Evil Animals - Hamsters

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

BBC

History, Comedy

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Join comedian Russell Kane as he gets to the bottom of hamsters (not that bottom). Are they cute little chaos merchants or agents of psychological warfare and cannibalism?

Helping Russell decide whether hamsters are misunderstood marvels or pint-sized monsters are comedian Laura Smyth and zoologist and hamster expert Jules Howard.

Additional material by: Eve Delaney & Christina Riggs

Researcher: Catherine Beazley

Sound Recordist: Luke Nagy

Digital Editor: Jerry Peal

Executive Producer: Paul Smith

Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls & Liz Tuoy

Producer: Simon Nicholls

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

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:09.0	You're dead to me.
0:11.0	No, no, that's the name of our podcast. Sorry.
0:14.6	And we're back for a brand new series.
0:17.1	Not only is it British history, it was a quill drop.
0:21.2	With more fun and facts from history without taking it too seriously.
0:25.8	Empress Matilda, what is she going to do now?
0:27.7	She decides to take back some of the jewels with her.
0:31.0	I'm taking these as well.
0:32.7	I'm going to come back for Tuscany one day as well.
0:35.2	You're dead to me.
0:36.7	Again, not you. Name of the show. Listen first on BBC well. You're dead to me. Again, not you.
0:38.0	Name of the show.
0:38.8	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:41.2	You're about to listen to Evil Animals with me, Russell Kane, part of the Evil Genius podcast feed.
0:47.1	Episodes will be released weekly wherever you get your podcasts.
0:50.9	But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the latest episodes 28 days earlier than
0:56.0	anywhere else, first on BBC Sounds. Warning, this episode contains strong language.
1:05.5	Animals. Animals. Animals.
1:09.3	Greetings, truth sniffing humans, or as I like to call you, ex-monkeys.
1:13.6	Whether you're an animal addict, critter critic or a scardy cat, you're all welcome in my animal kingdom.
1:19.0	For I am Russell Kane and this is evil animals.
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