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Ben Bailey Smith chats Something I Said

Ben Bailey Smith (previously Doc Brown) has written a book! It’s a funny, big-hearted story about family, friendship and how far one boy will go to get a laugh. For thirteen-year-old Carmichael Taylor, life is one big joke – in a good way. He just…

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Colliery Disaster (Adventures Through Time)

The Black Country was famous for coal mining back in the day! But working in the mines wasn’t just a pretty horrible job because it was so hard, dark, and dirty work; it was also really dangerous. You could be crushed by falling rock, suffocate on gass…

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Colliery Disaster (Adventures Through Time)

The Black Country was famous for coal mining back in the day!
But working in the mines wasn’t just a pretty horrible job because it was so hard, dark, and dirty work; it was also really dangerous.
You could be crushed by falling rock, suffocate on ga…

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Bear Grylls and chalk lollies

Adam and Dan have an archery face-off – Dan’s at Bear Grylls Adventure in Birmingham this week to give it a go. 
Bex gives us loads to do across the UK and Adam’s giving us an at-home craft we can all complete – chalk lollies (just do…

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The Prisoner Poet

The eco-knights have not only had the map showing the location of the Fountain of Frank taken – but also all their armour and clothes! Now they’re locked up in just vest and pants in King Frank’s dungeon and no one knows where they are…

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Could Humans Be Venomous?

Agneesh Barua tells us how humans could be venomous, why is the sea colder the deeper you go and could we survive without any animals on the planet? All on this weeks Fun Kids Science Weekly?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Keeping Us Warm (Adventures Through Time)

You might take being warm and cozy in your house for granted, but the people of the Black Country definitely didn’t back in the Victorian era! Most people back then had to rely on fire in their homes to keep warm. With finding the fuel for the fire, st…

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Keeping Us Warm (Adventures Through Time)

You might take being warm and cozy in your house for granted, but the people of the Black Country definitely didn’t back in the Victorian era!
Most people back then had to rely on fire in their homes to keep warm. With finding the fuel for the fire, s…

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China’s Mars mission and a nationwide beach clean

On this week’s show we’ll be talking about China landing a rover on Mars, a nationwide beach clean and some big football finals. Plus, we’ll have a debate all about ancient monuments.
Tell us what you think of the podcast, what your …

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Keeping Us Healthy (Adventures Through Time)

Staying healthy is really important, but with all those factories and mines in the Black Country, doing that was easier said than done. People would get ill and injured a lot back then but not everyone could go to the doctors to get their health proble…

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