BBC Radio 4

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

Comedy EN ↓ 160 episodes

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

Author

BBC Radio 4

Category

Comedy

Podcast website

www.bbc.co.uk

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Series 1: Steve Jobs 02.05.2018

Russell and his panelists Simon Evans, Bec Hill and Stephen Bailey try and decide whether Steve Jobs is evil or a genius. Without him this podcast may not have existed. Will that affect their decision?

Series 1: Hugh Hefner 25.04.2018

Russell Kane gets into his dressing gown to talk about Hugh Hefner while his panel Stephen Bailey, Bec Hill and Simon Evans look the other way.

Series 1: Gandhi 18.04.2018

Surely not Gandhi? Russell Kane reveals there might be an evil side to the father of modern India. With panelists Grainne Maguire, Sindhu Vee and Omar Hamdi.

Series 1: Roald Dahl 11.04.2018

Will Russell Kane’s revelations about Roald Dahl stop you from reading The BFG ever again? Panellists Judi Love, Kelly Convey and Imran Yusuf have their childhood memories tainted forever.

Series 1: Albert Einstein 04.04.2018

Kindly favourite-uncle genius with comedy hair, or controlling egomanic? Russell Kane attempts to explain the theory of relativity to Caz Frear, Sean McLoughlin and Rachel Parris.

Series 1: Richard Pryor 28.03.2018

Richard Pryor may be the comedian’s comedian, but there is plenty in his life story that isn’t so funny. Russell Kane discusses whether his genius outweighs his evil, with panellists Judi Love, Kelly Convey and Imran Yusuf.

Series 1: Evelyn Waugh 21.03.2018

Writing Brideshead Revisited? Genius. Naming his son Auberon? Evil. And it gets worse... Russell weighs it all up with Jolyon Rubinstein, Ellie White and Sadie Harrison.

Series 1: Marie Stopes 14.03.2018

Russell Kane asks whether birth control pioneer Marie Stopes had a more sinister motive.. with Dane Baptiste, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Iszi Lawrence.

Series 1: John Lennon 07.03.2018

Peace, love and an intolerance of laughter. Was the music worth it all? Depends who you ask. With Rachel Parris, Caz Frear and Sean McLoughlin.

Series 1: Trailer 05.03.2018

The show where we ask: Where do you draw the line?

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