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Steve Backshall and Exploding Stars!

A very special guest, Steve Backshall, joins the podcast to talk about his new live show and his life on the Deadly shows over the years! We also catch up with Professor Hallux and Nurse Nanobot in their Map of Medicine, explore under the sea in Age of…

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returns home and feeding people on Mars?

Ben, Bushra and Michael join Bex to discuss Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s return home from Iran, the winner of the biggest prize in architecture and a plan to feed people on Mars using fish poo?!
Plus, they debate whether fake grass is better than a rea…

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Showtime

The tigers have chosen the Old Fort as the setting for the final confrontation with the poachers. Once again, they’ve called in some favours from the park’s other animals, including some langur monkeys and a troupe of elephants. So…c…

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Showtime

The tigers have chosen the Old Fort as the setting for the final confrontation with the poachers. Once again, they’ve called in some favours from the park’s other animals, including some langur monkeys and a troupe of elephants. So…c…

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Aliens in the Amazon

Rainforests are fascinating places.  You have probably studied them at school and found out lots of interesting things about them. They are home to literally MILLIONS of species of insects, plants and animals – with many yet to be discovered…

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Aliens in the Amazon

Rainforests are fascinating places.  You have probably studied them at school and found out lots of interesting things about them. They are home to literally MILLIONS of species of insects, plants and animals – with many yet to be discovered…

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April Fools’ Pranks and Bike Riding

It’s April Fools Day on the 1st April so we’ve got you covered with hilarious pranks to pull on your friends and family!
We’re also going on a bike ride around Manchester’s Fallowfield Loop and we have events from across the co…

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Escape Room And The Thief Who Sang Storms!

Sophie Anderson joins Book Worms to talk to Bex about her book The Thief Who Sang Storms! Christopher Edge chats about his new book Escape Room plus we chat about the Yoto Carnegie Greenaway Awards. As always if there is a book that you can’t get enoug…

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Escape Room And The Thief Who Sang Storms!

Sophie Anderson joins Book Worms to talk to Bex about her book The Thief Who Sang Storms! Christopher Edge chats about his new book Escape Room plus we chat about the Yoto Carnegie Greenaway Awards.
As always if there is a book that you can’t get enou…

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Magic escape rooms and potion making class

We’re getting out-and-about in this week’s episode of Activity Quest and going to a wizarding escape room!
And keeping with the wizarding theme we’re going to be making potions – including one that changes colour by using a vegetable you&r…

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