Ozzy Osbourne
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
BBC
4.4 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
The Godfather of heavy metal, a legendary reality star and Birmingham’s favourite son - Ozzy Osbourne certainly has the makings of a genius. But was there something darker lurking beneath the leather trench coat? Lindsey Santoro, Hasan Al Habib, and Alexandra Haddow are tasked with examining whether the Prince of Darkness lives up to his name.
Additional material: Christina Riggs, Ruth Husko and Katie Sayer Researcher: Christina Riggs Recording Engineer: Dom Boucher Sound Editor: Kate Mac Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith
The producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.3 | Their company's success helped build a nation. |
| 0:10.9 | The company is such a big part of Korea's economy. |
| 0:13.5 | But who are the family behind one of the world's tech giants? |
| 0:17.2 | They often say, look, we built the nation. |
| 0:19.2 | And without us, South Korea as it exists today, |
| 0:22.6 | would simply not be here. Inheritance, Samsung explores the real-life dramas of the Lee family |
| 0:28.3 | and their company. They are the equivalent of royalty. Listen first on BBC sounds. |
| 0:34.1 | Episodes of Evil Genius are released weekly, wherever you get your BBC podcasts. But if you can't wait, |
| 0:39.6 | you can listen to the latest episode now, 28 days early, first on BBC Sounds. Warning, this episode |
| 0:47.0 | contains strong language. |
| 0:52.3 | Genius! Genius! Genius. Genius. |
| 1:01.4 | Welcome to evil genius. |
| 1:02.7 | I'm Russell Kane. |
| 1:04.8 | I've asked for a little bit of help on this one, |
| 1:08.0 | and they provided a list of insults for me to put myself down with. |
| 1:11.0 | And they're so horrible that instead of picking one I'm in a reading list |
| 1:12.4 | that he's meant to choose from. |
| 1:15.1 | I'm Russell Kane. |
| 1:16.4 | Imagine what would arrive on your doorstep |
| 1:18.2 | if you ordered Nick Grimshaw off Sheen. |
| 1:20.2 | That's the gentlest one. |
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