Amazing Astronaut Tim Peake!
An out-of-this guest joins Fun Kids Meets this week, as Dan chats to British Astronaut Time Peake!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Letterpress, Disneyland, Kew Gardens
We’re finding out how letterpress printing works in this episode of Activity Quest with artist Chris Fritton. George is off to Disneyland Paris and Sean’s chatting to the team at Kew Gardens about some seasonal fun… See omnystud...
Astronaut Tim Peake answers YOUR Science Questions!
How does our voice work? What plant stings worse than a stinging nettle? Astronaut and author Tim Peake joins us to answer YOUR questions about space!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Flower shows and wild selfies
On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about the first all-civilian crew to fly into space, what’s happening at the famous Chelsea Flower Show and ambitious plans to bring woolly mammoths back to life. Plus, w...
Betty and The Bridesmaid Dress
Aunty Gemma was getting married, and Betty was CROSS. Now why would someone be cross over something so lovely as a wedding? Betty was cross because she was told (not ASKED I should add) but TOLD that she was going to be a bridesmaid. ...
Jenny McLachlan, Jim Beckett, and How YOU can create your own story!
We look back at our time with Jenny McLachlan and Jim Beckett during the Book Worms Live event at the Underbelly Festival in London. We hear about their new books and how we can create our own stories!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Konnie Huq chats Cookie
Konnie's got a new book! It's from the Cookie Series, The Most Mysterious Mystery in the World. Mysterious! Hurray, Cookie’s Nani is coming to stay from Bangladesh! But she doesn’t speak English and Cookie is the only one in the family w...
We The Curious and Alton Towers
Adam’s off to interactive science museum and art gallery combined, We The Curious in Bristol. George is riding rollercoasters at Alton Towers, and we’ve got a list of events from across the UK! Activity Quest is the place to get suggestion...
Why do we have freckles? And the Dangerous Blister Beetle!
Why do we have freckles? What gives the Blister Beetle its name? We hear on what in music makes us groove and answer your science questions on this weeks Fun Kids Science Weekly!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Emma Radacanu and the future of train travel
Young tennis star Emma Radacanu’s amazing triumph at the US Open, a new 50p coin and the UK Youth Parliament holding its annual conference. Plus, we’ll have a debate all about whether first class train travel should be scrapped. Tell us wh...
The Dragon in the Haberdashery
Do you know what a haberdashery is? It’s a rather fun place where you can buy all sorts of things made out of fabric. Smiths Haberdashers had been in business for over a hundred years, but unbeknownst to the sisters, th...
Jacqueline Wilson chats The Primrose Railway Children
Jacqueline Wilson is chatting about her new book, The Primrose Railway Children, which is a fresh reimagining of the classic The Railway Children as a brand new adventure! Phoebe Robinson loves making up stories – just like her wonderful, imagin...
Cotswold Farm Park, Chessington World of Adventures, L.O.L. Surprise!
It’s Adam versus Adam in Activity Quest with Producer Adam off to Adam from Countryfile’s Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park. Plus, George is aboard rollercoasters at Chessington World of Adventures, we’ve got an at-home craft to...
Why Does Cheese Give Us Nightmares?
Why are we seeing more spiders? How do touch screens work? Author of Everything Under the Sun and QI Elf Molly Oldfield joins us on the podcast to uncover the answers to some amazing science questions and we learn all about the deadliest and cutest cre...
World Afro Day and Jewish New Year
On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about World Afro Day, the conclusion of the Paralympics and the celebrations taking place for Jewish New Year. Plus, we’ll have a debate all about whether there should be...
The Paris Panther on The 52
Ben is just starting big school...and he has to get the number 52 bus to school. One day, an elderly woman sits next to Ben on the bus and starts telling him all about her UNBELIEVABLE life that she's lived...almost too unbelievable.See omnystudio.com...
Steven Lenton, Alex Milway and A Very Hungry Moose!
Take a peek into the Book Worms live event from the Underbelly Festival on this weeks Book Worms podcast with illustrator and author Steven Lenton and author Alex Milway with a musical surprise for us!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bex chats to Rob Biddulph
Bestselling award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Rob Biddulph joins Bex! He’s chatting all about his new book, Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City! Drawing feels like magic to Peanut Jones. But art can’t fix her p...
Mr Mulligans Mini Golf, LEGOLAND and at-home crafts
Adam’s taking on mini golf, we’ve got a list of events from across the UK and we’re discovering some of the hottest theme park rides with George. That, plus a craft that you can do at home. Remember, whatever you do and however you d...
How to Turn Plastic to Vanilla!
Why is the sky blue? How fast does our brain work? Joanna Sadler joins us to chat about a recent study where she used bacteria to turn plastic into Vanilla flavouring! Find out all of this and more on this weeks Fun Kids Science Weekly!See omnystudio.c...
Paralympics and parkour
On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about a record breaking Paralympics, the robot that can do parkour and the birth of a rare white rhino calf. Plus, we’ll have a debate all about whether mountain visits s...
The Fairy Curse
One thing pretty much everyone knows is that it’s a really bad idea to annoy a fairy. In fact, there's not much worse than ending up with a fairy curse...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Seam Meets Rockstar Ricky Wilson
Sean is joined by Robot to discuss how his chat with Kaiser Chiefs' frontman, Ricky Wilson, went!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Up at The O2, Ordnance Survey, Summer comes to an end
We’re saying goodbye to summer in this week’s episode of Activity Quest – but it doesn’t have to be a sad one! Conor’s climbing over one of London’s most famous landmarks, we’ve got a bunch of events from acro...
How does an astronaut’s toilet work?
What is sweat? How do wings work? These science questions are answered, we hear about the giant hairy scorpion and Rebecca from the Science Museum joins us in this weeks Fun Kids Science Weekly!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chatting chimps and sailing teens
On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about animals being counted in Kenya, the teenager sailing around Britain and the surprising way in which chimps communicate. Plus, we’ll have a debate all about whether ...
Space Parcels To The Moon!
You’ve probably had a delivery driver knock loudly on your door or seen them delivering exciting looking packages to your neighbours, but have you ever met someone who delivered space parcels? Yes, that’s right, space parcels. Well meet El...
Lemony Snickett, Rob Biddulph and JM Joseph!
What makes Lemony Snicketts mind tick? Hear about his new book, Poison for Breakfast, as well as some of the hidden illustrations to look out for in Rob Biddulphs new book, Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City. And a quiz from JM Joseph!See omnystudio...
Bex chats to legendary author Lemony Snicket about his brand new book!
Sean catches up with Bex to chat about how her chat with legendary author of 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' Lemony Snicket - or his... 'representative,' Daniel Handler - all about his/their brand new book, 'Poison for Breakfast'.See omnystudio.com/li...
Solarcan, Cressida Cowell, Luke Jerram and the Overview Effect
This week’s episode of Activity Quest is out-of-this world. We’re looking at astronomy and photography and how you can see the Earth from the stars... kind of. That, plus events from across the country and a summer challenge set by Cressida...
The Deadliest Cheese and why do Elephants have Tusks?
Be careful eating this cheese, it might kill you! Why are mosquito bites bumpy? And Charlotte from the Royal Institution all about the anniversary of 200 years of the electric motor!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Emoji and a really big volcano
On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about the start of the Paralympics in Tokyo, a volcano that’s getting bigger and the completion of an incredible swimming challenge. Plus, we’ll have a debate all a...
Vicky and The Circus Elephant
Circuses are places of fun and delight. Or at least they are for most people. But Vicky was not ‘most people’. Vicky lived in the circus. Now living in a circus sounds like the most wonderful place to live on Earth. Vicky was allowed to ...
Sean meets the cast of CBBC’s brand new show Lagging!
Sean chats to the cast of CBBC's brand new show all about gaming, Lagging!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
London’s cable cars, MG Leonard, Anna McNuff
In this week’s episode of Activity Quest, Conor's taking a trip on an unusual form of transport – why does London have cable cars? Plus, author MG Leonard is chatting all about her new book and the Summer Reading Challenge and advent...
How to breathe like an Olympian!
Why do cheetahs purr? What is the creepiest fish in the sea? And Nevsah Karamehmet on how can we breathe as well as an olympian! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.