Peter Stringfellow

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

BBC

History, Comedy

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Peter Stringfellow birthed modern nightclubs and we have a lot of partying to thank him for. But do his questionable values, exploitation and personal hiccups make him more evil than genius? Josh Jones, Rachel Fairburn and Chantel Nash are live in Sheffield to find out.

Additional material: Eve Delaney and Christina Riggs Researcher: Christina Riggs Sound Editor: Kate Mac Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith

The producer was Sasha Bobak. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.
0:09.3	Twice a week, Wayne Rooney, Kayeard and me, Kelly Somers,
0:12.4	break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond.
0:15.5	Coming to the Premier League, he's shown one called Play, he isn't.
0:18.2	He's been probably the sound of the season.
0:19.6	Plus, we'll hear the funniest and most outrageous stories from Wayne's career.
0:23.7	I had two seasons when I played as the number nine and scored 34 goals in both the seasons.
0:28.1	But I was bored.
0:30.3	The Wayne Runey Show.
0:31.5	It's what everybody's talking about.
0:33.8	Watch an eye player, listen on sounds.
0:37.5	Warning, this episode contains strong language.
0:44.0	Genius.
0:44.7	Genius.
0:45.2	Genius.
0:45.8	Genius.
0:45.8	Genius.
0:46.8	Yes.
0:53.6	We're at the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival in Sheffield.
0:59.0	I'm Russell Kane, the natural consequences of teaching Chavs to read.
1:04.3	This is the show where we unzip history's leather trousers,
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