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... a new wave in free children and family entertainment. Where CHILDREN (6-17yrs) take the helm, make the news and conduct interviews.

With the help of the British Museum, V+A, Science Museum, Tate, London Zoo, Soil Association, Ecologist Magazine, Friends of the Earth,  and pals in music and film, we have made programmes since JULY 2006.

HOW TO GET TO OUR PROGRAMMES:  Click on the ‘MILO BOY’ above and he will dive down the helter skelter taking you to RADIO CITY.  When you’ve landed you can go anywhere with a click – a WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, SCIENCE BLOCK, HISTORY TOWER, ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE, SPORTS POINT, LIBRARY, THEATRE, GALLERY AND ARENA (where we put interviews with wonderful people who don’t fit in anywhere else, like Witches, Druids, wound-up Mothers etc).  Everywhere there are little stories and interviews relevant to their location, to listen to or watch.  And Music.

Once you are in the RADIO CITY, the Navigation Bar at the bottom of the screen has a  GET PODCAST button.  Press that, and you’ll find a list of the programmes Radio Children have made for you to listen to or watch.  We put new PODCASTS and VODCASTS up for you on the 12th of each month, bringing you News, the Bizarre, the Ridiculous with competitions and prizes, and links to other great sites.

THIS MONTH we bring you Radio Children 7 (RC8), and in the show:

RC8 (APRIL 2007) Podcast and Vodcast

TOM and JERRY INSTINCTS CONFUSED by SCIENTISTS? Dr Rowan Hooper discusses some news from his magazine, the New Scientist with Patrick (8) , which includes switching off FEAR in the brain, wasps carrying medicine cabinets, star wars double moons, dinosaurs meeting mammals, and the difficulties for seals giving birth in the water (where their ice shelves have melted away)..

Interview with ZAC GOLDSMITH – (Editor of The Ecologist) on GM super-weeds, stopping climate change, China getting worried, the food police, decent politicians and most importantly, his favourite leftovers … Katherine (8) and Milo (8)

Interview with MONTY WHITEBLOOM / BIG TV - The award winning film director dresses sleeping pop stars, discusses sources of inspiration, dog handlers, pushy parents, and a career in film-making – with Mitzi (17) + Georgia (8).

What do you think about ADVERTISING? a primary school council in London discuss good, bad and shocking advertising, brands and toys.

THE VOICE OF ADVERTISING – Moray McLennan ( M+C Saatchi Chief for Europe) talks about the rules of advertising to children, how to get bad ones slung off your telly, clever tricks used to make you want things, and the importance of YOUR pester power over your parents! (What do YOU think?)

RNIB + JACQUELINE WILSON (Children’s Laureate and best-selling Author) meets HUGE fan, Cherry (9) at Westminster, where she and 100 blind and partially-sighted children lobby their MP’s for more books to be put into big print and braille for them.

GORILLA KINGDOM opens at London Zoo – we get the inside track from Gorilla ‘Yambo’ (AKA Peter Elliott, Mr Link, Greystoke’s Dad) - interviewed by Oliver+ Milo (8).

BOOK: MY BIG STRANGE HAPPY FAMILY! Recent book by Karen McCombie, introduced by the Author herself, and discussed with a class of 8-9 yr olds.

RC9 PROGRAMME.

We are going EAST! Firstly down the Thames where we have a look at the Barrier and it’s defence against rising water levels for Londoners in the future, then where TIME BEGINS – The Greenwich Observatory - then to the Landmark Tate and Lyle Factory, which has spurred generations of home-baking. And much more!

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RC7 (MARCH 2007) Podcast

ADVENTURE ECOLOGY - Polar Explorer, David de Rothschild, a new force in the Global Warming war, talks to Imogen (13) and Oliver (8) at his Mission Control.
THAMES WHALE GOES TO BIG BROTHER - Poetry and politics from Joanna (Silver Jungle Publishing)
MOPY DICK - Donald Swann and Leon Berger perform the Flanders and Swann classic
CHOCOLATE FACTORY - We dip into the delicious world of Montezuma's with a tour and top tips from founder/choclatier, Simon Pattinson.
MONKEY's MAKING SPEARS?! (They'll be baking cakes next) .. Explosive news from Dr Rowan Hooper of the New Scientist Magazine, talking to Patrick (10)
BRAINWAVE MUSIC - Milo (8) and Willa (6) take off to Brighton to meet artist Luciana Haill and get plugged in ..
SNOWBOARDING OR SKIING? (Which is cooler?) Reuben takes us to the Alps to ask the experts
ORIGINAL CHESS - British Museum curator Dr Irving Finkel introduces Joshua (10) and Angus (11) to the Lewis Chessmen and discuss collecting stuff, generally ..

RC6 (FEBRUARY 2007) Vodcast

A FILM where we see the great Royal Mint is taken to trial in THE TRIAL OF THE PYX in the City of London, Survival Specialist JONNY CROCKETT gives us the lo-down on DESERT SURVIVAL from Kew Gardens, and Breton chef Herve shows us his secrets for making the perfect pancakes for Shrove Tuesday.
Silver Jungle sings love songs to the Tiger for Valentines, Gaia from THE NEW SCIENTIST magazine tells us about seaweed wraps for cells in diabetes sufferers, Bionic Women and Wolves in the Scottish Highlands … and much more fantastic stuff dotted around in RADIO CITY for you to enjoy

RC5 (JANUARY 2007) Podcast & Vodcast

MET OFFICE … Weird weather worldwide – So how long before we are growing bananas in Inverness ? Imogen (13yrs) interviews John Hammond.
INDOOR SKYDIVING – Patrick and Milo (both 8yrs) visit Body Flight in Bedford, the safer alternative to jumping out of aeroplanes.. Enjoy the film!
COMPETITION – SOUNDS AROUND YOU – white noise or a waterfall? Estelle tests us on telling the difference between synthesised sounds and nature..
ENRICO BERLESCONI’s STOLEN BODY FAT – what did they DO with it? The strangest things from last year by Guiness Book of Records editor Craig Glenday ..
BURNS NIGHT ( 25th JAN) FEAST - info on stabbing the haggis and Scot debauchery..
ANIMALS FOR FILMING – Bertie (13yrs) speaks to expert Farokh about how they do it … Giraffes and low bridges, boutique zoos and ‘private collections’ of endangered animals.. What is in YOUR neighbours’ back yard?
BRIAN BARNES MBE, GROWNUP GRAFFITI, SAVING BATTERSEA POWER STATION Katherine (9yrs) talks to artist/politician BRIAN BARNES, responsible for 3 of England’s top 10 murals.

RC4 (DECEMBER 2006) Podcast & Vodcast

CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME READY 12 December! (is that TODAY?)
What better way to begin a Christmas Holiday programme than on an old steam train in Wales? Amy takes the Santa Express to meet the main man.. an INTERVIEW with Father Christmas! ... the magic continues in Silver Jungle where Joanna manages to find an excuse to mention the rhinos again but is really thinking 'tooth-fairies'... flights of myth continue as Eilir meets Adele Nozedar, author of 'The Secret Language of Birds'.. Reviews of Aardman's latest film, 'Flushed Away' and the penguinny 'Happy Feet' follow .. in 'Sneaky Beasts' Honor dips into Irving Finkel's collection of Diaries to consider christmasses past.. with music from Stanley Forbes and Flanders + Swann.. we exit with a primary school 'council' asking Childline about how they help children with things on their minds.. by calling 0800 11 11

RC3 (NOVEMBER 2006) Podcast

Why Mice are Nice .. theatre review of Mouse Queen, good enough to make a feature of (REALLY SOMEONE DO IT!!) .. Silver Jungle's Joanna turns down a voyage to visit the last of the Javan rhinos and vows to 'Be Green'.. With the veil between this world and the next at Halloween, Honor braved meeting a real witch, Inbaal (no warts).. then HEROS we start with the RNLI Lifeboat volunteers on the River Thames.. then we speak to our first child hero, who takes place on the hero podium in Radio City for the foreseeable, Ryan Hreljac when 5 began to save up his pocket money to help get clean water to places that needed it in Africa - now 15 he is responsible for $1.5m of investment and his family all help out with the charity Ryan's Well.. Tom's first Sports Roundup...

RC2 (AUTUMN 2006) Podcast

Forum where Katherine asks if Jamie Oliver has made a difference to what we eat.. Honor's Book review savages our children's laureate's latest, but loves dangerous boy stuff .. Roald Dahl's 90th took us to Great Missenden to dig out some secrets about the great author from an old friend of his.. Silver Jungle reminds us of the endangered Rhino and wars in the world cup changing room.. Zooy Louis finds hippos wear wigs and the Bears DO like porridge for breakfast!.. Flanders and Swann's Hippo song was a must ... remember that? .. Friends of the Earth answer Kaia's questions on climate change .. we dive into the Chief Druid's living room for a chat about Druidry today .. Bertie talks to V&A curator about the famous Ardabil Carpet which launched a thousand wallpapers... and Martin Nelson reads us a bit of 'Alfred and the Pirates' ..

RC1 The Pilot Show (SUMMER 2006) Podcast

Robinson brothers talk to the great inventor Sir Clive Sinclair.. Bertie finds sunflowers in mobile phones at the Science Museum.. Czech mischeif music from Katus.. Tailor to the stars John Pearse gives us the inside leg on Style.. Donald Swann and Joanna Skipwith lead us to the Rhino in a Silver Jungle.. Curator Irving Finkel babbles in Babylonian as he takes on the challenge to entice four new visitors to the British Museum with gore, mummification and witchcraft.. Soil Association King, Lord Peter Melchett's takes us around his farm in Norfolk.. where flying pigs abound .. We bridge Ireland and Scotland on the Giant's Causeway with the Legend of Finn McCool.. Survival Specialist Jonny Crockett leads us out of the woods to safety.. We hear that Rod Stewart wants even more children.. before Jont takes us on a jaunt to Planet Zim.. and announces the song-writing COMPETITION..

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