
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.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 100 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Kids & FamilyNewsNews CommentaryEducation for Kids | |||

Bex is joined by Eve and Joe from The Week Junior, the magazine making sense of the world for 8–14-year-olds.
Discover a massive German landscape being turned into sparkling lakes from abandoned coal mines. Plus, Joe tries to stump Bex with the wei... more
The team talk Artemis II's safe splashdown, Daddy Pig's big London Marathon plans, and debate whether all woods should be open to the public. Plus: fairy tale adventures, self-care, and England's plan to change school dinners.
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This week the team will be talking about an incredible mission around the Moon, a stolen sports trophy and a wiggly bum dance performed by bees!
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This week the team will be talking about the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, a rare book about Vikings and a very cool pair of glasses. There will also be a big debate about whether schools should teach more languages.
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With you Bex love real or rubbish
There is lots of variety in this, not just focusing on news, but with debating and spotting fake stories too. All of which are great skills. All of the presenters are sooooo cheerful and nice and it always makes me laugh. Plus, the mags in is brilliant!
This is an amazing podcast based in the UK. I’m pretty sure they also have a magazine which talks about what they talk about in the podcast and even more at the back of the magazine it also has puzzles and stuff. It’s really good if you live in England you can buy a book shops and stuff, but if you don’t, you can get a subscription and they mail it to you. I listen to it every day so I’m always really bored waiting for the next episode because I listen to the same one for a whole week!! it talks... more
I once lost my glasses once and found them on my head
I love the part where you can press the big red button! I pressed it too, it was so fun! I really want my voice on The Week Junior show!!! But, it is not the least bit funny! Sure, it’s intresting and all, but it’s just not funny! Us kids LOVE funny.
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Engaging young listeners aged 8 to 14, content focuses on current events, storytelling, and lively discussions featuring popular culture, educational topics, and humorous anecdotes. Each episode typically includes debate segments on pressing issues, explorations of fascinating subjects, like the Lunar New Year or space exploration, and listener interactions, fostering a community spirit among its audience. The podcast uniquely blends entertainment with educational content, incorporating fun elements such as 'Real or Rubbish?' to critically assess the news and spark curiosity in its young audience.
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Recent guests on The Week Junior Show include:
1. Jamie Smart
2. Catherine Doyle
3. SJ Poyton
4. James Fox
5. Patricia Parker
6. Olivia Wakeford
7. Shana Jackson
8. Phil Earle
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