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The Week Junior Show
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?&rsquo...
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The future of zoos
In a week where Ukraine’s president visited Downing Street and the Sports Personality of the Year nominees were announced, we’re going to be talking a...
The Largest City in the World
In a week where the host of the 2030 Commonwealth Games was announced and the Winter Olympics flame was lit in Greece, we're going to be hearing what...
Cloud seeding and soil stories
In a week where chancellor Rachel Reeves revealed the autumn budget and COP30 talks came to an end, we're going to be talking about some of the other...
The Week Junior turns 10
In a week where the Deaflympics began and World Children’s Day was observed, we’re going to be talking about some of the other stories that inspired a...
Red Kite resurgence and Americanisms
In a week where people marked Remembrance Day and Wales welcomed a new Archbishop, we’re going to be talking about some of the other stories that insp...
Tourist taxes and the Grand Egyptian Museum
In a week where Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave a major speech ahead of the Budget and a rare diamond was unearthed in Botswana, we’re going to be talki...
Halloween costumes and dinosaur discoveries
In a week where Comic Con took place in London and Japan launched a spacecraft to the International Space Station, we’re going to be talking about som...
The French Museum Robbery
It's a special spooky edition of the Week Junior Show! Bex and The Week Junior team discuss a gem theft from a French museum, a top architecture award...
Are AI actors a good idea?
This week Bex and The Week Junior team discuss whether AI actors are a good idea, and how green turtles are making a big comeback!
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The Amazing Works of Jane Goodall
This week on The Week Junior Show, we talk about the life of conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, we learn about a special Halloween costume swap scheme...
Should teachers be able to work from home?
This week Bex is joined by Joe & Eve from the Week Junior Magazine. They will be discussing some of the latest stories in this week's magazine includi...
Should children help around the home?
Now, in a week where flights at European airports were delayed due to cyber attacks and the World Athletics Championships took place in Japan, we’re g...
Jimmy Wales and making space for hope
We’ve got a very special episode this week, because we’re taking part in the Be Hope Podcast Takeover, and we’ll have Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on...
Slime balls and feeding people
In a week where Ethiopia launched Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned, we’re going to be discussing so...
New school term and payment for good grades
In a week where the Met Office announced the UK had recorded its warmest summer and South Korea announced a mobile phone ban in schools, we’re going t...
KPop Demon Hunters and skincare for young people
In a week where Guinness World Records celebrated its 70th anniversary and people gathered for Notting Hill Carnival, we’re going to be discussing som...
Snaps in galleries and oil rig art
In a week where world leaders met to discuss peace in Ukraine and the word “inspo” was added to the Cambridge Dictionary, we’re going to be discussing...
Chaos Theory and a Scarecrow Festival
In a week where Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed a peace deal, and firefighters tackled a blaze on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, we’re going to be discussi...
Storm Floris and AI generated music
In a week where some sacred jewels were returned to India, and there was a powerful earthquake in Russia, we’re going to be discussing some of the oth...
Lionesses' victory and child-free holidays
In a week that saw Donald Trump visit Scotland and the Dog Surfing Championships take place in Dorset, we’re going to be discussing some of the other...
Dragonflies and pool etiquette
In a week where the Tall Ships Races took place in Aberdeen and Island Games in Orkney drew to a close, we’re going to be discussing some of the other...
Sandwiches made from fruit
In a week where the Wimbledon tennis championships came to an end and the UK and France agreed a new boats plan, we’re going to be discussing some of...
500th ISSUE SPECIAL: Tips on staying cool and should summer be shorter?
In a week where experts revealed an ancient study in Peru and Texas in the US experienced flash floods, we’re going to be discussing some of the other...
Sheep on homes and should we stop flying?
In a week where Beamish museum won the Museum of the Year Award and a DR Congo peace deal was agreed, we’re going to be discussing some of the other s...
Chocolate handbags and flea treatments for pets
In a week where world leaders met for a NATO summit in the Netherlands and a volcanic eruption in Indonesia disrupted flights, we’re going to be discu...
A perfume garden and a police officer's lost hat
In a week where protests against tourism took place in Europe, and a collection of gold coins in France sold for a fortune, find out the other stories...
How To Train Your Dragon and an incredible spelling bee
In a week where the UK government announced that 500,000 extra pupils in England would get free school meals and the World Crazy Golf Championships to...
Taylor Swift and making shops responsible for recycling
In a week where Poland elected a new president and Ncuti Gatwa said farewell to Doctor Who, we’re going to be discussing some of the other stories, ev...
Wild camping and SUVs
A Supreme Court ruling means wild camping is once again allowed on Dartmoor and Kaye shares a heartwarming story from a donkey sanctuary in Ethiopia p...
Trade deals and bluebells
In a week where Romania chose a new president and the new Lilo & Stitch film landed in cinemas, the team behind The Week Junior discuss some of the ot...
Pope, walking to school week, and a head-bopping sea lion
It's a week where the US and the UK agreed a new trade deal and authors and illustrators were celebrated at the British Book Awards. Plus, we're going...
Panto GCSEs to animal impressions
This week, Bex is joined by Joe and Eve from The Week Junior to unpack the biggest, silliest, and most heartwarming stories making headlines.
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Snail ice cream and power cut chaos
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Superheroes and the Pope
We've got writers Eve and Kaye talking about people around the world paying their respects to the Pope, the secret to a perfect bowling score, and som...
Astrobot and a GIANT Easter Egg!
This week we're talking all about AstroBot's big victory at the video game BAFTAS, a bronze age face and a giant easter egg! All this and many more Ea...
What are tariffs?
We're going to be talking about Trump's tariffs, Saturn's moons and the 2035 Women's World Cup.
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Myanmar quake and solar eclipses
We're going to be talking about how the world has come together to help people in Myanmar after an earthquake, a solar eclipse that could be seen acro...
Lab-grown meat and the World Athletics Indoor Championships
We're going to be talking about the brand new TV show, a sea survey that's revealed some new creatures and some brilliant victories at the World Athle...
Astronauts return to Earth and the Special Olympics World Winter Games
We're going to be talking about the Special Olympics World Winter Games, two astronauts who are back home after nine months in space, and an amazing v...
Are poems better than stories?
We're going to be talking about the world's biggest iceberg, finding out how a man's blood saved millions of lives, and having a big debate on whether...