Evil Animals - Spiders
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
BBC
4.4 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Join comedian Russell Kane as he and his guests spill the beans on spiders. Consistently ranked amongst the most creepy and crawly, we ask are spiders abusive arachnids or kooky cuties?
Helping Russell decide whether spiders are evil or genius are top comedian Josh Jones and leading entomologist & England Manager for Buglife, Dr. Karim Vahed.
Additional material by: Eve Delaney, Ruth Huskisson & Christina Riggs Researcher: Catherine Beazley Sound Recordist: Gareth Wood 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.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.2 | Savings, credit cards, car finance, reclaiming, insurance, investing, power of attorney, decision, |
| 0:12.2 | indecision, analysis, paralysis. |
| 0:15.4 | Don't panic. |
| 0:16.4 | The Martin Lewis podcast is twice weekly, helping you navigate our complex consumer world. |
| 0:21.2 | I'll walk you through a big money saving topic step by step. |
| 0:24.5 | Then in question time, you set the agenda and ask whatever's on your mind. |
| 0:28.6 | Would you rather be locked in an empty shopping centre with a thousand snakes or just one gorilla? |
| 0:33.6 | Within reason. |
| 0:34.2 | The Martin Lewis podcast, listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.4 | Warning, this episode contains strong language. |
| 0:45.2 | Animals. Animals. |
| 0:48.8 | Greetings, fly eaters, corner lurkers and daylight avoiding scuttlers. |
| 0:54.0 | I am Russell Kane and this is |
| 0:56.4 | evil animals, the bastard love child of evil genius and David Attenborough's planet Earth. But without |
| 1:02.0 | the gentle narration, fewer drone shots and 90% more screaming. Ah! Get off! |
| 1:09.0 | Which animal are we mostly focusing on today, Russell? |
| 1:12.3 | I hear you ask. |
| 1:13.1 | Well, here's some clues. |
| 1:14.5 | Some species of today's animal loiter in the corner of rooms |
| 1:17.9 | using chemicals to communicate. |
| 1:20.1 | Others hit the dance floor, |
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