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 20 November 2020 : Anna, Bex, Ciaran and Michael talk about how the UK’s best Formula One driver has made history, why otters are so clever, and some good...
Friday 13 November 2020 : Flora, Ciaran, Ben and Bex talk about the next US president, an important day of remembrance, and how an octopus tastes its food. Plus, our...
Friday 06 November 2020 : This week we’ll be talking about new plans to tackle the coronavirus, the US elections, and why a new discovery could boost plans to send...
Friday 30 October 2020 : We're talking about the best trees in the country, a beetle with superpowers, and we’ll find out how a spacecraft completed a daring...
Friday 23 October 2020 : This week, Dave, Bex, Michael and Vanessa are talking about mysterious lines carved into a desert, an Ice Age adventure told through...
Friday 16 October 2020 : This week we’ll be talking about the governments new plans to tackle coronavirus, the special citizens honoured by the Queen for her...
Friday 09 October 2020 : This week we’ll be talking about how a paramedic learned to fly, the whales that have swum their way to freedom, and a day raising...
Friday 02 October 2020 : This week we’ll be talking about an important month to celebrate history, why knives made of poo have won an award, and a hero rat that...
Friday 25 September 2020 : This week we’ll be talking about the new coronavirus restrictions, an anti-bullying campaign, and rumours of alien life in the solar...
Friday 18 September 2020 : This week, Michael, Flora, Ben and Bex talk about some new coronavirus rules, a seal ranger, and outer space bacteria. Plus, we’ll be...
Friday 11 September 2020 : Felicity, Ciaran, Ben and Bex talk about some good news for the world’s loneliest elephant, a new hygiene campaign, and a day of...
Friday 04 September 2020 : This week we find out how floating rocks are saving Australia's biggest reef and Bex talks to Vanessa about someone who spied for Britain...
Tuesday 01 September 2020 : Bex and Ciaran chat to De'Graft Mensah of CBBC's Newsround about how they've made the show during lockdown and changes they're making to the...
Friday 28 August 2020 : This week, Felicity, Flora, Ciaran and Bex are talking about going back to school, how mental health has affected people during lockdown,...
Friday 21 August 2020 : This week we’ll be talking about terror crocodiles, baby turtles, and we’ll find out what’s been going on with exam results this week....
Friday 14 August 2020 : This week, Flora, Michael, Ciaran and Bex talk about pooping penguins, a brilliant mountaineer, and a mammoth discovery. Plus, as it’s the...
Friday 07 August 2020 : Record-breaking cyclists, brilliant birds, and a new mission to find life on Mars all feature in this week's Week Junior Show with Bex,...
Friday 31 July 2020 : This week we’ll find out how insects could soon start filming their friends, why we all like a nice round number, and we will also be...
Friday 24 July 2020 : Felicity, Michael, Ciaran and Bex talk about a coronavirus vaccine, counting butterflies, and how a battle 1,000 years ago determined what...
Wednesday 22 July 2020 : Bex and Michael from the Week Junior chat to author and poet Michael Rosen in an interview recorded in March 2020. He answers your...
Friday 17 July 2020 : This week we’ll be talking about the world’s rarest gorilla species, how reading habits have changed during lockdown, and we’ll find...
Friday 10 July 2020 : This week, Ciaran, Vanessa and Anna talk to Bex about a summer reading challenge, giant wombats, and the wildlife on the white cliffs of...
Friday 03 July 2020 : This week we’ll be talking about why lion’s whiskers could help conservationists, a celebration of the NHS, and an ancient 13 year old...
Friday 26 June 2020 : This week we’ll be talking about the UK’s most famous stone circle, some bird-like prehistoric crocodiles, and a history-making dive....
Friday 19 June 2020 : This week, Kaye, Ciaran and Michael talk about a dinosaur’s final dinner, a footballer’s successful food campaign, and one of...
The Week Junior Show
Fun Kids
Lewis Hamilton and brutalist buildings
Anna, Bex, Ciaran and Michael talk about how the UK’s best Formula One driver has made history, why otters are so clever, and some good...
President Biden and a debate about Christmas
Flora, Ciaran, Ben and Bex talk about the next US president, an important day of remembrance, and how an octopus tastes its food. Plus, our...
US election and flying to the moon
This week we’ll be talking about new plans to tackle the coronavirus, the US elections, and why a new discovery could boost plans to send...
Should Halloween be banned?
We're talking about the best trees in the country, a beetle with superpowers, and we’ll find out how a spacecraft completed a daring...
Desert lines and Ice Age signs
This week, Dave, Bex, Michael and Vanessa are talking about mysterious lines carved into a desert, an Ice Age adventure told through...
Fat bears and drive-in events
This week we’ll be talking about the governments new plans to tackle coronavirus, the special citizens honoured by the Queen for her...
Flying paramedics and the return of bowing
This week we’ll be talking about how a paramedic learned to fly, the whales that have swum their way to freedom, and a day raising...
Poo knives and rat heroes
This week we’ll be talking about an important month to celebrate history, why knives made of poo have won an award, and a hero rat that...
Life on Venus (kinda) and a new anti-bulling campaign
This week we’ll be talking about the new coronavirus restrictions, an anti-bullying campaign, and rumours of alien life in the solar...
Humans trusting robots and sleeping in stables
This week, Michael, Flora, Ben and Bex talk about some new coronavirus rules, a seal ranger, and outer space bacteria. Plus, we’ll be...
Roald Dahl and punctuation, does it matter?
Felicity, Ciaran, Ben and Bex talk about some good news for the world’s loneliest elephant, a new hygiene campaign, and a day of...
One of Britain's best spies plus the good thing about boredom
This week we find out how floating rocks are saving Australia's biggest reef and Bex talks to Vanessa about someone who spied for Britain...
De'Graft Mensah of CBBC's Newsround
Bex and Ciaran chat to De'Graft Mensah of CBBC's Newsround about how they've made the show during lockdown and changes they're making to the...
Back to school after lockdown
This week, Felicity, Flora, Ciaran and Bex are talking about going back to school, how mental health has affected people during lockdown,...
Exam results and the best season
This week we’ll be talking about terror crocodiles, baby turtles, and we’ll find out what’s been going on with exam results this week....
Pooping penguins and rereading books
This week, Flora, Michael, Ciaran and Bex talk about pooping penguins, a brilliant mountaineer, and a mammoth discovery. Plus, as it’s the...
Life on Mars and brilliant birds
Record-breaking cyclists, brilliant birds, and a new mission to find life on Mars all feature in this week's Week Junior Show with Bex,...
Insect TV shows and should we limit money
This week we’ll find out how insects could soon start filming their friends, why we all like a nice round number, and we will also be...
Banksy and butterfly counts
Felicity, Michael, Ciaran and Bex talk about a coronavirus vaccine, counting butterflies, and how a battle 1,000 years ago determined what...
Michael Rosen answers your questions
Bex and Michael from the Week Junior chat to author and poet Michael Rosen in an interview recorded in March 2020. He answers your...
Gorillas and virus finding dogs
This week we’ll be talking about the world’s rarest gorilla species, how reading habits have changed during lockdown, and we’ll find...
Summer reads and big breakfasts
This week, Ciaran, Vanessa and Anna talk to Bex about a summer reading challenge, giant wombats, and the wildlife on the white cliffs of...
Lion whiskers and the NHS
This week we’ll be talking about why lion’s whiskers could help conservationists, a celebration of the NHS, and an ancient 13 year old...
Robot pets and the Marianas Trench
This week we’ll be talking about the UK’s most famous stone circle, some bird-like prehistoric crocodiles, and a history-making dive....
Marcus Rashford and Stonehenge's evolution
This week, Kaye, Ciaran and Michael talk about a dinosaur’s final dinner, a footballer’s successful food campaign, and one of...
