Evil Genius with Russell Kane

Series 7: Meat Loaf 09.02.2023 40:08 ↓

Rachel Fairburn, Johnny Cochrane and Stevie Martin slice up the Bat Out Of Hell singer. Was he right in saying "no superstar will ever look like me again"? Producer: Beth O’Dea Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Audio Bristol production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

Series 7: Bruce Lee 02.02.2023 46:03 ↓

Felicity Ward, Ria Lina and Peter Rethinasamy decide if Lee deserves a one-inch punch

Series 7: JRR Tolkien 26.01.2023 46:28 ↓

Thanyia Moore, Lauren Pattison and Pierre Novellie are on a quest for the man who created the Ring. Is he more Sauron or Gandalf? Producer Beth O'Dea. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Audio Bristol production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

Series 7: Batman 19.01.2023 45:32 ↓

Stevie Martin, Rachel Fairburn and Johnny Cochrane ask how super the superhero really is. Is the caped crusader the sexiest superhero of all? Or a weirdo in a cave who makes it all worse, actually? Producer: Beth O’Dea Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Audio Bristol production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

Series 6: Lara Croft, Tomb Raider 24.03.2022 36:16 ↓

Sikisa, Sarah Callaghan and Ivo Graham dig the dirt on Tomb Raider, Lara Croft

Series 6: Richard Nixon 17.03.2022 40:13 ↓

Athena Kugblenu, Lou Sanders and Nathan Caton decide: Evilgate or Geniusgate?

Series 6: Frida Kahlo 10.03.2022 42:01 ↓

Gráinne Maguire, Harriet Braine and Hal Cruttenden paint a not-so-pretty picture of the Mexican artist. This episode was recorded before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Series 6: Sigmund Freud 03.03.2022 35:03 ↓

Sophie Duker, Rhys James and Evelyn Mok analyse the father of psychoanalysis

Series 6: Allen Ginsberg 24.02.2022 45:02 ↓

Gráinne Maguire, Harriet Braine and Hal Cruttenden beat up beat poet Allen Ginsberg.

Series 6: Genghis Khan 17.02.2022 40:37 ↓

Esther Manito, Robin Morgan and Sarah Mills discuss whether the warrior was actually woke

Series 6: Notorious B.I.G. 10.02.2022 33:36 ↓

Lou Sanders, Nathan Caton and Athena Kugblenu decide whether they're hypnotized by Biggie

Series 6: Wernher von Braun 03.02.2022 37:59 ↓

Sikisa, Sarah Callaghan and Ivo Graham take a look at the man behind the Apollo missions.

Series 6: Virginia Woolf 27.01.2022 42:50 ↓

Sophie Duker, Rhys James and Evelyn Mok decide if Virginia is more Woolf or puppy dog.

Series 6: Cecil Rhodes 20.01.2022 37:50 ↓

Johnny Cochrane, Thanyia Moore and Olga Koch knock down the man behind the big statues controversy - should statues of evil geniuses from history stay up? Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 6: Elizabeth I 13.01.2022 41:58 ↓

Robin Morgan, Esther Manito & Sarah Mills on the Virgin Queen. Pure evil or pure genius?

Series 6: Prince 06.01.2022 50:10 ↓

Olga Koch, Thanyia Moore and Johnny Cochrane uncover some truths about The Purple One. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 5: James Bond 01.04.2021 43:40 ↓

Rob Beckett, Athena Kugblenu & Heidi Regan decide whether to use the ejector seat on Bond

Series 5: Diego Maradona 25.03.2021 44:42 ↓

Will Jon Richardson, Johnny Cochrane and Susie McCabe give Maradona the red card?

Series 5: Che Guevara 19.03.2021 47:08 ↓

Comrades Ria Lina, Esther Manito and Michael Odewale dissect the Argentine revolutionary.

Series 5: Dr Seuss 12.03.2021 46:15 ↓

The controversial children's author. How will Josh Jones, Ola Labib & Joanne McNally vote?

Series 5: Billie Holiday 04.03.2021 42:38 ↓

Sophie Duker, Daliso Chaponda and Kemah Bob riff over jazz singer Billie Holiday, who sang Strange Fruit. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 5: Kellogg 25.02.2021 41:51 ↓

Fern Brady, Alison Spittle and Alex Edelman on John Harvey Kellogg, man of cornflakes. Producer Beth O'Dea

Series 5: Boudicca 18.02.2021 37:19 ↓

Grainne Maguire Athena Kugblenu and Tony Law assess the Queen of East Anglia AKA Boudicca

Series 5: Charles Darwin 11.02.2021 40:32 ↓

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

Series 5: Alfred Hitchcock 04.02.2021 48:46 ↓

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