BBC Live Lessons - Series 8: 500 Words 2026

Ade, Megan and Hacker learn about climate change and put on a planet-friendly gig.

Join Grace Webb, Matt Green and astronaut Tim Peake for a Horrible Science moon mission!

Find your unique reading vibe and celebrate being into books with Joel M and Vick Hope.

Help create an AI virtual vulture chatbot with hosts Georgie Barrat and Joe Tasker.

Join Cam Whitnall and Maddie Moate to help solve a prehistoric dinosaur mystery!

Keep your money safe and become scam detectives with help from Joel M and Harleen Nottay!

Abby Cook and De-Graft Mensah explore using your 'Power for Good' to stand up to bullying!

Join Sir Lenny and Naomi live as they collect ideas for an original 500 Words story.

Evie, Rhys and Pudsey discover mood-boosting ways to support mental well-being.

Explore the rainforest with Naomi and Lizzie, and learn about the water cycle.

Train like an astronaut with Tim Peake, Grace and Greg to stay healthy in space!

Join Joe and Naomi for ‘The Big Live Read’ in this special World Book Day Live Lesson.

Joel Mawhinney and Maddie Moate smash the scammers in an exciting online gaming world.

A fun art and literacy lesson inspired by the world of Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures.

Rhys, Shanequa and Hacker choose respect in the Anti-Bullying Week 2024 Live Lesson.

Joe Tasker, Shereen Cutkelvin and three 500 Words judges create a 500 Words story live!

Shini Muthukrishnan and Ade Adepitan host a Mental Health Awareness Week Live Lesson.

Live Lessons goes behind the scenes at the BBC to mark 100 years of BBC Education.

Mwaksy Mudenda and Yussef Rafik must beat the clock in a British Science Week Live Lesson.

Joe Tasker and Maddie Moate present an inspiring World Book Day Live Lesson.

Georgie Barrat and Rhys Stephenson team up for a special Safer Internet Day Live Lesson.

We team up with Deadly Mission Shark’s Steve Backshall for a Live Lesson about sharks.

Ben Shires and Raksha Dave investigate the Romans in a history-themed Live Lesson.

Katie Thistleton and Talisha ‘Tee Cee’ Johnson host an Anti-Bullying Week Live Lesson.

Shanequa Paris, Tomfoolery and Joseph Coelho explore remembrance.

Mwaksy Mudenda, Joe Tasker and the 500 Words judges are live at the Story Museum.

A Live Lessons choir and Eurovision stars create a song to welcome the world to Liverpool.

Rhys Stephenson and Maddie Moate join forces for a British Science Week Live Lesson.

Ben Shires and Konnie Huq present a word-tastic World Book Day Live Lesson.

Mwaksy Mudenda and Joe Tasker team up for a special Safer Internet Day Live Lesson.

Live Lessons teams up with Winterwatch presenter Chris Packham to learn about birds.

Live Lessons teams up with CBBC’s Operation Ouch to explore the heart.

De-Graft Mensah and Alex Humphreys host a special Anti-Bullying Week lesson.

Live Lessons teams up with BBC One’s Frozen Planet II to explore the Arctic.

Children’s laureate Joseph Coelho joins this Live Lesson for National Poetry Day.