BBC Radio 4

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

It’s good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.

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BBC Radio 4

Kategori

Comedy

Podcastens hjemmeside

www.bbc.co.uk

Seneste episode

28. okt. 2026

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Series 5: Alfred Hitchcock 04.02.2021

Catherine Bohart, Tom Parry & Heidi Regan keep you in suspense. Hitchcock:evil or genius?

Series 5: Henry VIII 28.01.2021

Grainne Maguire, Felicity Ward and Alex Kealy decide, was Henry more monarch or murderer?

Series 5: Malcolm X 21.01.2021

Darren Harriott, Sikisa and Johnny Cochrane examine the civil rights leader. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 5: Alexander Hamilton 14.01.2021

Sara Barron, Ivo Graham & Jenny Bede on the American Founding Father, the real man behind the hit musical Hamilton. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 4: Karl Marx 17.06.2020

Olga Koch, Eshaan Akbar and Geoff Norcott give the political thinker Marx out of ten. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 4: Charlie Chaplin 11.06.2020

Jon Richardson, Catherine Bohart & Shappi Khorsandi look at the film star in close-up. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 4: Freddie Mercury 16.04.2020

Tom Allen, Evelyn Mok and Isma Almas share what Queen's singing superstar means to them. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 4: Emmeline Pankhurst 09.04.2020

Will Sarah Keyworth, Athena Kugblenu and Luisa Omielan use their votes wisely?

Series 4: Elvis 02.04.2020

Will Colin Murray,Johnny Cochrane and Neil Delamere have suspicious minds about The King?

Series 4: Picasso 26.03.2020

Tom Allen, Suzi Ruffell and Harriet Braine paint a wonky picture of the great artist. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 4: Nina Simone 19.03.2020

Are Athena Kugblenu, Njambi McGrath and Harriet Dyer feeling good about Nina Simone?

Series 4: WG Grace 12.03.2020

Ivo Graham and Aatif Nawaz bowl over non-cricket fans Russell Kane and Joanne McNally. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 4: Adi Dassler, founder of Adidas 05.03.2020

Darren Harriott, Nathan Caton and Joanne McNally put the boot in to the sportswear giant.

Series 4: George Best 27.02.2020

Colin Murray, Chloe Petts and Neil Delamere give the greatest footballer a good kicking.

Series 3: Oscar Wilde 07.11.2019

Jen Brister, Larry Dean & Esther Manito consign Oscar Wilde to the gutter or the stars.

Series 3: Lou Reed 31.10.2019

Sophie Duker, Laura Lexx & Neil Delamere take a walk on the wild side with the rock star. Recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 3: Whitney Houston 24.10.2019

Dane Baptiste, Jodie Mitchell and Athena Kugblenu decide, will they always love Whitney?

Series 3: Bernard Manning 17.10.2019

Jessica Fostekew, Marlon Davis and Leo Kearse ask if the popular comedian is still funny. Recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 3: Salvador Dali 10.10.2019

Jen Brister, Esther Manito and Larry Dean wax their moustaches ready to talk Salvador Dali

Series 3: Winston Churchill 03.10.2019

Daliso Chaponda, Ivo Graham & Jessica Fostekew discuss the man voted the Greatest Briton. Recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 3: Fidel Castro 26.09.2019

Comrades Heidi Regan, Konstantin Kisin and Eleanor Morton consider Fidel Castro.

Series 3: Muhammad Ali 19.09.2019

Darren Harriott, Laura Davis, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd on the boxer called The Greatest. Recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 3: Queen Victoria 12.09.2019

Dane Baptiste, Jodie Mitchell and Athena Kugblenu weigh up Queen Victoria.

Series 3: Amy Winehouse 05.09.2019

Suzi Ruffell Joanne McNally and Maisie Adam take on Amy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 2: James Brown 14.02.2019

Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy find out how James Brown Got On Up to no good.

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