The Week Junior Show

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The Week Junior Show

by Fun Kids

The Week Junior Show takes you behind the scenes of the award-winning magazine for 8 to 14-year-olds. Each week, Bex from Fun Kids is joined by members of The Week Junior team to discuss their favourite stories, debate the week’s hot topic and discover whether the ‘Real or Rubbish?’ report is fake news or the real deal.

100 episodes

EN-GB language

All Episodes

1

How hedgehogs hear and Parliament leaving London

31:54 Mar 20, 2026

2

New allergy rules in schools and Basic Income

27:45 Mar 13, 2026

3

What's happening in the Middle East?

31:35 Mar 6, 2026

4

Are audiobooks as good as reading?

33:49 Feb 27, 2026

5

Lunar New Year and Larry the cat

28:58 Feb 20, 2026

6

Winter Olympics and sending humans to space

28:55 Feb 13, 2026

7

Greenland and no social media for under-16s

33:00 Feb 6, 2026

8

National Storytelling Week and return of the lynx

26:42 Jan 30, 2026

9

Artemis II and a model Sun

33:47 Jan 23, 2026

10

National Year of Reading and retro tech

32:02 Jan 16, 2026

11

Is it OK to sell Dinosaur Fossils at Auction?

26:10 Jan 9, 2026

12

NEW PODCAST: Judge Bex

17:59 Jan 6, 2026

13

Favourite stories of 2025

21:04 Dec 26, 2025

14

Percy Jackson stars and giving gifts

35:05 Dec 19, 2025

15

The future of zoos

26:06 Dec 12, 2025

16

The Largest City in the World

28:12 Dec 5, 2025

17

Cloud seeding and soil stories

28:37 Nov 28, 2025

18

The Week Junior turns 10

28:49 Nov 23, 2025

19

Red Kite resurgence and Americanisms

28:54 Nov 13, 2025

20

Tourist taxes and the Grand Egyptian Museum

30:15 Nov 7, 2025

21

Halloween costumes and dinosaur discoveries

31:13 Oct 31, 2025

22

The French Museum Robbery

31:56 Oct 24, 2025

23

Are AI actors a good idea?

30:46 Oct 19, 2025

24

The Amazing Works of Jane Goodall

29:47 Oct 10, 2025

25

Should teachers be able to work from home?

31:59 Oct 3, 2025

26

Should children help around the home?

35:06 Sep 26, 2025

27

Jimmy Wales and making space for hope

33:44 Sep 19, 2025

28

Slime balls and feeding people

26:49 Sep 12, 2025

29

New school term and payment for good grades

32:51 Sep 5, 2025

30

KPop Demon Hunters and skincare for young people

29:17 Aug 29, 2025

31

Snaps in galleries and oil rig art

30:07 Aug 22, 2025

32

Chaos Theory and a Scarecrow Festival

33:38 Aug 15, 2025

33

Storm Floris and AI generated music

30:58 Aug 8, 2025

34

Lionesses' victory and child-free holidays

26:44 Aug 1, 2025

35

Dragonflies and pool etiquette

31:26 Jul 25, 2025

36

Sandwiches made from fruit

27:31 Jul 18, 2025

37

500th ISSUE SPECIAL: Tips on staying cool and should summer be shorter?

32:17 Jul 11, 2025

38

Sheep on homes and should we stop flying?

29:37 Jul 4, 2025

39

Chocolate handbags and flea treatments for pets

36:56 Jun 27, 2025

40

A perfume garden and a police officer's lost hat

30:59 Jun 20, 2025

41

How To Train Your Dragon and an incredible spelling bee

35:03 Jun 13, 2025

42

Taylor Swift and making shops responsible for recycling

31:04 Jun 6, 2025

43

Wild camping and SUVs

33:55 May 30, 2025

44

Trade deals and bluebells

30:35 May 27, 2025

45

Pope, walking to school week, and a head-bopping sea lion

33:38 May 16, 2025

46

Panto GCSEs to animal impressions

33:57 May 9, 2025

47

Snail ice cream and power cut chaos

28:18 May 2, 2025

48

Superheroes and the Pope

22:06 Apr 25, 2025

49

Astrobot and a GIANT Easter Egg!

22:32 Apr 18, 2025

50

What are tariffs?

25:32 Apr 11, 2025

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