Evil Genius with Russell Kane
by BBC Sounds
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Estimated from 8 chart positions in 8 markets.
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- 🇬🇧GB · Comedy#9130K to 100K
- 🇮🇹IT · Comedy#5310K to 30K
- 🇨🇱CL · Comedy#783K to 10K
- 🇿🇦ZA · Comedy#973K to 10K
- 🇵🇭PH · Comedy#106500 to 3K
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24K to 81K🎙 ~2x weekly·157 episodes·Last published 2d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
48K to 162K🇬🇧62%🇮🇹19%🇨🇱6%+5 more - Active Followers
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14K to 49K
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Series 13: The Humans are Taking Over
Sep 1, 2026
0m 36s
Evil Animals, Series 3: Meerkats
Aug 26, 2026
32m 38s
Evil Animals, Series 3: Ants
Aug 19, 2026
33m 28s
Evil Animals, Series 3: Chimpanzees
Aug 12, 2026
33m 46s
Evil Animals, Series 3: Orcas
Aug 5, 2026
32m 31s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 9/1/26 | Series 13: The Humans are Taking Over | Russell Kane returns to reassess history's heroes and villains - and this series, those heroes and villains include Jilly Cooper, Stephen Hawking, Pavarotti, the Marquis de Sade, L Ron Hubbard, Sean Connery, Catherine de Medici, Chuck Berry and Princess Diana... Comedians across the series include Bella Hull, Rosie Holt, Katie Norris, Dan Tiernan, Horatio Gould, Ola Labib, Rajiv Karia, Kate Cheka, Kazeem Jamal, Ian Smith, Hasan Al Habib, Stephen Bailey - and Russell's real life wife, Lindsey Kane. Hosted by Russell Kane Researchers: Miriam O'Byrne, Christina Riggs, Lorna Reader Sound Recordist: Dom Boucher Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith Producer: Katie SayerEvil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds. | 0m 36s | ||||||
| 8/26/26 |  Evil Animals, Series 3: Meerkats | Joining comedian Russell Kane to decide whether Meerkats are evil or genius are Merit Researcher at the Natural History Museum, Dr. Natalie Cooper and and comedian Susie McCabe.Written by: Eve Delaney & Ruth Huskisson Additional material by: Catherine Beazley & Angela Channell Researcher: Catherine Beazley Sound Recordist: Gareth Wood Digital Editor: Jerry Peal Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith Producer: Simon NichollsEvil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds. | 32m 38s | ||||||
| 8/19/26 | Evil Animals, Series 3: Ants | Russell Kane asks whether Ants – aka Ant-ony Hopkins - are Conga Line Creeps or Mini-muscle heads. With entomologist Dr. Karim Vahed of Bug Life and comedian Glenn Moore.Written by: Eve Delaney & Ruth Huskisson Additional material by: Catherine Beazley & Angela Channell Researcher: Catherine Beazley Sound Recordist: Gareth Wood Digital Editor: Jerry Peal Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith Producer: Simon NichollsEvil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds. | 33m 28s | ||||||
| 8/12/26 | Evil Animals, Series 3: Chimpanzees | Joining comedian Russell Kane to decide whether Chimpanzees are evil or genius are the zoologist and author Jules Howard and comedian Esther Manito.Written by: Eve Delaney & Ruth Huskisson Additional material by: Catherine Beazley & Angela Channell Researcher: Catherine Beazley Sound Recordist: Gareth Wood Digital Editor: Jerry Peal Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith Producer: Simon NichollsEvil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds. | 33m 46s | ||||||
| 8/5/26 | Evil Animals, Series 3: Orcas | 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 Additional material by: Catherine Beazley & Angela Channell Researcher: Catherine Beazley Sound Recordist: Gareth Wood Digital Editor: Jerry Peal Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith Producer: Simon NichollsEvil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds. | 32m 31s | ||||||
| 7/29/26 | Evil Animals, Series 3: Rats | 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 Additional material by: Catherine Beazley & Angela Channell Researcher: Catherine Beazley Sound Recordist: Gareth Wood Digital Editor: Jerry Peal Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith Producer: Simon NichollsEvil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds. | 34m 09s | ||||||
| 7/22/26 |  Evil Animals, Series 3: Tortoises | 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 Additional material by: Catherine Beazley & Angela Channell Researcher: Catherine Beazley Sound Recordist: Gareth Wood Digital Editor: Jerry Peal Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith Producer: Simon NichollsEvil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds. | 33m 06s | ||||||
| 7/15/26 | vulturesanimals+5 | Lucy CookeDesiree Burch | BBC SoundsBBC Studios | — | vulturesevil+5 | — | 33m 01s | ||
| 7/8/26 | waspsanimal behavior+3 | Seirian SumnerLindsey Santoro | UCLBBC Studios+1 | — | waspscomedy+3 | — | 35m 43s | ||
| 7/1/26 | KoalasAnimals+4 | Felicity WardLucy Cooke | BBC SoundsBBC Studios | — | KoalasEvil Genius+5 | — | 31m 49s | ||
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| 6/17/26 | British criminalsGreat Train Robbery+3 | Louise YoungLimahl Germain+1 | BBC SoundsBBC Studios | — | Ronnie BiggsGreat Train Robbery+3 | — | 38m 17s | ||
| 6/10/26 | Joan of Archistory+4 | Ola LabibEdd Hedges+1 | BBC SoundsBBC Studios | — | Joan of ArcMaid of Orleans+4 | — | 38m 33s | ||
| 6/3/26 | musiccomposers+4 | Kate ChekaStephen Bailey+1 | BBC SoundsBBC Studios+1 | — | Mozartcomposers+4 | — | 37m 38s | ||
| 5/27/26 | evil animalscomedy debate+3 | Lindsey SantoroPeter Rethinasamy+6 | BBC StudiosBBC Sounds | — | KoalasWasps+7 | — | 1m 42s | ||
| 5/27/26 | Helen of Troymythology+4 | Lily PhillipsOla Labib+1 | — | — | Helen of Troymythology+3 | — | 37m 36s | ||
| 5/20/26 | William Shakespeareplaywriting+4 | Stephen BaileyKate Cheka+1 | BBC SoundsBBC Studios | — | Shakespeareplaywright+5 | — | 40m 54s | ||
| 5/13/26 | Nancy Reaganpolitical influence+5 | Limahl GermainLouise Young+1 | BBC SoundsBBC Studios | — | Nancy Reagantradwife+6 | — | 37m 54s | ||
| 5/6/26 | American dreamF. Scott Fitzgerald+3 | Pierre NovellieRachel Fairburn+1 | BBC SoundsBBC Studios+1 | — | F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Great Gatsby+3 | — | 37m 36s | ||
| 5/6/26 |  Series 12: F. Scott Fitzgerald | The poster boy for yearning, F. Scott Fitzgerald came to epitomise the American dream. But is the author of The Great Gatsby really so great after all? Pierre Novellie, Rachel Fairburn and Slim dive between the covers and find some red flags in the roaring twenties.Additional material: Miriam O’Byrne and Katie Sayer Researcher: Miriam O’Byrne Recording Engineer: Dom Boucher Sound Editor: Kate Mac Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul SmithThe producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds. | 37m 36s | ||||||
| 4/29/26 | Brigitte Bardotanimal rights+3 | Lindsey SantoroHasan Al Habib+1 | BBC SoundsBBC Studios+1 | — | Brigitte Bardotanimal rights+5 | — | 37m 25s | ||
| 4/29/26 | Series 12: Brigitte Bardot | The original pin-up, Brigitte Bardot enchanted audiences in France and around the world. But in later life, was her concern with rights - both “animal” and “far” - at odds with her liberated image? Via Playboy, farting on trains, and optimistically flashing an areola, Lindsey Santoro, Hasan Al Habib, and Alexandra Haddow must decide - was Brigitte Bardot evil, or a genius?Additional material: Christina Riggs and Katie Sayer Researcher: Christina Riggs Recording Engineer: Dom Boucher Sound Editor: Kate Mac Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul SmithThe producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds. | 37m 25s | ||||||
| 4/22/26 | fast foodColonel Sanders+4 | Josh JonesLaura Smyth+1 | KFCEvil Genius with Russell Kane+2 | — | Colonel SandersKFC+5 | — | 34m 33s | ||
| 4/22/26 | Series 12: Colonel Sanders | To fast food fans, he’s a deity. To chickens, he’s public enemy number one. But there’s more to Colonel Sanders than just that secret blend of 11 herbs and spices. Josh Jones, Laura Smyth and chef Ruby Bhogal take a deep dive into the Colonel’s life - and find gunfights, court cases, and an unexpected detour into gynaecology. Was Colonel Sanders evil or a genius?Additional material: Christina Riggs, Ruth Husko and Katie Sayer Researcher: Christina Riggs Recording Engineer: Dan Nagy Sound Editor: Kate Mac Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul SmithThe producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds. | 34m 33s | ||||||
| 4/15/26 | missing personstrue crime+3 | Rachel FairburnPierre Novellie+1 | BBC SoundsBBC Studios+1 | — | Lord Lucanmissing persons case+3 | — | 37m 39s | ||
| 4/15/26 | Series 12: Lord Lucan | It’s one of the most famous missing persons cases of all time, and has baffled detectives for over 50 years. So will Russell Kane and co fare any better at getting to the truth about Lord Lucan? Rachel Fairburn, Pierre Novellie and Slim help in the hunt for the missing aristocrat, via luxuriant moustaches, northern tea and soggy biscuit.Additional material: Miriam O’Byrne and Katie Sayer Researcher: Miriam O’Byrne Recording Engineer: Dom Boucher Sound Editor: Kate Mac Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul SmithThe producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds. | 37m 39s | ||||||
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Chart history for Evil Genius with Russell Kane
Peaked at #53 in Italy, currently #53 in Italy.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | — | #53 | #53 | — |
| CL | — | #78 | #78 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #91 | #91 | — |
| South Africa | — | #97 | #97 | — |
| PH | — | #106 | #106 | — |
| Denmark | — | #113 | #113 | — |
| PE | — | #115 | #115 | — |
| BE | — | #185 | #185 | — |
Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.
Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.