The Week Junior Show
Fun Kids
The Week Junior Show
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.
Friday 18 June 2021 : On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about Thank A Teacher Day, the heroes on the new honours list and the...
Friday 11 June 2021 : On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about donkeys helping to grow flowers, the commemoration of D-Day and...
Friday 04 June 2021 : On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about a national nature campaign, the Chinese rover rolling onto Mars,...
Friday 28 May 2021 : On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show, we’ll be talking about Bike Week, plans for a 'Summer of Play' and 50 years of movie...
Friday 21 May 2021 : On this week’s show we’ll be talking about China landing a rover on Mars, a nationwide beach clean and some big football finals. Plus,...
Friday 14 May 2021 : On this week’s show, we’ll be talking about a change in COVID restriction rules, the holy festival of Eid and an exciting British...
Friday 07 May 2021 : This week we’ll be talking about Mental Health Awareness Week, what the Italian government has planned for the ancient colosseum in Rome...
Friday 30 April 2021 : This week we’ll be talking about the COVID crisis in India, football clubs boycotting social media, and how wildcats could return to...
Friday 23 April 2021 : This week we’ll be talking about the football league that lasted only a few days, a new type of sea sponge, and the helicopter that flew...
Friday 16 April 2021 : This week we’ll be talking about the death of Prince Philip, the start of Ramadan, and why octopuses are more like humans than you might...
Friday 09 April 2021 : A very colourful penguin, why ancient Egyptian mummies have been on the move, and a plan to protect the planet from future pandemics all...
Tuesday 06 April 2021 : We've got a brand new podcast! It's called Mysteries of Science and is hosted by Dan and Ciaran from The Week Junior's Science+Nature...
Friday 02 April 2021 : This week we’ll be talking about the Tokyo Olympic Games, how two teenagers found four hidden planets, and the brand new banknote. Plus,...
Friday 26 March 2021 : This week we’ll be talking about a day of reflection, why a rhino has left Yorkshire to find a new home, and an fascinating historical...
Friday 19 March 2021 : This week we’ll be talking about underwater forests, a rock from outer space that landed in the UK, and why everyone in England and Wales...
Friday 12 March 2021 : This week we’ll be talking about a discovery that changed history, some inspirational award winners, and a fantastic flock of flamingos....
Friday 05 March 2021 : Anna, Flora and assistant editor of The Week Junior’s monthly Science+Nature magazine, Ciaran talk about why video calls can be so tiring,...
Friday 26 February 2021 : Ben, Flora and assistant editor of The Week Junior’s monthly Science+Nature magazine, Ciaran talk about cats that go fishing, why algae...
Friday 19 February 2021 : This week we’ll be talking about three missions to Mars, a surprising discovery at Stonehenge, and the latest political events in the US....
Friday 12 February 2021 : This week, Flora, Kaye, Bex and Ciaran talk about Lunar New Year, sometimes called the Chinese New Year, a great week for Scotland’s rugby...
Friday 05 February 2021 : Ciaran, Michael, Vanessa and Bex talk about what could be the largest dinosaur ever found, a dramatic week in the Asian nation of Myanmar,...
Friday 29 January 2021 : Electrifying animals, protests in Russia, and a historic spaceflight all feature in this week's episode. Plus, we’ll be having a debate...
Friday 22 January 2021 : This week we’ll be talking about some very clever monkeys, the new US President, and record-breaking mountaineers. Plus, we’ll be...
Friday 15 January 2021 : This week, Vanessa, Ciaran, Michael and Bex talk about a riot in the United States of America, some very cheeky parrots, and some clever...
Friday 08 January 2021 : Happy New Year! In the first episode of The Week Junior Show in 2021, we’ll be talking about the incredible work on the COVID-19 vaccines,...
The Week Junior Show
Fun Kids
Thank A Teacher Day and banning The Queen
On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about Thank A Teacher Day, the heroes on the new honours list and the...
Donkey flowers and D-Day
On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about donkeys helping to grow flowers, the commemoration of D-Day and...
UEFA EURO and snail slime soap
On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about a national nature campaign, the Chinese rover rolling onto Mars,...
Free money and Bike Week
On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show, we’ll be talking about Bike Week, plans for a 'Summer of Play' and 50 years of movie...
China's Mars mission and a nationwide beach clean
On this week’s show we’ll be talking about China landing a rover on Mars, a nationwide beach clean and some big football finals. Plus,...
Eid and fans owning football teams
On this week’s show, we’ll be talking about a change in COVID restriction rules, the holy festival of Eid and an exciting British...
Monkey friendships and Roman colosseums
This week we’ll be talking about Mental Health Awareness Week, what the Italian government has planned for the ancient colosseum in Rome...
Voting at 16 and football clubs leave social media
This week we’ll be talking about the COVID crisis in India, football clubs boycotting social media, and how wildcats could return to...
Super Leagues and sea sponges
This week we’ll be talking about the football league that lasted only a few days, a new type of sea sponge, and the helicopter that flew...
Prince Philip and the start of Ramadan
This week we’ll be talking about the death of Prince Philip, the start of Ramadan, and why octopuses are more like humans than you might...
Colourful penguins and the next pandemic
A very colourful penguin, why ancient Egyptian mummies have been on the move, and a plan to protect the planet from future pandemics all...
BONUS: Mysteries of Science from The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine
We've got a brand new podcast! It's called Mysteries of Science and is hosted by Dan and Ciaran from The Week Junior's Science+Nature...
Tokyo Olympics and four hidden planets
This week we’ll be talking about the Tokyo Olympic Games, how two teenagers found four hidden planets, and the brand new banknote. Plus,...
Digital art and rhinos in Yorkshire
This week we’ll be talking about a day of reflection, why a rhino has left Yorkshire to find a new home, and an fascinating historical...
Meteorites and what is a census?
This week we’ll be talking about underwater forests, a rock from outer space that landed in the UK, and why everyone in England and Wales...
Flamingos and telly subtitles
This week we’ll be talking about a discovery that changed history, some inspirational award winners, and a fantastic flock of flamingos....
Video calls and how the government is spending its money
Anna, Flora and assistant editor of The Week Junior’s monthly Science+Nature magazine, Ciaran talk about why video calls can be so tiring,...
Route out of lockdown and fishing cats
Ben, Flora and assistant editor of The Week Junior’s monthly Science+Nature magazine, Ciaran talk about cats that go fishing, why algae...
Mars rover landing and the end of physical money
This week we’ll be talking about three missions to Mars, a surprising discovery at Stonehenge, and the latest political events in the US....
Lunar New Year and Scottish rugby
This week, Flora, Kaye, Bex and Ciaran talk about Lunar New Year, sometimes called the Chinese New Year, a great week for Scotland’s rugby...
Large dino discovery and what's happening in Myanmar
Ciaran, Michael, Vanessa and Bex talk about what could be the largest dinosaur ever found, a dramatic week in the Asian nation of Myanmar,...
Historic space flights and fiction books
Electrifying animals, protests in Russia, and a historic spaceflight all feature in this week's episode. Plus, we’ll be having a debate...
Joe Biden becomes US President
This week we’ll be talking about some very clever monkeys, the new US President, and record-breaking mountaineers. Plus, we’ll be...
Trump's riots and your right to roam
This week, Vanessa, Ciaran, Michael and Bex talk about a riot in the United States of America, some very cheeky parrots, and some clever...
COVID vaccines and giant goldfish
Happy New Year! In the first episode of The Week Junior Show in 2021, we’ll be talking about the incredible work on the COVID-19 vaccines,...
