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
Feb 18, 2021 • 37min
Boudicca
Grainne Maguire Athena Kugblenu and Tony Law assess the Queen of East Anglia AKA Boudicca
Feb 11, 2021 • 41min
Charles Darwin
Jayde Adams, Angela Barnes and Neil Delamere on the scientist who came up with evolution and explained how life works. No biggie.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Feb 4, 2021 • 49min
Alfred Hitchcock
Catherine Bohart, Tom Parry & Heidi Regan keep you in suspense. Hitchcock:evil or genius?
Jan 28, 2021 • 41min
Henry VIII
Grainne Maguire, Felicity Ward and Alex Kealy decide, was Henry more monarch or murderer?
Jan 21, 2021 • 46min
Malcolm X
Darren Harriott, Sikisa and Johnny Cochrane examine the civil rights leader.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Jan 14, 2021 • 42min
Alexander Hamilton (from the musical)
Sara Barron, Ivo Graham & Jenny Bede on the American Founding Father, the real man behind the hit musical Hamilton.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Jan 8, 2021 • 2min
Evil Genius returns Thursday 14 January!
Russell and panel take on US Founding Father Alexander Hamilton - of the musical fame..
Jun 17, 2020 • 50min
Karl Marx
Olga Koch, Eshaan Akbar and Geoff Norcott give the political thinker Marx out of ten.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Jun 11, 2020 • 40min
Charlie Chaplin
Jon Richardson, Catherine Bohart & Shappi Khorsandi look at the film star in close-up.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Apr 23, 2020 • 39sec
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a message from Russell Kane
