
Yes. Every lesson page has the full transcript, and you can click any line to play the audio from that moment.