Lady Macbeth

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

BBC

History, Comedy

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Was Lady Macbeth a cold-hearted killer or a grieving mother? Did she manipulate her husband or help him achieve his goals? Or was she simply in a very toxic relationship? Laura Smyth, Josh Jones and Johnny Cochrane decide... evil or genius.

Producer: Sasha Bobak Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others.
0:05.2	My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.
0:11.3	It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here,
0:16.3	but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.
0:19.6	And because the team is such a diverse
0:21.2	range of skills and strengths, we have trained journalists, people who love digging through
0:26.0	archives, we've got drama and even comedy experts. We really can do those stories justice. So if
0:31.8	you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories
0:37.1	from all around the UK. BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories from all around the UK.
0:40.3	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:43.8	Warning, this episode contains strong language.
0:50.4	Genius!
0:51.2	Genius!
0:51.4	Genius!
0:56.0	When will we three meet again? Well, if you're on about me, my producer Donna and my studio director Terry, probably
1:00.6	in about an hour for afterwork shots at the pregnant cow.
1:03.0	Hi, Terry, we!
1:04.0	This is BBC Radio 4's Evil Genius and I am Russell Kane.
1:09.0	Two parts donkey from Shrek, one part Ross from Friends and the rest, ADHD, doubt and jiz.
1:14.8	Evil Genius is the cultural bear pit where we take famous dead folk and find out if they're
1:19.7	actually as great as everyone says, or were they in fact more twisted than my nan's knee?
1:25.3	And trust me, that knee is fucked. Try not to get offended. That was a joke. My nan's dead. And trust me, that knee is fucked.
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