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The Week Junior Show

David Attenborough's 100th birthday

The Week Junior Show

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, News Commentary, News, Education For Kids

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Amsterdam bans outdoor advertising for meat and fossil fuel products; meet the UK’s first 'gull ranger'; and the team discusses David Attenborough – the legendary broadcaster’s incredible century and the parties readers held to mark it. 

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to The Week Junior Show.

0:06.6

I'm Bex and I'm joined by writers Eve and Joe from The Week Junior,

0:10.4

the magazine Making Sense of the World for 8 to 14-year-olds.

0:13.9

This week, the team will be talking about changes to advertising rules in Amsterdam,

0:18.4

David Attenborough's 100th birthday, and whether it's okay to wear smart glasses.

0:23.4

Now, make sure you're listening closely, because at the end of the episode, we'll be asking you a question about what you've heard, and if you answer it correctly, you could win a prize.

0:30.8

But more on that later. In this week's magazine, there is a feature about a new musical magic show called Rabbits Out of the Hat,

0:38.9

which starts touring the UK this weekend. And it got me thinking, what is your favourite magic

0:43.7

trick, Eve? Sometimes we have a few magic tricks going on in the office. And our art director,

0:50.0

Dave, does this trick where he has a two- coin and a two pound coin in his hands.

0:56.4

And then the two P just completely like disappears.

0:59.5

And I don't even know how to, but it blows my mind.

1:03.9

And I quite often just say to him, do the magic trick so that he could just show me again.

1:07.9

Because it's so cool.

1:09.4

But yes, I do now know how he did it because he told me, but I won't reveal, never reveal a magician's secrets, especially on a podcast. Absolutely not, but I do appreciate it. He's a man of many talents, Dave, isn't he? Mm, he is. Every time he tell me something about him, I'm like, he's so literally got tricks up his sleeve.

1:28.1

I know. Fascinating. We'll get him on the podcast one day, I'm sure. One day he'll come back. Joe, how about you? I quite like card tricks, especially ones that rely on Slight of Hand, because it really feels like something I couldn't do. So like when sleight of hand is involved, it's not like I could do the trick if I'm being, I could do the trick I'm being shown if I followed certain steps. I just wouldn't have the skills to do it in any way, shape, or form. And also a bit like the coin trick, you're often shown card tricks at quite close quarters. So for me, that maybe in some ways makes it even

2:02.4

more impressive than if you're sort of at the back of the arena and the magicians on the stage

2:06.3

in the distance. I do love a card trick. They feel like I could do them, but then I know I can't.

2:11.5

I've tried before and then not for me. I interviewed Stephen Mulhern last year, who listeners

2:16.8

might know from ITV, and he's done a lot

2:19.6

of magic in his time. He released a book all about magic and teaching people magic tricks.

2:23.4

So I think it's okay to say this one because he himself has written it and put it in a book.

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