The Critters Are Back!
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
BBC
4.4 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Evil Animals is back with a whole new menagerie of beasts. Comedian Russell Kane and his panel will debate whether Koalas, Wasps, Tortoises, Vultures, Orcas, Meerkats, Ants, Rats and Chimpanzees are evil or genius.
Across the series, Russell will be joined by leading experts including: zoology correspondent Jules Howard, zoologist Lucy Cooke, Professor of Behavioural Ecology Seirian Sumner, Merit Researcher at the Natural History Museum Natalie Cooper, zoologist Billy Heaney and top entomologist Professor Karim Vahed.
Comedian guests include: Lindsey Santoro, Peter Rethinasamy, Lucy Porter, Glenn Moore, Felicity Ward, Desiree Burch, Susie McCabe and Esther Manito.
Hosted by Russell Kane Written by Angela Channell 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.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:08.0 | Who's a good boy? Me's a good boy. |
| 0:11.8 | Russell Kane here, buzzing round your ears with all the backbone of an invertebrate and the flexibility of a vertebrate. |
| 0:18.3 | Time for an exclusive. You're hearing it here first, straight from the horse's mouth, |
| 0:23.7 | that my BBC podcast, Evil Animals, is back. |
| 0:27.6 | Every episode, we put one of your favourite critters on the stand and reach a verdict. |
| 0:31.7 | Are they more Pixar propaganda or ESOP actualities? |
| 0:35.6 | Be warned, Sonic Safariists. |
| 0:38.2 | You'll hear all about cannibalising, regurgitating, |
| 0:41.6 | mega-sliming, self-amputating, |
| 0:44.0 | toxic vomiting, eyeblood squirting. |
| 0:46.7 | And that's just what we get up to in the studio. |
| 0:48.7 | This series, we've set our sights on koalas, |
| 0:51.4 | awes, meerkats, |
| 0:53.6 | vultures, er, orchards, ants, chimpanzees, rats, |
| 1:00.2 | and tortoises. What noise does a bloody tortoise make? |
| 1:04.7 | That's a great tortoise mating, I just remembered it. Yes. And of course, I'll be addressing |
| 1:09.3 | the elephants in the room, or as my producer |
| 1:11.6 | likes to call them guests, who are all lined up and ready to get down to the meat or fish |
| 1:16.1 | of the matter. From the land and sea to the air and other animals' digestive tracts, |
| 1:21.7 | no beast is safe. Armed with extensive scientific research and my own personal vibe-checking |
| 1:27.3 | skills, |
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