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It鈥檚 good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.

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    Picasso

    Thu 26 Mar 2020

    Tom Allen, Suzi Ruffell and Harriet Braine paint a wonky picture of the great artist.

  • Nina Simone

    Thu 19 Mar 2020

    Are Athena Kugblenu, Njambi McGrath and Harriet Dyer feeling good about Nina Simone?

  • WG Grace: the greatest cricketer and his dark legacy

    Thu 12 Mar 2020

    Ivo Graham and Aatif Nawaz bowl over non-cricket fans Russell Kane and Joanne McNally.

  • Adi Dassler, founder of Adidas

    Thu 5 Mar 2020

    Darren Harriott, Nathan Caton and Joanne McNally put the boot in to the sportswear giant.

  • George Best

    Thu 27 Feb 2020

    Colin Murray, Chloe Petts and Neil Delamere give the greatest footballer a good kicking.

  • Evil Genius is back on 27 February

    Thu 20 Feb 2020

    Starting with three sport episodes - two sports megastars and one king of sportswear

  • Oscar Wilde

    Thu 7 Nov 2019

    Jen Brister, Larry Dean & Esther Manito consign Oscar Wilde to the gutter or the stars.

  • Lou Reed

    Thu 31 Oct 2019

    Sophie Duker, Laura Lexx & Neil Delamere take a walk on the wild side with the rock star

  • Whitney Houston

    Thu 24 Oct 2019

    Dane Baptiste, Jodie Mitchell and Athena Kugblenu decide, will they always love Whitney?

  • Bernard Manning

    Thu 17 Oct 2019

    Jessica Fostekew, Marlon Davis and Leo Kearse ask if the popular comedian is still funny.

  • Salvador Dali

    Thu 10 Oct 2019

    Jen Brister, Esther Manito and Larry Dean wax their moustaches ready to talk Salvador Dali

  • Winston Churchill

    Thu 3 Oct 2019

    Daliso Chaponda, Ivo Graham & Jessica Fostekew discuss the man voted the Greatest Briton.

  • Fidel Castro

    Thu 26 Sep 2019

    Comrades Heidi Regan, Konstantin Kisin and Eleanor Morton consider Fidel Castro.

  • Muhammad Ali

    Thu 19 Sep 2019

    Darren Harriott, Laura Davis, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd on the boxer called The Greatest

  • Queen Victoria

    Thu 12 Sep 2019

    Dane Baptiste, Jodie Mitchell and Athena Kugblenu weigh up Queen Victoria.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Thu 5 Sep 2019

    Suzi Ruffell Joanne McNally and Maisie Adam take on Amy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

  • Evil Genius is back on 5 Sept! Watch out, dead famous people

    Thu 29 Aug 2019

    Evil Genius is good, bad, ugly and funny. And it's returning to your lucky earholes.

  • James Brown

    Thu 14 Feb 2019

    Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy find out how James Brown Got On Up to no good.

  • Walt Disney

    Thu 7 Feb 2019

    Fern Brady, Tiff Stevenson and Kae Kurd have an animated chat, about animator Walt Disney

  • Enid Blyton

    Thu 31 Jan 2019

    Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn & Danny McLoughlin have a jolly old time with Enid Blyton

  • Joan Crawford

    Thu 24 Jan 2019

    Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson find the upsides in having an arch-nemesis

  • Bill Hicks

    Sat 19 Jan 2019

    Tiff Stevenson, Fern Brady and Kae Kurd weigh up the comedian Bill Hicks

  • Coco Chanel

    Thu 10 Jan 2019

    Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison debate Coco Chanel and lying about your age.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Thu 3 Jan 2019

    Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy bandy words about singing and civil rights.

  • Joan Rivers

    Thu 27 Dec 2018

    Desiree Burch, Catherine Bohart and Alan Carr chat being outrageous and having no limits.

  • Father Christmas

    Fri 21 Dec 2018

    Sindhu Vee, Grainne Maguire and Dane Baptiste mull over the magic of Santa himself.

  • Charles Dickens

    Thu 13 Dec 2018

    Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson read up on author Charles Dickens

  • Darth Vader

    Thu 6 Dec 2018

    James Acaster, Jayde Adams and Romesh Ranganathan ask if he's just misunderstood.

  • Pablo Escobar

    Thu 29 Nov 2018

    Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn and Danny McLoughlin weigh up drug lord Pablo Escobar.

  • Sid Vicious at Latitude Festival

    Thu 22 Nov 2018

    Grainne Maguire, Jen Brister and Shappi Khorsandi talk about what comedy owes to punk.

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Three things you might not know about Queen Victoria

Three things you might not know about Queen Victoria

Comedian Russell Kane shares a different side of one of the world's most famous monarchs

How well do you know John Lennon?

How well do you know John Lennon?

Comedian Russell Kane shares a side of John Lennon you might not have been aware of

How well do you know Mahatma Gandhi?

How well do you know Mahatma Gandhi?

Comedian Russell Kane shares a side of Mahatma Gandhi you might not have been aware of.

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