Evil Genius with Russell Kane
BBC Sounds
It’s good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jan 24, 2019 • 28min
Joan Crawford
Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson find the upsides in having an arch-nemesis
Jan 19, 2019 • 29min
Bill Hicks
Tiff Stevenson, Fern Brady and Kae Kurd weigh up the comedian Bill Hicks
Jan 10, 2019 • 33min
Coco Chanel
Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison debate Coco Chanel and lying about your age.
Jan 3, 2019 • 39min
Frank Sinatra
Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy bandy words about singing and civil rights.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Dec 27, 2018 • 45min
Joan Rivers
Desiree Burch, Catherine Bohart and Alan Carr chat being outrageous and having no limits.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Dec 21, 2018 • 29min
Father Christmas
Sindhu Vee, Grainne Maguire and Dane Baptiste mull over the magic of Santa himself.
Dec 13, 2018 • 37min
Charles Dickens
Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson read up on author Charles Dickens
Dec 6, 2018 • 21min
Darth Vader
James Acaster, Jayde Adams and Romesh Ranganathan ask if he's just misunderstood.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Nov 29, 2018 • 29min
Pablo Escobar
Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn and Danny McLoughlin weigh up drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Nov 22, 2018 • 31min
Sid Vicious at Latitude Festival
Grainne Maguire, Jen Brister and Shappi Khorsandi talk about what comedy owes to punk.
Producer Beth O'Dea
