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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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Henry VIII

Henry VIII

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

28 Jan 2021

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Bill Hicks

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Tiff Stevenson, Fern Brady and Kae Kurd weigh up the comedian Bill Hicks

19 Jan 2019

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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

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Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse

Suzi Ruffell Joanne McNally and Maisie Adam take on Amy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Lou Reed

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Sophie Duker, Laura Lexx & Neil Delamere take a walk on the wild side with the rock star

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Salvador Dali

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

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Kindly favourite-uncle genius with comedy hair, or controlling egomanic? Russell Kane attempts to explain the theory of... Read more

4 Apr 2018

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

Will Russell Kane’s revelations about Roald Dahl stop you from reading The BFG ever again? Panellists Judi Love, Kelly C... Read more

11 Apr 2018

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Gandhi

Gandhi

Surely not Gandhi? Russell Kane reveals there might be an evil side to the father of modern India. With panelists Grain... Read more

18 Apr 2018

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JFK

JFK

Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison poke around JFK: John F. Kennedy, US President.

15 Nov 2018

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Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor may be the comedian’s comedian, but there is plenty in his life story that isn’t so funny. Russell Kane di... Read more

28 Mar 2018

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Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers

Desiree Burch, Catherine Bohart and Alan Carr chat being outrageous and having no limits.

27 Dec 2018

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Darth Vader

Darth Vader

James Acaster, Jayde Adams and Romesh Ranganathan ask if he's just misunderstood.

6 Dec 2018

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Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner

Russell Kane gets into his dressing gown to talk about Hugh Hefner while his panel Stephen Bailey, Bec Hill and Simon Ev... Read more

25 Apr 2018

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson read up on author Charles Dickens

13 Dec 2018

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Bernard Manning

Bernard Manning

Jessica Fostekew, Marlon Davis and Leo Kearse ask if the popular comedian is still funny.

17 Oct 2019

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Marie Stopes: birth control pioneer

Marie Stopes: birth control pioneer

Russell Kane asks whether birth control pioneer Marie Stopes had a more sinister motive.. with Dane Baptiste, Kiri Pritc... Read more

14 Mar 2018

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Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel

Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison debate Coco Chanel and lying about your age.

10 Jan 2019

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Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh

Writing Brideshead Revisited? Genius. Naming his son Auberon? Evil. And it gets worse... Russell weighs it all up with ... Read more

21 Mar 2018

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George Best

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

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