Evil Genius with Russell Kane

Russell Kane deep dives Orcas. Marine Menace Masterminds or Deep Sea Superstars? Helping him decide whether Orcas are evil or genius are zoologist Billy Heaney and comedian Lucy Porter.

Written by: Eve Delaney & Ruth Huskisson

Evil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.

Russell Kane dishes the dirt on our favourite rodent – the rat. Joining him to decide whether Rats are evil or genius are the Natural History Museum’s Merit Researcher Natalie Cooper and comedian Susie McCabe.

Written by: Eve Delaney & Ruth Huskisson

Evil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.

Comedian Russell Kane dishes the dirt on Tortoises. Helping him decide whether Tortoises – aka Shellena Gomez - are evil or genius are zoologist and author Jules Howard and comedian Peter Rethinasamy.

Written by: Eve Delaney & Ruth Huskisson

Evil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.

Comedian Russell Kane spills the beans on Vultures (not literally).

Helping Russell decide whether Vultures are evil or genius are zoologist and author Lucy Cooke and comedian, writer and actress Desiree Burch.

Written by: Eve Delaney & Ruth Huskisson

Evil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.

Comedian Russell Kane dishes the dirt on Wasps. Are Wasps malicious menaces or misunderstood marvels?

Helping Russell decide whether Wasps are evil or genius are Professor of Behavioural Ecology at UCL, Seirian Sumner and comedian Lindsey Santoro.

Written by: Eve Delaney & Ruth Huskisson

Evil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.

Russell Kane is back with the feral sibling of Evil Genius. We're spilling the beans on Koalas. Are they Adorable Aussie icons or shit-eating nightmares?

Written by: Eve Delaney & Ruth Huskisson

Evil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.

He’s one of the most famous criminals in British history, but was railway enthusiast Ronnie Biggs really just a petty crook who fell on his feet? From his 36 years on the run, to his brief stint as a punk icon, Louise Young, Limahl Germain and Peter Rethinasamy must decide whether the man who put the ‘Great’ into ‘Great Train Robbery’ was evil, or genius.

Additional material: Miriam O’Byrne, Angela Channell and Katie Sayer

The producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.

A teenage nerd with anger management issues, Joan of Arc has been immortalised as a figure of resistance across the generations. But was the Maid of Orleans really just a pick-me girl with a dodgy haircut? Ola Labib, Edd Hedges and Lily Phillips must decide whether Joan of Arc was a virgin martyr, or a virgin loser.

Additional material: Christina Riggs, Angela Channell and Katie Sayer

The producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.

He’s the most famous composer there’s ever been; a child prodigy who produced more than 600 works in his short life. But was the ‘miracle of Vienna’ really anything more than just a manchild with a scat fetish? Kate Cheka, Stephen Bailey and Steve Bugeja must decide whether the ‘boy genius’ was actually more ‘boy evil’, via water sports and magic flutes.

Additional material: Miriam O’Byrne and Katie Sayer

The producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds.

She’s the face that launched a thousand ships - but is Helen of Troy anything more than just a pick-me girl with an army of cucks? Lily Phillips, Ola Labib and Edd Hedges consider bestiality, incest, and Power Rangers, to try and assess whether the hottest woman in history leaves them cold.

Additional material: Miriam O’Byrne, Angela Channell and Katie Sayer

The producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.