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Page mise à jour: 12.1.2024, 16:19

  • A lot of these film trailers, short videos and documentaries you can find on my youtube channel. Click directly on this link and feel free to subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@plaisirdelanglais
  • Most TV sets now support multilingual option for films and series- on your remote control push button INFO and select ‘Langues et sous-titres’, select ‘Original’ and ‘OK’
  • *MUST SEE

Stand up in English (France based)

  • Sebastien Marx
  • New York Comedy Club (Sunday evenings, Barbes Comedy Club)
  • Paul Taylor

Films

  • A Single Man (C. Firth)
  • About a Boy (H. Grant)
  • Amadeus
  • Big Fish (E. McGregor)
  • Bridget Jones Diary (. Zellweger, C. Firth, H. Grant)
  • Calendar Girls (H. Mirren)
  • Capote*
  • Cartel (B. Pitt, C. Diaz, P. Cruz)
  • Catch Me If You Can (L. DiCaprio, T.Hanks)*
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (J. Depp)
  • Chocolat (J. Depp, J. Binoche, J. Dench)
  • Dallas Buyers Club (M. McConaughey, J. Leto)
  • Did You Hear About the Morgans? (H. Grant, S. J. Parker)
  • Erin Brockowich (J. Roberts)
  • Frida (S. Hayek, A. Banderas)*
  • Gone Girl (B. Affleck)*
  • Good Will Hunting (M.Damon, B.Affleck, R.Williams)*
  • Happiness Therapy/Silver Linings Playbook (B. Cooper, J. Lawrence)
  • Hidden Figures (K. Costner)*
  • Horrible Bosses (J. Anniston)
  • Imitation Game (K.Knightley)*
  • Into the Wild*
  • Joy (J. Lawrence, B. Cooper, R. De Niro)*
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Lost in Translation (S. Johansson, B. Murray)*
  • Music and Lyrics (H.Grant, D. Barrymore)
  • My Fair Lady (ideally version from 1964 with A. Hepburn)
  • Notting Hill (H. Grant, J. Roberts)
  • One Day (A. Hathaway), see also a book
  • One Chance (J.Corden)*
  • Pirates of the Caribbean (J.Depp, K. Knightley, O. Bloom, P. Cruz)
  • P.S. I Love You (H.Swank, L. Kudrow)
  • Rush*
  • Sweeeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (J. Depp)
  • The Beach (L. DiCaprio)
  • The Founder (M.Keaton)*
  • The Great Gatsby (L. DiCaprio)
  • The King’s Speech (C. Firth)*
  • The Notebook (R. Gosling)*
  • The Rewrite (H. Grant, J.K. Simmons)
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (B.Stiller)*
  • The Shawshank Redemption (M.Freeman)*
  • The Theory of Everything*
  • The Tourist (J. Depp, A. Jolie)
  • The Way (M. Sheen)*
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (L. DiCaprio)
  • Tracks*
  • Whiplash (J.K. Simmons)*
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Films for Children

  • Despicable Me
  • Saving Mr. Banks (T. Hanks, C. Farrell)*

TV Series 

*My personal favourites. (But they are all great anyway:-) )

  • 2 Broke Girls (USA)*-comedy, satire
  • Absolutely Fabulous (UK)-comedy
  • Ally McBeal (USA)-comedy, crime
  • Better Call Saul (USA)*-crime
  • Black Books (UK)*-comedy
  • Black Mirror (UK)-sci-fi
  • Brooklyn  99 (USA)*-comedy, crime
  • Desperate Housewives (USA)
  • Fawlty Towers (UK)*-comedy
  • Friends (USA)-comedy
  • Gavin & Stacey (UK)*-comedy
  • Girlboss*-autobiographical
  • Mr Selfridge (UK/USA)*– historical
  • New Girl (USA)-comedy
  • Limitless (USA)*-crime
  • Lead Balloon (UK)-comedy
  • Last Man on Earth (USA)*-comedy
  • Peep Show (UK)-comedy, satire
  • Red Dwarf (UK)-comedy, sci-fi
  • Resident Alien (USA)- comedy, sci-fi
  • The Big Bang Theory (USA)*-comedy
  • The Inbetweeners (UK)-comedy
  • The Simpsons (USA)-animated
  • This is England (UK)-drama
  • Ugly Betty (USA)*-comedy
  • Why Women Kill (USA)*- comedy, crime
  • Will & Grace (USA)-comedy, satirical
  • You, Me and Apocalypse (UK, USA)*-comedy, sci-fi
  • Young Sheldon (USA)*- comedy  ( follow up of The Big Bang Theory)

TV Chat Shows

  • Alan Carr: Chatty Man (UK)
  • The Jonathan Ross Show (UK)
  • The Late Night Show with James Corden (UK/USA)

TV Shows

  • Apprentice (+after show The Apprentice: “You’re Fired!”, UK version with Alan Sugar)
  • Britan’s Biggest Hoarders
  • Grand Designs
  • How Clean Is Your House?
  • Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
  • Mary Queen of Shops
  • Countdown (ideally with Carol Vorderman presenting)

Documentaries

  • Building Shard
  • Secrets of Selfridges (see also TV serie Mr Selfridge)

Books

(For more info about great books for adults and children go to section LECTURE)

  • One Day- David Nicholls (see also film One Day)
  • Road Home- Rose Tremain
  • Getting Things Done- David Allen

Free e-books

www.simonandschuster.com

Magazines, Newspapers

  • BBC News app
  • Flipboard app
  • Guardian (+app)
  • Metro UK (+app)
  • Telegraph Daily UK (+app)
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Elle Decoration
  • Glamour Magazine
  • Marie Claire

Cooking Shows

1-easy, 2-medium, 3-difficult, *personal favourites

BBC

  • Great British Menu 3
  • Masterchef 3
  • Ready, Steady, Cook 1*
  • The Great British Bake Off 2-3

ITV

  • Let’s Do Lunch with Gino and Mel 1

Channel 4

  • Gordon Ramsay Behind The Bars 2,*
  • Gordon Ramsay’s  Ultimate Cookery 2-3,*
  • Heston’s Fantastical Food 2-3,*
  • Jamie’s  Great Britain 1-2,*

English Apps-free

  • G1- Kids Spelling Games (Penguin Apps)
  • G1- Numbers for Toddlers and Kids (GoKids!)
  • G1-G2- Vegefruits (Cleverbit)
  • G1-G2 Phonics Island Train Adventure (22 Learn)
  • G1-G2 Educational Games for Kids (Zodinplex)
  • G1-G3 English for Kids (English Conversation for Kids, MagikHub)*
  • G2-G3 Learn to Read (8Interactive- ASK MUM AND DAD FOR EXTRA  HELP TO SET UP)*
  • G2-3 Spelling For Children (MoPlays)
  • G3+ Easy Fun Learning English (Fun Easy Learn)*
  • G4+ Memrise (Memrise)*

Websites with activities for children and young adults:

Literature based (+games,videos, colouring pages, quizzes)

www.cbeebies.com

www.penguin.co.uk

www.penguin.co.uk/ladybird

www.penguin.co.uk/puffin

www.roalddahl.com

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

www.harpercollinschildrenbooks.co.uk

www.fifiandtheflowertots.com

www.salariya.com

www.charlieandlola.com

www.walker.co.uk

www.harpercollins.com

www.usborne.com

www.egmont.co.uk

www.timmytime.tv

www.books.disney.com

www.curiousgeorge.com

www.horridhenry.co.uk

www.jamespatterson.co.uk

www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk

www.iceagemovie.com

www.sesamestreet.org

www.wordsforlife.org.uk

www.randomhousekids.com

Fun activities only 

www.activityvillage.co.uk

Grammar websites only 

  • www.letshavefunwithenglish.com
  • www.esllounge.com
  • www.kidseslgames.com
  • www.tolearnenglish.com
  • www.eslflow.com
  • www.englishclub.com
  • www.grammarbank.com