Evil Animals - Herring Gulls

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

BBC

Comedy, History

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Join comedian Russell Kane as he and his guests deep dive our seaside favourite – the Herring Gull. Is this bird a Flapping Felon or a proper paid-up member of the Coastal Carb Clean-up Crew?

Helping Russell decide whether Herring Gulls are evil or genius are comedian Jordan Gray and scientist Holly Dominique.

Additional material by: Eve Delaney, Ruth Huskisson & Christina Riggs Researcher: Catherine Beazley Sound Recordist: Nick Thackeray-Cron Digital Editor: Jerry Peal Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith 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.
0:07.0	On BBC Sounds.
0:09.0	Football from Five Live.
0:11.0	Join the Five Live sport team for exclusive commentaries from the Premier League,
0:15.1	FA Cup and Champions League.
0:16.8	Nice for the Colonel!
0:18.2	Watch a goal!
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0:24.2	and twice weekly join the Wayne Rooney show breaking down the biggest stories from the Premier League and beyond
0:29.9	football from five live listen on BBC sounds
0:34.3	Animals animals animals animals BBC Sounds.
0:40.2	Animals.
0:41.3	Animals?
0:51.4	Well, steal my nans chips on South End Beach in 1992 if it isn't me, Russell Kane, and if this isn't, evil animals!
0:56.6	Every episode, one species from the animal kingdom steps into the moral spotlight,
0:59.0	as we ask, are they genius or evil?
1:01.9	Are evil-looking animals all that bad?
1:03.8	Are cute ones actually conniving?
1:06.4	Either way, we at evil animals agree,
1:08.6	you should never judge a book by its cover,
1:12.6	unless it's an animal book and says, by Dan Brown, because it will be shit.
1:17.2	Today we're discussing the flying, crying, squawking,
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