On Saturdays – and occasionally on weekdays – we take a break from the regular format
of The Daily English Show. Saturday shows follow a variety of formats, such as: how to,
Sarah’s Diary, music video, poem or a video about grammar or vocabulary.
of The Daily English Show. Saturday shows follow a variety of formats, such as: how to,
Sarah’s Diary, music video, poem or a video about grammar or vocabulary.
Here’s a list of the special shows we’ve done so far:
| Show 6 | Sat 8 Apr 06 | Sarah’s Diary | Honjo Bosai-kan |
| Show 13 | Sat 15 Apr 06 | How To | How To Study English |
| Show 20 | Sat 22 Apr 06 | How To | Buy a drink from a vending machine |
| Show 27 | Sat 29 Apr 06 | Sarah’s Diary (Event) | Baseball Game |
| Show 41 | Sat 13 May 06 | Sarah’s Diary | Bamboo Shoot Picking |
| Show 48 | Sat 20 May 06 | Sarah’s Diary (Event) | Beauty Trade Show |
| Show 55 | Sat 27 May 06 | How To | How to drink beer in Japan |
| Show 62 | Sat 3 Jun 06 | Story | Perci the Persimmon |
| Show 69 | Sat 10 Jun 06 | Story | Perci the Persimmon – with 100 people |
| Show 76 | Sat 17 Jun 06 | Sarah’s Diary | Golden Week 2006 Part 1 |
| Show 83 | Sat 24 Jun 06 | Sarah’s Diary | Golden Week 2006 Part 2 |
| Show 90 | Sat 1 Jul 06 | Sarah’s Diary | Golden Week 2006 Part 3 |
| Show 97 | Sat 8 Jul 06 | Sarah’s Diary | Golden Week 2006 Part 4 |
| Show 100 | Tue 11 Jul 06 | TDES Anniversary | Message and remix (TDES) |
| Show 104 | Sat 15 Jul 06 | Story | The King’s Birthday |
| Show 111 | Sat 22 Jul 06 | How To | How to join YouTube (DATED) |
| Show 118 | Sat 29 Jul 06 | How To | How to join grouper (DATED) |
| Show 122 | Sat 2 Sep 06 | Sarah’s Diary | Rubbish |
| Show 129 | Sat 9 Sep 06 | Sarah’s Diary | Bali |
| Show 136 | Sat 16 Sep 06 | Sarah’s Diary (Event) | Tokyo Bay Cruise |
| Show 143 | Sat 23 Sep 06 | Sarah’s Diary | Hong Kong |
| Show 200 | Sun 19 Nov 06 | TDES Anniversary | Painting and mikan |
| Show 213 | Sat 2 Dec 06 | How To | How to have a bath |
| Show 220 | Sat 9 Dec 06 | How To | How to make The Daily English Show |
| Show 227 | Sat 16 Dec 06 | TDES | The Daily English Show FAQ |
| Show 234 | Sat 23 Dec 06 | How To (Comedy) | How not to make a video blog |
| Show 248 | Sat 6 Jan 07 | How To (Comedy) | How not to use chopsticks |
| Show 255 | Sat 13 Jan 07 | How To | How to clear snow |
| Show 262 | Sat 20 Jan 07 | Sarah’s Diary | FM Niseko |
| Show 269 | Sat 27 Jan 07 | How To (Comedy) | How to tell if you’re addicted to YouTube |
| Show 276 | Sat 3 Feb 07 | How To | How to do mamemaki |
| Show 283 | Sat 10 Feb 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Sapporo and Otaru |
| Show 290 | Sat 17 Feb 07 | Remix (Music) | Twinkle, twinkle, little star |
| Show 297 | Sat 24 Feb 07 | Remix (Speech) | My first video blog (YouTube remix) |
| Show 300 | Tue 27 Feb 07 | TDES Anniversary | Party and message |
| Show 304 | Sat 3 Mar 07 | Remix (Music) | Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. |
| Show 311 | Sat 10 Mar 07 | Remix (Speech) | Crossmack Remix |
| Show 318 | Sat 17 Mar 07 | How To | How to wax a snowboard |
| Show 325 | Sat 24 Mar 07 | Language (Verbs) | 100 things to do |
| Show 332 | Sat 31 Mar 07 | Sarah’s Diary | S.Day/Fatty’s/Jam/Loaf/Shop/Paint |
| Show 339 | Sat 7 Apr 07 | How To | How to wash the dishes Japanese style |
| Show 346 | Sat 14 Apr 07 | Remix (Music) | Baby can I hold you by Tracy Chapman |
| Show 353 | Sat 21 Apr 07 | Language (Ad + N) | Shopping trip |
| Show 360 | Sat 28 Apr 07 | How To | How to get an oscar |
| Show 367 | Sat 5 May 07 | Language (Adj + N) | Walk to the supermarket to buy manju |
| Show 395 | Sat 2 Jun 07 | How To | How to tell if a cucumber is a #1 or a #2 |
| Show 400 | Thur 7 Jun 07 | TDES Anniversary | Cucumbers and Harry on guitar, piano |
| Show 402 | Sat 9 Jun 07 | How To | How to wrap a cucumber |
| Show 409 | Sat 16 Jun 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Hollow Frog |
| Show 416 | Sat 23 Jun 07 | How To | How to connect pipes (PVC) |
| Show 423 | Sat 30 Jun 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Refurbishing a wooden canoe |
| Show 430 | Sat 7 Jul 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Firewood |
| Show 437 | Sat 14 Jul 07 | How To | How to ride a bike |
| Show 444 | Sat 21 Jul 07 | How To | Hot to feed hummingbirds |
| Show 451 | Sat 28 Jul 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Playing with Bailey |
| Show 458 | Sat 4 Aug 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Nelson |
| Show 465 | Sat 11 Aug 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Nelson Art Walk |
| Show 472 | Sat 18 Aug 07 | Language (Nouns) | Vegetables |
| Show 479 | Sat 25 Aug 07 | Signs | Signs in Nelson |
| Show 486 | Sat 1 Sep 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Trip to New Denver |
| Show 493 | Sat 8 Sep 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Wolfville |
| Show 500 | Sat 15 Sep 07 | TDES Anniversary | Messages (YouTubers + Acadia people) |
| Show 507 | Sat 22 Sep 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Nova Scotia tour |
| Show 514 | Sat 29 Sep 07 | Sarah’s Diary (Event) | Acadia football game |
| Show 521 | Sat 6 Oct 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Corn maize |
| Show 528 | Sat 13 Oct 07 | Sarah’s Diary (Event) | Hockey Game |
| Show 534 | Fri 19 Oct 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Trip to Halifax |
| Show 535 | Sat 20 Oct 07 | How To | How to make a Chinese knot |
| Show 556 | Tue 20 Nov 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Birthday: buying sweets at supermarket |
| Show 560 | Sat 24 Nov 07 | How To | How to disappear |
| Show 567 | Sat 1 Dec 07 | Interview | Interview: Wolfville shop – Hatt & Kul |
| Show 574 | Sat 8 Dec 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Pottery at Jam Garden |
| Show 581 | Sat 15 Dec 07 | Words + Music | The Wikipedia Song |
| Show 588 | Sat 22 Dec 07 | Words + Music | The Wikipedia Song (Christmas Edition) |
| Show 590 | Mon 24 Dec 07 | Street Int / Message | Merry Christmas from Niseko |
| Show 591 | Tue 25 Dec 07 | Art / Music / Diary | Christmas lights at Jam Garden |
| Show 595 | Sat 29 Dec 07 | Sarah’s Diary | Mexican Ping Pong at Loaf Lounge |
| Show 597 | Mon 31 Dec 07 | Street Interviews | How was your 2007? |
| Show 598 | Tue 1 Jan 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Niseko NY: fireworks, bars, hatsumode |
| Show 600 | Thur 3 Jan 08 | TDES Anniversary | Messages (Niseko) |
| Show 601 | Fri 4 Jan 08 | Remix (TDES- M.Guest) | Advice for people who are studying Eng |
| Show 602 | Sat 5 Jan 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Eating out in Hirafu, Niseko |
| Show 609 | Sat 12 Jan 08 | How To | Ten ideas for saving energy |
| Show 616 | Sat 19 Jan 08 | Language (Words, Music) | Colours, nouns, numbers and adjectives |
| Show 623 | Sat 26 Jan 08 | Language (Words, Music) | Comparatives and superlatives |
| Show 630 | Sat 2 Feb 08 | Language (Adjective) | Positive adjectives |
| Show 634 | Wed 6 Feb 08 | Street Interviews | Niseko Vox Pop |
| Show 637 | Sat 9 Feb 08 | Book (excerpt) | As A Man Thinketh by James Allen (Ch 6) |
| Show 641 | Wed 13 Feb 08 | How To | How to snowboard |
| Show 644 | Sat 15 Feb 08 | Book (Excerpt) | As A Man Thinketh by James Allen (Ch 3) |
| Show 648 | Wed 20 Feb 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Niseko BC tour in Annupuri |
| Show 651 | Sat 23 Feb 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Yukitopia |
| Show 658 | Sat 1 Mar 08 | Remix (TDES – Snow Rep) | Where are you from? |
| Show 665 | Sat 8 Mar 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Hiking Mt Yotei |
| Show 672 | Sat 15 Mar 08 | How To | How to do an avalanche test |
| Show 679 | Sat 22 Mar 08 | Sarah’s Diary (Event) | Namara Ippatsu |
| Show 686 | Sat 29 Mar 08 | Language (Grammar) | I saw you in the park yesterday |
| Show 693 | Sat 5 Apr 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Pink Bowl |
| Show 700 | Sat 12 Apr 08 | Remix (TDES) | Special 100 shows – remix |
| Show 707 | Sat 19 Apr 08 | Remix (Quotes) | Guess the movie quotes |
| Show 714 | Sat 26 Apr 08 | Remix (YouTube com) | Guru Challenge: Spreading The Word |
| Show 721 | Sat 3 May 08 | Remix (YouTube com) | I love this video (positive comments) |
| Show 728 | Sat 10 May 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Otaru (Golden Week trip) |
| Show 735 | Sat 17 May 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Rafting in Niseko |
| Show 742 | Sat 24 May 08 | Music Video | Slow Road |
| Show 749 | Sat 31 May 08 | Story | My Day (TDES Remix) |
| Show 756 | Sat 7 Jun 08 | Requested/Vlog-style | Three questions |
| Show 763 | Sat 14 Jun 08 | Story | Neighbourhood walk |
| Show 770 | Sat 21 Jun 08 | Photo Comments | Cities (Flickr) |
| Show 777 | Sat 28 Jun 08 | Language (Country list) | Countries beginning with A (Flickr) |
| Show 784 | Sat 5 Jul 08 | Language (Blue + N) | Blue (Flickr) |
| Show 791 | Sat 12 Jul 08 | Language (Nouns, C) | Things beginning with C (Flickr) |
| Show 798 | Sat 19 Jul 08 | Poems | Angels, BOO! by Richard Macwilliam |
| Show 800 | Mon 21 Jul 08 | TDES Anniversary | Counting to 8 |
| Show 805 | Sat 26 Jul 08 | Poem | D.I.V.O.R.C.E. by Richard Macwilliam |
| Show 807 | Mon 28 Jul 08 | Message | Summer holiday announcement |
| Show 808 | Tue 29 Jul 08 | Sarah’s Diary (Event) | iSummit day 1 |
| Show 809 | Wed 30 Jul 08 | Sarah’s Diary (Event) | iSummit day 2 |
| Show 810 | Thur 31 Jul 08 | Sarah’s Diary (Event) | iSummit day 3 |
| Show 811 | Fri 1 Aug 08 | Sarah’s Diary (Event) | iSummit day 4 |
| Show 817 | Sat 6 Sep 08 | Street interviews | Language study advice |
| Show 824 | Sat 13 Sep 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Canyoning in Niseko |
| Show 831 | Sat 20 Sep 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Kutchan Jazz Festival 2008 |
| Show 838 | Sat 27 Sep 08 | Street interviews | Niseko rafting guides Q and A |
| Show 845 | Sat 4 Oct 08 | Poem | Reincarnation by Richard Macwilliam |
| Show 852 | Sat 11 Oct 08 | Poem | I’m nobody! Who are you? E. Dickinson |
| Show 859 | Sat 18 Oct 08 | Poem | The Mountain by Emily Dickinson |
| Show 866 | Sat 25 Oct 08 | Music video (TDES) | Island by Jamison Young |
| Show 873 | Sat 1 Nov 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Rafting – last trip of season |
| Show 880 | Sat 8 Nov 08 | Language (Prepositions) | On, under, in, in fr of, behind, nxt to, bet |
| Show 887 | Sat 15 Nov 08 | Language (Grammar) | Ten basic grammar terms |
| Show 894 | Sat 22 Nov 08 | Language (Tense) | Present continuous (with Stick News pics) |
| Show 900 | Fri 28 Nov 08 | TDES Anniversary | Moving out of studio |
| Show 901 | Sat 29 Nov 08 | Language (Tense) | Past continuous (with Stick News pics) |
| Show 908 | Sat 6 Dec 08 | Sarah’s Diary | Potato stamp Christmas cards |
| Show 915 | Sat 13 Dec 08 | Story | Walk in the snow with new boots |
| Show 922 | Sat 20 Dec 08 | Story / Animation | Seven days of Christmas |
| Show 926 | Wed 24 Dec 08 | Message | TDES end of year message |
| Show 927 | Thur 25 Dec 08 | Art | TDES Christmas message |
| Show 933 | Sat 10 Jan 09 | Sarah’s Diary | Snowshoe |
| Show 940 | Sat 17 Jan 09 | Language (Nouns) | 51 things in my house |
| Show 947 | Sat 24 Jan 09 | Sarah’s Diary | Ken Miyamoto Exhibition |
| Show 954 | Sat 31 Jan 09 | Sarah’s Diary | Media Port UP By Nikon |
| Show 961 | Sat 7 Feb 09 | Language (Nouns) | 54 things from my kitchen |
| Show 968 | Sat 14 Feb 09 | Sarah’s Diary | My Valentine’s Day present |
| Show 975 | Sat 21 Feb 09 | Language (Colours) | Sarah in different colours |
| Show 982 | Sat 28 Feb 09 | Message | Announcement about 1000th show |
| Show 989 | Sat 7 Mar 09 | Quiz | Japanese gestures 1 |
| Show 996 | Sat 14 Mar 09 | Quiz | Japanese gestures 2 |
| Show 1000 | Wed 18 Mar 09 | TDES Anniversary | Messages: viewers and Niseko people |
| Show 1003 | Sat 21 Mar 09 | Quiz | Japanese gestures 3 |
| Show 1010 | Sat 28 Mar 09 | Language (Verbs) | Animal sounds |
| Show 1017 | Sat 4 Apr 09 | Language (Idioms) | Animal expressions |
| Show 1024 | Sat 11 Apr 09 | Language (Words) | Your first word (Remix: YT comments) |
| Show 1031 | Sat 18 Apr 09 | Language (Grammar) | How much? vs How man? |
| Show 1038 | Sat 25 Apr 09 | Remix (Twitter) | Swine flu on Twitter |