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Danny Wallace on Hamish and the Baby Boom

Comedian and Writer Danny Wallace presents the latest book in his Hamish Ellerby series with his new book Hamish and the Baby Boom! It’s the fourth book in the series which follows Hamish on his adventures with his friends.   

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US vs UK and laying Britain’s railway lines!

This week on the Fun Kids Download, Robot is asking ‘what gets wetter the more it dries?’.
What’s the difference between the British Prime Minister and the American President? Do you know? We find out all the similarities and differences between …

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The Smoochy Smoothie Saga (Bryony Brownwell’s Mystery Project)

Episode 9: Izzy’s love potion seems to have worked, but soon things get out of hand and she wants to reverse it. Unfortunately, when she heads back to the Bubbly Green Lab, Doctor Dimples is nowhere to be found! What’s worse, nobody there h…

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An illness that turns humans into trees and donating our organs

2018 is the year of engineering! So Dan has sent our resident inventor Sir Sidney McSprocket all over the country to chat with real life engineers to find out which famous inventors inspired them! 
Plus Dangerous Dan is looking at an illness…

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An illness that turns humans into trees and donating our organs

2018 is the year of engineering! So Dan has sent our resident inventor Sir Sidney McSprocket all over the country to chat with real life engineers to find out which famous inventors inspired them!  Plus Dangerous Dan is looking at an illness …

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Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo on Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls

Writers of the best-selling book ‘Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls’ join Bex in the studio to chat all about the second book in the series, where the idea for the books came from, what makes a rebel girl and their favourite women from the …

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Slime and what is the longest word in the dictionary?

This week on the Fun Kids Download, Robot has a confusing riddle! 
Bex and Dan are taking a trip on a train and learning that in the future the railways are going to have to change and the painting explorers are looking at what happens when a fam…

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Izzy Debacle’s Chemistry Class (Bryony Brownwell’s Mystery Project)

Episode 8: Star science pupil Izzy’s won an internship at the Bubbly Green Laboratory. But she wasn’t expecting her mentor, Doctor Dimples, to teach her how to make a love potion on her first day! Hmm, who will she use it on?!See omnystudio…

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Kids invent stuff and the coldest city in the world

Ruth Amos is from the YouTube channel Kids Invent Stuff, and is chatting to Dan all about the cool things they’ve been inventing, and bringing the inventions to life! 
Plus if you think you’re cold in the snow this week, Dangerous Dan is looking …

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Kids invent stuff and the coldest city in the world

Ruth Amos is from the YouTube channel Kids Invent Stuff, and is chatting to Dan all about the cool things they’ve been inventing, and bringing the inventions to life!  Plus if you think you’re cold in the snow this week, Dangerous Dan is looking a…

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