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
Oct 10, 2019 • 32min
Salvador Dali
Jen Brister, Esther Manito and Larry Dean wax their moustaches ready to talk Salvador Dali
Oct 3, 2019 • 37min
Winston Churchill
Daliso Chaponda, Ivo Graham & Jessica Fostekew discuss the man voted the Greatest Briton. Recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Sep 26, 2019 • 39min
Fidel Castro
Comrades Heidi Regan, Konstantin Kisin and Eleanor Morton consider Fidel Castro.
Sep 19, 2019 • 44min
Muhammad Ali
Darren Harriott, Laura Davis, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd on the boxer called The Greatest. Recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Sep 12, 2019 • 34min
Queen Victoria
Dane Baptiste, Jodie Mitchell and Athena Kugblenu weigh up Queen Victoria.
Sep 5, 2019 • 39min
Amy Winehouse
Suzi Ruffell Joanne McNally and Maisie Adam take on Amy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Aug 29, 2019 • 2min
Evil Genius is back on 5 Sept! Watch out, dead famous people
Evil Genius is good, bad, ugly and funny. And it's returning to your lucky earholes.
Feb 14, 2019 • 30min
James Brown
Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy find out how James Brown Got On Up to no good.
Feb 7, 2019 • 26min
Walt Disney
Fern Brady, Tiff Stevenson and Kae Kurd have an animated chat, about animator Walt Disney
Jan 31, 2019 • 28min
Enid Blyton
Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn & Danny McLoughlin have a jolly old time with Enid Blyton
