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YouTubers Jo & Britt Join Dan in the Studio!

Jo & Britt paid Dan a visit whilst on their UK tour; they gave their first impressions of London (including their best British acccents!) and Dan organised a little quiz to test how well they really knew each other… 

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Rodrick Rules (The Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

We’re sharing extracts of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series! In the opening chapter of the second book, Greg gets ready to go back to school after a long summer holiday, and finds out that he is horribly contagious…See omnystudio.com/listener for …

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Frankie Chats to Levi: “Finding My Family” on CBBC

Levi has been on quite the adventure! He talks to Frankie about how a CBBC documentary, “Finding My Family” took him to Jamaica for the very first time to discover the country his grandparents are from. Levi chats about his experiences there, including…

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Dwarf Mongooses and Astronaut Training

Dan discovers how footballs are made, that Dwarf Mongooses have learnt new tricks when it comes to rewarding their friends and takes part in astronaut training. Plus, who has the edge when it comes to eyesight: a hawk or an Olympic archer?

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Bex Chats to Author John and Illustrator Lauren of ‘There’s A Pig Up My Nose!’

John Dougherty and Lauren Hughes stopped by the Fun Kids studio to chat to Bex about ‘There’s A Pig Up My Nose’; the hilarious story of… Well… A pig up someone’s nose, which also happens to be the winner at the Oscar’s Book Prize 2018. You can buy …

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NEW STORY: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid

There’s a brand new story in the Fun Kids Story Quest podcast channel! This time it’s an extract from the very first Diary of a Wimpy Kid book!
In the opening chapter of the very first book in the Wimpy Kid series, Greg uses his journal for …

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Slime, Alien Octopuses and a very deadly Centipede

On this week’s episode of The Fun Kids Science Weekly, Peter Godfrey Smith chats about the creature he says is the closest we’ll ever come to meeting an intelligent alien…an octopus!
We also find out about a creature with 100 different ways of …

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Kate Wakeling

Poet Kate Wakeling comes into the studio to chat to Frankie all about the Poetry and Lyrics Festival in London, plus where she gets her inspiration for poems, how she started writing poems and how her musical background helps with her poetry. 

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The Shard (Professor Phlegm and the Lost Treasure Hunt)

Ep 10: Now trapped in the great glass tower – The Shard – Penny and Devin are at the mercy of the Centaur, who is planning Devin’s execution. With the both of them trapped, how can they escape?
Created by Mog McIntyre.See omnystudio.com/listener…

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