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Wherever you live, there’s treasure to be discovered. Not just gold and gems but stories of buildings, locations and people. Learning about our local heritage is important because it helps us connect to our past and it can be as simple as going for a walk! Our heritage is all around us... Sometimes standing proud in the open air, sometimes hidden under a bush! We’re looking for Heritage Heroes – could you be one?

Find out more about why roads are built and how they help us get around the country with Road to 2050.

The Windrush Generation are people who came from the Caribbean to Britain over 70 years ago to help the country rebuild after the second world war and who have made a tremendous contribution to the culture around us. This the story of how a generation brought their culture to Britain a few years after the end of the second world war.

A story of love and hope, inspired by the real-life events of World War II. When Jack’s dog and best friend Badger finds her life on the line, he must act fast to save her. An act of survival becomes an adventure, as they journey across war-torn London to find the one person who can help them. But when Jack is evacuated from the city, he’s alone once more until his love for Badger drives him back home to find his beloved friend. But has he arrived too late to save her?

'My Life’ is about the lives of children from around the UK, told in their own words. The result is a quirky, heartwarming and fascinating insight into the lives of young children in a broad range of cities, towns and countryside villages around the UK. They talk about their hobbies, their religion, their families and their upbringing, and they take the Fun Kids listeners out and about with them as they get up to all sorts - including BMXing, skateboarding, climbing Mount Snowdon and paddleboarding off the coast of Wales!

Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time… Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life.  These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamtime, down a golden chain and through nature’s arc where we meet animals, gods and spirits -  the ...

School friends Morgana and Alfie are looking into a notorious cold case: the mysterious disappearance of local eccentric Odd Colin from their Lancashire town in 1972. As Morgana and Alfie doggedly pursue their investigation they’ll encounter pirates, vampires, aliens and secret agents, and interrogate them all in order to get to the truth! Truthdiggers is a Bafflegab Production in association with Fun Kids, and is supported by the Audio Content Fund Upgrade to Fun Kids Podcasts+ to unlock all episodes, listen ad-free, and support Fun Kids! Get a 30 day free trial – tap 'Try Free' in Apple ...

The story is all set in a strange kingdom where the royal family and its subjects still live as if they were in the times of knights, quests, princesses and monsters but are becoming buried in their own piles of rubbish and waste! Oh, and everybody in the kingdom speaks in rhyme... A 15-part eco-epic-comedy-radio-drama-poem from Soundscape Productions, supported by the Audio Content Fund.

Join us as we unleash the latest innovations in science and tech to showcase engineering that is saving our planet and helping communities across the globe. From shark detection technology and artificial reefs bringing back marine wildlife, to the latest real-life cyber crime, nano materials and smart watches are saving lives, you can get thinking about what will be next. Kick start your way to making a difference and engineering a better world. Join us on social media @IETeducation for all the latest – we’d love to hear from you. Find more info at theiet.org/education

Explore the world of chemistry with Kareena and her superhero alter-ego K-Mistry! This is the perfect introduction to chemistry for children. Listen to Fun Kids on DAB Digital Radio across the UK and at funkidslive.com

Find out about all the wildlife in our animal series from the children's radio station Fun Kids.

From children's radio station Fun Kids: the wacky inventor Sir Sidney McSprocket is looking at the very best inventions of all time!

Childrens radio station Fun Kids presents a new series about an intergalactic school in space! Join your schoolmates - aliens, robots and humans - as we explore the universe!

There's a brand new series on Fun Kids! It's all about three school kids called Bobby, Chloe and Elisha and they've been set a pretty tricky homework assignment. Together they must write a song all about money! Throughout the series, they pick up LOADS of great tips on how best to look after money, how to save and how to be careful online when spending your pocket money!

We’ve been heading to primary schools across the UK to investigate interesting stories and the people who write them and we’ll be joined by the authors themselves to answer your questions! You can hear Story Explorers first at 18:15 every week day in The Club with Bex on Fun Kids, the UK's children's radio station. Story Explorers is a Pixiu production for Fun Kids.

Hear a brand new band called Nancy and the Meerkats break through and become pop sensations like One Direction, Little Mix and Union J!

Join Marina as she explores the world of water – from travelling back in time to see how the Romans washed, through to following where the water goes when we flush the toilet! That, and Marina's on a climate change crusade finding out what's causing our planet to warm and how we can all help prevent it.

Welcome to the world of Sean and Robot - a human and a robot who live in a house together. This is their Comedy Circuit where you can hang out in their strange world. Want to have a comedy song made up just for you? You’re in luck. Robot used to be in a band and he is after your suggestions for song titles. The better the title you suggest, the funnier the song will be! Sean is going to pick the very best title every episode. Each week you can hear from the other Robots that our Robot knows. Hear what do robots get up to when humans aren’t around. Robot thinks he's interviewed lots of ...

We explore the world of energy - from wind turbines to wellies that power your phone! - only on childrens radio station Fun Kids.

Sports Squad is all about staying fit and active! Presented by Ayo Akinwolere and teenager Chanel Kakareko, the show's packed with inspiring interviews with sports personalities and activities you can do to keep active whilst you're stuck at home.