Hasn't everyone tried to miss a day of school by pretending to be sick? Annette reads us a humorous poem by American poet Shel Silverstein about the very subject.

Anne-Marie shows us a section of a “Kata,” a series of defensive moves designed to fend off multiple attackers. Then she applies these techniques with Alex playing the role of the attacker as she demonstrates a part of the “Bunkai.”

In this short animation, produced for primary school children by Green.TV, supported by the Wellcome Trust, we look at the remarkable evolution of the whale from a land-based dog-like animal to the marine mammal that became the world’s largest creature ever.

The song “Touch Me” by The Doors from their 1969 album “The Soft Parade”.

Here we see shoppers asking for help finding the right item. Then we meet Clyde, the rather eccentric owner of Clyde’s Clothing, who shows us their range of clothing and goods, and is very keen to invite us to shop at his store.

A Blippi Story Time about a treasure chest. Learn about animals under the sea with Blippi and hear about how he came across a treasure chest!

The song "Satellite" from the album One Way Home by the Philadelphian rock band The Hooters sees the band railing against TV evangelist schemes.

Adjectives are an important part of speech. They give us additional information about nouns. Let's look at how they work in English.

This video is about indefinite answers to the question words "where" and "how." We combine these question words with "some" and "any" to form new indefinite words, such as "somewhere," "somehow," "anywhere," "anyhow," and "anyway."

The series draws to a close with footage of apes, the most direct ancestors of humans. The narrator nicely sums up the meaning of evolution and man's place in nature.

It’s radio presenter Roman Kemp’s turn to learn some moves from Anne-Marie. He sounds worried when she mentions “nunchucks” and “knife defense”, but he just isn’t taking his lesson seriously, and keeps distracting her. Eventually she suspects he’s done some karate before, and maybe isn’t such a complete beginner.

Michael David Rosenberg, better known by his stage name Passenger, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Enjoy this acoustic solo performance of his song "Anywhere."

Boris Johnson is the UK's new prime minister. Known as "BoJo" among his supporters, he's one of the UK's most recognizable politicians. He's a charismatic, and sometimes controversial figure. Johnson started his career in journalism, but was fired from The Times for making up a quote. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2001.

“Sucker” is the hit single from Jonas Brothers’ album Happiness Begins. It’s their first new music together in five years, and has already been hugely successful. The luxurious video features each of the brothers’ wives, and was filmed in an English country mansion, which was in fact the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the First!

This video introduces us to shopping, getting the salesperson’s attention and asking them for help. We also learn colors, and how to say which color is our favorite.