The Space Programme

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A drama serial with a rocket launch and perhaps the first child astronauts.

A small Scottish island is shocked to find itself home to a brand new space program. When two tech entrepreneurs announce their plan to make one of the local kids the world’s first child astronaut, nothing is ever the same again.


All Episodes

Rearranging rooms and all about Concorde

Plastic-eating bacteria and amazing satellites

Amy Aviation tells us all about some super cool space satellites as Michael from The Week Junior chats plastic-eating bacteria!

Konnie Huq on YouTube and writing

Dan chats to ex-Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq about her new YouTube channel and story, Cookie!

Konnie Huq Chats To Dan!

Konnie, also stuck at home, chats to Dan about her brand new Youtube channel, the latest book in the ‘Cookie’ series, and gives some tips and staying entertained at home.

“What’s Next?”

Dan’s at the end of his mission to find out more about the ExoMars Mission to Mars.  Kayo and Brains have been explaining the challenges of having return missions from the red planet.

Pig igloos and mining the Moon

The Week Junior Show is the current affairs podcast from the same team behind The Week Junior magazine.
This week the team chat about pig igloos, an important religious festival, and we’re cracking open a mystery about eggs. Plus, we’ll be…

Watercolour poetry and indoor golf

“Kazachok – The Surface Platform”

Dan’s on Tracy Island learning about the ExoMars mission to the red planet.  When Rosalind the Rover is out and about, the surface platform will be doing some important experiments of its own – as Brains and Kayo explain.