Evil Animals with Russell Kane is available now

Listen now on the BBC Sounds app, or on the BBC website here.

BBC Studios has announced that it is partnering once more with the award-winning comedian Russell Kane to delve into a new series – Evil Animals with Russell Kane.

Following in the same format of the hit series Evil Genius, the six new episodes will be produced by BBC Studios for BBC Sounds and launched today.

Whether you’re an animal addict, critter critic or scaredy-cat, welcome to Russell’s new BBC comedy wildlife podcast, Evil Animals. It’s like Russell’s chart-smashing Evil Genius, but instead of diving into history’s complicated humans, this time it’s lifting the lid on the animal kingdom and asking: is this animal a misunderstood marvel… or a furry little psychopath?

Every episode, Russell Kane is joined by a comedian guest and animal expert for an informed funny look at the ups and downs of a specific animal’s behaviour -from the amazing to the downright disgusting.

The animals featured on this first series include: Hamsters (antisocial, biting, ill-suited pets), Vampire Bats (naturally charitable blood donors), Cats (did you know cats don’t meow in the wild? They’ve learnt to meow for humans, to manipulate us), Dolphins (Bottlenose Dolphins are super intelligent but can also be ruthlessly vicious), Maggots (help the police to solve crimes) and Snakes (Vipers’ venom helps humans).

At the end of each episode, our comedian guests must decide whether the animal in question is Evil or Genius. And yes, we know what you’re thinking: animals can’t be evil. The truth of it is, this show is a chance for us to challenge the audience’s preconceptions of an animal – to open people’s eyes to the reality of the natural world – revealing facts that Mother Nature would prefer to keep hidden, all with a comedy spin.

Russell said, ‘I’m so excited for this new series Evil Animals that I’ve shed my summer pelt in anticipation.’