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Join our presenters from across the UK as they give you interesting and fun things to keep you busy out-and-about and at home. It's the weekly kids entertainment show from the UK’s children’s radio station Fun Kids. Plus, when you become a Fun Kids Podcasts Plus subscriber, you get this show – and 30 others! – ad-free and support the work Fun Kids does in bringing you high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family. Find out more at FunKidsLive.com/plus
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Meg’s creating and cracking codes in this week’s episode of Activity Quest. We’ve got events from across the UK and Dan’s getting a little musical, creating a song for the Young Songwriter Competition.
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Meg visits the National Football Museum in Manchester, we’re prepping for an out-of-this-world space party, and there’s a whole list of events from across the UK, including a holographic tour!
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Robyn visits a brand new Peter Rabbit attraction in Blackpool and there’s a whole list of events from across the UK!
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In this week's episode, Bex visits Babylon Park in London. It's an alien themed indoor theme park!
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Adam's visiting the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading to find out more about the agricultural past of Berkshire and some of the jobs that people used to do!
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Bex chats to Charlie from Peter Pan Goes Wrong – on stage in the West End until mid January and then touring across the country – and chats about stories with Danyah, an improv storytelling champion!
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Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire. It was built more than 4,500 years ago and you might have seen in it in the news recently thanks to a very special relationship it has with the stars...
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Bex takes on the Thames RIB Experience – a high-octane speedboat tour along the River Thames – where you journey up to 40mph!
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It's a Christmas lights special in this week's episode of Activity Quest. Bex is on-location at Kew Gardens and Adam's visiting Waddesdon Manor for their Christmas experience!
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam visits Westminster Abbey. It's a royal church in the centre of London with over a thousand years of history. You might remember it from the news recently as it's where King Charles III was coronated!
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Ever wondered how a parcel gets from your basket to your doorstep? Adam's visiting one of Amazon's most advanced fulfilment centres, Swindon BRS2, to find out how packages get from their warehouse to your door. And the best bit is that you can visit too...
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In this episode of Activity Quest, Adam is visiting the National Army Museum to find out about the history of the British Army and there's a curious tale of a horse hoof...
Georgia is also here and giving us a craft that you can do at home: we are making our own medals!
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam's off to the National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes. It's home to the original computer – Colossus – and houses nearly a century of computing tech too. Plus, we're making our own circuits at home too.
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Adam's off to the Horniman Museum and Gardens to explore their world-renowned galleries – including the curious tale of a stuffed walrus...
He's also visiting their butterfly house and we're making a Horniman-inspired exhibit at home too.
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Bex visits a brand new VR experience in Stratford, London, that sends people back in time to ancient Egypt!
Plus, we're making a mummy with Georgia and chatting about make-up looks inspired by Europa Park in Germany.
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Conor's off to Disney 100: The Exhibition, now open at London's ExCel. It's a look back at the past 100 years of Disney, from the founding of the company by Walt Disney himself, right through to the present day!
Plus, inspired by the Disney magic, Georgia's making a magic wand too.
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Adam takes you on a journey to the historic Warwick Castle, located just outside Birmingham in Warwick, England. Join him as he explores the castle's ancient secrets, from the original Motte and Bailey design to the chilling tales of past.
Adam's joined by historian Ben who guides him through the castle's history.
But it wouldn't be a proper visit to a castle without a spine-tingling ghost story. Ben shares the eerie legend of Sir Fulke Greville, a former owner of the castle, and the tragic events that unfolded within its walls...
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In this podcast episode of Activity Quest, Hebe takes a ride on a London double-decker bus for a Paddington-themed afternoon tea adventure!
The bus tour includes a delightful menu with treats like sandwiches, cupcakes, and marmalade sandwiches, as well as a game to spot Paddington bears around London.
Hebe shares her journey through famous London landmarks and sights, and the episode ends with a recipe for making your own Paddington Bear-inspired marmalade sandwich.
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Bex visits the Churchill War Rooms in London, a historic underground bunker used during World War II. The War Rooms served as a secure meeting place for Winston Churchill and his war cabinet.
We go into the rooms and find out about their historical significance, including Churchill's bedroom/office and the Map Room where vital information was constantly updated!
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Adam visits The Beaney in Canterbury, which is a combination of a museum, library, and art gallery. We hear about its diverse collection, including a lion skin, tortoise shell, statues, a four-legged baby duckling, chameleons, and a two-headed baby shark! There's also a mummified cat...
The collection at The Beaney is meant to teach visitors about various aspects of the world and history. We explore prehistoric arrowheads and a fossilised mammoth tusk as some of the oldest items in the museum's collection. Plus, three modern portraits of people from Canterbury, including a drag queen, an imam and professor, and a Paralympian, are showcased.
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Adam visits Volcano Falls Mini Golf in Milton Keynes! Joe, the General Manager, talks about the different courses they have – including Volcano Valley, Tropicana Beach, and the Island Carnival.
Georgia's also providing instructions on how to create a homemade mini golf course!
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Adam's feeding meerkats and anteaters at Longleat Safari Park with the help of keeper Alex and Georgia's helping us make some top safari binoculars!
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Adam is aboard the Golden Hinde, a Tudor pirate ship surprisingly docked on the Southbank of the River Thames. He meets Patrick, who explains more about the history of the ship, and how to load some of its weapons!
Plus, Georgia is here and is telling us how to make our very own pirate garb too.
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Emma-Louise is visiting the brand new Spirit of Invention exhibition at the National Archives!
It's a free, fun-filled family exhibition that celebrates imagination from past to present. Step into a world of creativity and explore extraordinary creations – from the Victorian era to the present day.
Plus, Adam's visiting Fairytale Farm in Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. Part-playground, part-farm and 100% accessible, it's a great day out for all the family.
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Bex is off to the famous Edinburgh Festival and Activity Quest newcomers Sam and Danni are in Cardiff, visiting the premier science location for kids, Techniquest.
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam's visiting The Wave, an inland surf venue in Bristol, where he tries his hand at surfing and stays the night at The Camp!
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Have you heard our series, The Space Programme?
Life on the Isle of Lune is about to get out-of-this-world! It's a radio drama all about a brand new UK spaceport and the story of a soon-to-be child-astronaut.
Hear The Space Programme every Friday from 4pm on Fun Kids, the UK's children's radio station, and as a podcast too.
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam's throwing himself off of one of Europe's tallest high-ropes courses, 270 Climbing in Bentham, Gloucestershire.
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We're stepping back in time almost 2,000 years in this week's episode of Activity Quest as we dip our toes in the water (though not literally) of Roman Britain. We're at The Roman Baths in Bath to find out more about them plus Adam tries some of its world-famous water.
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In this week's episode, Dan's clowning around. We sent him to the National Centre for Circus Arts to have a go at three pretty tricky skills! Plus, we're making our own circus toys at home.
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Bex visits Europa Park in Germany! Easily accessible from the UK, in just one day at the park you can explore 15 European countries!
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Adam's visiting Cheddar Gorge to check out Gough's Cave and Jacob's Ladder. They're two attractions at Cheddar Gorge and Caves. Plus, Georgia's here to give us an at-home craft to do with caves!
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam's visiting the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret in London Bridge. As the name might suggest, it's one of the oldest operating theatres in the world and has a rich history of medicine.
We're also making relaxing potions that we can use as nightlights!
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Georgia's visiting Frozen the Musical, on stage right now in London – and we're making our very own magic wand inspired by the stage show!
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In this week's episode, Bex visits the halls of power: the Houses of Parliament. We find out about the House of Commons and the House of Lords and also make our own Parliament Passports to chronicle our discoveries.
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Bex visits the Little Angel Theatre to try her hand at some puppeteering and we find out all about a very special show that’s taking place there!
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Adam's at West Midlands Safari Park in this week's episode of Activity Quest and is doing something very usual – feeding a tiger!
We're also discovering all about native wildlife too and becoming detectives in our own back gardens!
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Bex visits The Globe Theatre in London to find out about a collection of events on show there this summer.
We also find out about What You Will, a brand new competition from Coram that invites you to write your own Shakespeare speech of some kind.
And we're playing a game of Shakespeare Charades.
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In this week's episode, Adam's climbing St Paul's Cathedral. We're learning all about the building and the man that made it as a brand-new exhibition opens about Christopher Wren.
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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?
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In this week's episode, Adam visits Didcot Railway Centre, a heritage railway and museum site in the heart of Oxfordshire, and we find out how to make our very own model railways too!
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam is off to the Museum of Brands in London and we're making our very own brand at home.
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I wanted to share with you a brand new episode of a podcast we’ve been working on at Fun Kids.
It’s called the National Trust Kids’ Podcast.
Take a listen – and if you like what you hear, remember to follow the podcast wherever you’re listening to this.
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In this episode of Activity Quest, Adam's visiting the Beaconsfield Art Gallery in Vauxhall to find out about bug hotels and other exhibitions they've got on at the moment, and we're making our very own abstract art!
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, we're off to the Natural History Museum to find out more about their Wild Escape contribution and we're making bug hotels!
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Adam's going indoor skydiving in this week's episode of Activity Quest and we're making our very own at-home indoor skydiving simulator!
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Bex is hopping aboard HMS Belfast and we're making our very own HMS Belfast inspired binoculars in this week's episode of Activity Quest!
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Bex is visiting the Postal Museum in London to find out all about the history of the mail service and take a ride on Mail Rail! Plus, with the help of Georgia, we're making our own stamps.
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Dan's visiting the Gunpowder Plot, a brand new VR experience at the Tower of London and we're making a craft inspired by an infamous and dastardly historical deed...
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Adam's visiting London's Cartoon Museum to find out about the history of cartoons, Dennis the Menace, plus a bit of Thunderbirds. And Georgia's helping us make a flipbook!
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Adam's off to the Museum of London Docklands to explore their brand new Dodger trail and Georgia's showing us how to make our very own boats!
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Adam's off to the Story Museum in Oxford and we're creating a reading nook with Georgia!
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Adam's getting banged up at the Oxford Castle and Prison and we're creating a mock trial as we find out about crime and punishment through the ages!
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Adam’s off climbing at Clip 'n Climb in Bicester and we’re chatting all about rocks.
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We're at the Musical Museum in London for a very special episode of Activity Quest and we're telling you all about an event we're hosting there on February 16th called Fun Kids Engineer Academy Live!
It's happening on Thursday, 16th February from 10am at the Musical Museum in London and features all of this amazing stuff:
Tickets are selling fast – they're just £20 per child (with two adults going free per child) – book now before it's too late!
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Bex visits Frameless, the brand new art exhibition in London and we're getting super arty with an at-home craft!
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Adam's off to the Cotswold Wildlife Park to pet a rhino and we're making a time capsule so that we can capture all the fun we have in 2023 together and look back on it later!
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In this week’s episode of Activity Quest, Adam’s visiting the Oxford University Museum of Natural History to discover more about what it is and ways you can get involved! Plus, Meg’s chatting Chinese New Year and we’re making a rather magical, mythical animal…
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Adam's visiting ZSL Whipsnade Zoo and we're shaking maracas!
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Adam's visiting JUMP Inc in Bicester to have a go at trampolining and we're in the kitchen with Meg, baking up a new year's treat in this episode of Activity Quest!
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam's checking out the National Gallery's festive performance and we're making snowmen out of socks with Meg!
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Adam's off to Westonbirt's Enchanted Christmas and we're making gingerbread houses with Meg!
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Activity Quest is the podcast packed with stuff for kids and families to do! Every episode goes behind-the-scenes of some of the UK's top attractions. We also have at-home crafts and more.
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam's off to Blenheim Palace to check out their Christmas lights trail, Lloydie is heading to Nottingham's Winter Wonderland and we're making some festive wreaths!
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Bex hosts this week's Activity Quest from Kew Gardens brand new Christmas lights trail, Christmas at Kew! Adam's off to Waddesdon Manor to find out about their Christmas offering and Lloydie's paying a visit to Birmingham Christmas market.
Plus, Meg makes a Santa Advent Calendar that you can have at home!
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In this week’s episode of Activity Quest, Paul’s visiting the Curling Club on London’s Southbank and we’re finding out all about the Children’s BAFTAS.
Plus, Meg is telling us all about some fancy shadow puppets that you can make at home!
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Meg is off to the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port in Liverpool and Adam's uncovered a dusty old book in the basement of Fun Kids HQ detailing how to make your very own beads!
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Dan's off to Twickenham Stadium and Rugby Museum in this week's episode of Activity Quest, plus he's chatting to some very important people from the National Trust about the newly redesigned Children's Country House!
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, we're off to Woburn Safari Park and getting a very special VIP experience – we're feeding giraffes!
Plus, we're find out how we can keep hedgehogs safe this bonfire night and Meg's making some pumpkin pasties!
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We're getting spooky in this week's episode of Activity Quest!
Adam's off to Stonor Park to explore Tumblestone Hollow. Lloydie is visiting Belvoir Castle to check out their brand new adventure playground. And we're getting hands-on with creepy crawlies in the brand new Discovery Zone at Woburn Safari Park.
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We're going Egypt crazy in this episode of Activity Quest. Adam's visiting the British Museum's brand new hieroglyph exhibition and Meg's helping us make a mummy!
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We're going bonkers for conkers in this week's episode of Activity Quest and Meg's telling us how to make boats from some left-over summer toys!
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We're using multi-billion-dollar satellites to find tupperware containers hidden around the world and Meg is here and telling us how to make our very own projectors for a snuggly, at home movie night!
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In this week's episode, Meg is visiting the Crystal Maze LIVE Experience in Manchester and we're learning how to make our very own crystals at home using some Borax, a pipe cleaner, and water!
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George is visiting the Eden Project in Cornwall and we're doing an at-home experiment where we learn all about photosynthesis, which is how plants breathe!
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Conor visits Jurassic World: The Exhibition in London and we’re getting crafty, making our own dinos at home with pasta!
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It’s National Racehorse Week this week and Anna Louise is visiting Chestnut Tree Stables in Newmarket to find out all about it, plus we’re making our very own hobby horses at home!
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Dan's off to London Dungeons for a brand new Bodysnatchers exhibition and we're finding out how to cook an actual Victorian recipe – it's not a gruesome as it sounds.
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Dan's climbing the Cutty Sark and we're making flags!
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In this episode, we’re chatting to Sanjar all about a very special kite flying festival and we’re making our very own kites too!
Plus you have your usual round-up of great activities and events you can go to across the UK in the coming weeks.
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It’s the Summer Holidays so for all of August we’re inviting you to join us at Activity Quest Summer Camp. This episode we’re heading out on a night safari to see what animals we can spot and we’re star gazing and spotting planets back at camp.
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It’s the Summer Holidays so for all of August we’re inviting you to join us at Activity Quest Summer Camp. This episode we’re heading out on a night safari to see what animals we can spot and we’re star gazing and spotting planets back at camp.
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In this week’s Activity Quest Anna Louise is at Jimmy’s Farm in time to feed the cheeky meerkats and Meg is using an old plastic bottle to make foam for a foam party!
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In this week’s Activity Quest Dan is at The Tomb Raider experience, braving the zipline and solving puzzles. Meg is making chalk bombs for a messy art project and we have events from across the country.
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Robyn's visiting Henley Festival to see to The Script and we're making a solar oven!
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We're getting our Om on in this week's Activity Quest with a spot of mindful meditation. Plus, Meg explores John Rylands Library in Manchester!
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In this episode of Activity Quest, Meg is finding fairies and we're learning about Henley Festival
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In this week’s Activity Quest Meg is taking us on a hike to see waterfalls and Dan is showing us how we can make crystals at home!
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Robyn's breaking codes at the famous Bletchley Park and Meg's here cooking up some WWII recipes.
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The Jubilee is this weekend! In this week's episode, Sean's taking a wander around Westminster Abbey and Meg's cooking up some common street food treats.
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There's loads to do in this week's episode of Activity Quest. We've got top things you can do in London entirely for free – plus events from across the UK and we're even getting messy with some fluffy slime!
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We're chatting to the RNLI about water safety and discovering how to make our own solar still to make water!
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We’re heading to the Peak District today for a hike up Kinder Scout, plus we’re going to be palaeontologists by making our own dinosaur fossils! Plus, events from across the country.
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Monster Fun tell us all about their new comic and we learn to create our own comic.
In this week’s Activity Quest we’re joined by Ned and Carl from Monster Fun, a brand new comic. We will be finding out all about their new comic and having a go at creating our own. Plus, events from across the country.
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This week’s Activity Quest is all about creating music with nature. We’re out and about looking at outdoor sculptures which create music as well as making our own musical instrument! Plus, events from across the country.
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We’re going deer stalking in this episode of Activity Quest and Dan’s becoming a fashionista by trying his hand at tie-dye.
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This episode’s all about Easter. We’re making hot cross buns, going on our own Easter egg hunt across the country and visiting Hadrian’s Wall!
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This episode has a rather celestial theme! We’re off to a prehistoric monument that’s linked to the sun and we’re even making our own sundials at home. That, plus events from across the country.
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It’s April Fools Day on the 1st April so we’ve got you covered with hilarious pranks to pull on your friends and family!
We’re also going on a bike ride around Manchester’s Fallowfield Loop and we have events from across the country.
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We’re getting out-and-about in this week’s episode of Activity Quest and going to a wizarding escape room!
And keeping with the wizarding theme we're going to be making potions - including one that changes colour by using a vegetable you’d usually see on your roast dinner.
Plus, events from across the country.
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We’re getting out-and-about in this week’s episode of Activity Quest and conducting our very own nature survey!
There’s that, plus we hear all about the awesome poetry competition that’s opened – Wildverse. Enter now at FunKidsLive.com.
Plus, events from across the country.
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It’s the start of spring and Meg’s here twitching! That’s another word for bird watching. We’re going to find out how you can spot birds wherever you are. Dan’s giving us some top tips on how to make a DIY bird feeder and Adam’s running through events from across the UK
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Anna Louise heads to mermaid school and we all head back to Victorian London to find out about CBBC’s newest show, Dodger.
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Adam visits the Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221B Baker Street in London!
He's finding out about the life of this famous fictional detective and why one of Arthur Conan Doyle's most beloved characters lives on...
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We The Curious is an incredible art gallery and science museum in Bristol, soon to be playing host to the Fun Kids Time Machine – a high-tech time capsule created by CW&T and stuffed full of your thoughts, feelings, recordings and drawings!
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Adam takes on the dizzying heights of Hemel Hempstead's Snow Centre – London’s closest indoor real snow slope – for a snowboarding lesson with Sean.
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In this episode of Activity Quest, Adam explores the British Museum's new exhibition, Legion: Life in the Roman Army.
It covers the journey of a Roman soldier from enlistment to retirement, featuring interactive exhibits, Horrible Histories partnerships, and a unique focus on ordinary soldiers!
Highlights include a soldier's real story and an extraordinary exhibit of a Roman soldier's remains, discovered in Herculaneum.
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam's taking on Mercedes Benz World and their Young Driver and 4x4 experiences! So long as you're tall enough to reach the pedals, they'll let you drive – no experience required!
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Dan's off on an augmented reality journey at Westminster Abbey where he's exploring the world of... Notre Dame?!
Don't worry – he's not invented teleportation. Notre Dame de Paris is brand new exhibition open now.
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In this week's Activity Quest, Dan's chatting to Darts champion Luke Littler all about how he got into the sport. Plus, we're giving you a darts-themed activity you can do at home.
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Adam's off to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in Hendon! There, he meets Toni who discusses the new exhibition 'Higher, Faster, Further' and the educational resources available for families.
Rob, the public events manager, explains why the museum is great for kids and families, mentioning the upcoming Easter holidays events which will focus on science, technology, engineering, and maths, featuring a planetarium, science shows, and a paper aeroplane designing contest.
The museum offers various interactive elements, such as digital trails, backpacks with exploration tools, and a themed outdoor play area. The site is recommended for a two to three-hour visit or a full day for an in-depth experience.
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Adam's exploring the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the UK's oldest public museum. He's highlighting a unique audio trail available for visitors. One of the trail's stops involves a bone initially thought to belong to an elephant or a giant!
We're also looking at Ashmolean Adventure, a digital family experience with multimedia activities focused on intriguing objects in the museum and take on a craft activity inspired by the Ashmolean Museum's collection.
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Adam visits the Hello Brain exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute in London, a free showcase focusing on the brain and its complexities!
The exhibition, curated by Holly Cave, highlights the brain's 86 billion neurones and their interactions, using both scientific displays and community-created art to illustrate concepts.
The Francis Crick Institute, a major scientific research facility, hosts this exhibition, offering a unique blend of current research and historical context in neuroscience.
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We're visiting the National Space Centre in Leicester!
Adam meets Mike, a space communications presenter, and we see a real Soyuz capsule used for astronaut transportation to the International Space Station, astronaut suits including Tim Peake's launch suit and Buzz Aldrin's space pyjamas, and a prop from the movie 'The Martian.'
We also spy a meteorite and check out a baked bean challenge...
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Dan visits HarroWall, London's largest indoor bouldering centre located in North West London.
HarroWall offers a variety of activities including climbing, indoor caving, and a big slide, catering to kids and families!
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Bex explores the art of tufting, a rug-making technique, at Tufting London.
Melissa explains that tufting is similar to punch needling but faster, allowing you to create a rug quickly! The process involves sending in a design, choosing yarn colours, tufting, applying glue to the rug's back, drying, attaching a non-slip backing, and shaving the rug for a smooth finish.
Plus, we guide you on creating a mini weaving loom at home using cardboard, yarn, and basic tools.
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Adam and Dan visit Sandbox VR in London to experience an immersive virtual reality game, The Legend of Davy Jones' Locket.
The game transports players to a pirate ship where they battle skeletons, solve puzzles, and face off against Davy Jones himself, all with the help of VR headsets and sensor clips.
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Adam's off to the Walthamstow Pump House Museum in East London.
The museum's known for its family-friendly atmosphere and interest in engineering, featuring a variety of exhibits including a Victorian-era Marshall steam engine, 1967 stock tube carriages, a Dennis fire truck, and a model train room!
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An arboretum is a living library of trees from around the world. This week, we're off to Harcourt Arboretum, looking at its wildflower meadow and its significance for local wildlife. Plus, we're getting hands-on with impressive giant redwoods!
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Adam watches the Chelsea women's football team play against Barcelona in the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-finals!
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Bex explores the Discover Children's Story Centre in Stratford, a charity dedicated to transforming lives through stories.
The centre features three floors of interactive story worlds, exhibitions, and a beautiful garden designed to inspire children's imagination.
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We're visiting Topgolf where Adam receives a golf lesson from a professional!
Rory's telling us about the game. It's a points-based driving range suitable for all skill levels; a mix of golf, darts, and bowling due to its target-based scoring system and individual playing bays. We're finding out how players use microchipped balls to score points by hitting targets!
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We're exploring the London Mithraeum, a hub that houses a reconstructed Temple of Mithras and 600 of the 14,000 Roman artefacts found on the site.
Helen, who runs the London Mithraeum Bloomberg Space, guides listeners through the history and significance of the site, its collection, and the immersive experience offered to visitors.
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In this episode of Activity Quest, the team from Fun Kids – including Adam, Sean, and Sam – visit Clue Quest in London!
Brent introduces the venue as an immersive escape room experience designed to build lasting memories through teamwork and problem-solving in a fun, engaging environment...
Throughout the challenge, the team communicates with "mission control" to receive hints and discuss their findings, which include maps, books, and other cryptic items that help them progress through the rooms.
For an at-home activity, try this sheet – which you can get when you book a ClueQuest birthday party!
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Adam visits the Grant Museum of Zoology, part of University College London. The museum houses one of the UK's oldest natural history collections, used for both teaching and public exhibition.
Tannis Davidson, head of Zoology and Science Collections at UCL, explains the museum's history, including its origins from colonial expeditions and its role in education.
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We're going on an exciting journey up Snowdon on the Snowdon Mountain Railway in Wales! We start our journey in Llanberis, where the railway station is located, and find out all about the history and details of this narrow gauge rack and pinion railway that has been operational since 1896.
The railway offers stunning views of Snowdonia National Park and provides a unique, accessible way for visitors to reach the summit of Mount Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales and England.
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Adam visits the Natural History Museum in London to learn about the National Education Nature Park programme from Laura.
This initiative encourages schools across England to transform their outdoor spaces into greener areas by planting pollinator-friendly plants, building ponds, and creating green walls, aiming to benefit both wildlife and the mental well-being of students!
Laura explains the programme's five-step process, which includes assessing the site, planning, and implementing changes, and then evaluating the impact on local wildlife and the community's response. The programme also offers digital tools and creative activities, making it accessible to a wide range of interests and abilities.
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Adam's back at the Natural History Museum, this time visiting a new exhibition called Birds Brilliant and Bizarre.
The exhibition showcases the evolutionary success of birds, their adaptations, and their survival from the dinosaur era to the present.
Highlights of the exhibition include a look at the relationship between birds and dinosaurs, showcasing specimens like a T-Rex jawbone and exploring the adaptations of various birds, such as the barn owl's unique hearing mechanism. The exhibition also delves into the life cycle of birds and their diverse survival strategies.
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We visit We The Curious in Bristol, where the Fun Kids Time Machine is sealed.
Author Sam Sedgman and the design team behind the time capsule discuss the unique aspects of it, which includes using decommissioned scuba tanks and sophisticated locking mechanisms that allow it to open automatically after a set duration!
The time capsule was filled with submissions from listeners expressing their hopes and dreams for the future and it will be displayed at We The Curious science centre.
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Lush makes millions of bath bombs every single year. In this week's episode of Activity Quest, we're off to Poole to see their factory where every single one of them is made.
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Bex follows the bath bomb she made in Poole to one of Lush's biggest stores: Lush Oxford Street!
There, she has a go at one of their parties and finds out more about some of their best selling products.
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Toy store Hamleys are holding fun fuelled activities throughout the holidays!
From making your very own medals and trophies to competing in gaming jumbo jamboree fun, the entertainment is never-ending!
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Adam visits the National Portrait Gallery in London, where he explores the gallery's diverse collection of portraits, ranging from paintings to sculptures!
The gallery's focus is on telling the story of Britain through portraits, bringing history to life and exploring contemporary culture.
Highlights include the Tudor room, featuring the six wives of Henry VIII, and an exhibition on these historical figures. The gallery also offers interactive trails like 'History Detectives' to engage families, and hosts a family festival with activities inspired by current exhibitions.
For more information about the gallery and its offerings, visitors can check the National Portrait Gallery's website.
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Adam's off to Lewes, just north of Brighton, to visit Tree Trent HQ.
Tree Tents are magical structures that are suspended in the air and provide you with a nice place to spend the night! He's chatting to Jason, the founder, about how they're made and how on Earth they stay so high!
Plus, we're visiting the Secret Campsite to stay the night in a Tree Tent. Adam finds out all about nature and wildlife and the environment, and even spies a glow worm...
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Conor visits the London Museum Docklands to explore a new pop-up beach called 'Seaside in the City' which runs until August 26th.
The museum offers a fun, immersive experience celebrating East London's historical ties! Conor tours the museum and has a go at interactive exhibits, including a seaside-themed room filled with toys and climbing structures, a skiff boat, and galleries that recreate 1840s London life.
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Adam explores a new boutique at Hamleys in London, which offers a variety of creative experiences for families, including charm bracelet making, hair braiding, and child-friendly makeup. The boutique aims to provide a fun, hands-on environment where visitors can express themselves and enjoy activities together.
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Host Bex takes listeners on a thrilling journey to the Imperial War Museum in Duxford.
Known for its expansive outdoor space filled with historic aircraft, Duxford showcases planes from the early 1900s to modern times, including the iconic Concorde. Bex chats with Liam from the visitor experience team, who shares insights about the museum's various hangars, the impressive collection of aircraft, and the active airfield where visitors can witness flying displays.
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Bex and Gemma Atkinson embark on a road trip to Disney On Ice, exploring the magic of ice skating, dancing, and costume design!
They meet figure skater Sean-Isaac Parry at the Planet Ice rink in Manchester, where he shares his journey into ice skating, starting at age 10 and eventually performing with Disney on Ice.
Sean discusses the rigorous rehearsal process, teamwork, and the joy of performing beloved Disney characters.
He also offers tips for beginners, including basic skating moves that can be practiced off the ice!
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Dawna Oak's the Senior Director of Costumes for Disney On Ice and is sharing her journey into costume design, her creative process, and her favourite costumes.
Dawna emphasises the importance of collaboration, sketching, and fabric selection in costume creation and also offers tips for listeners interested in designing their own costumes, encouraging creativity and resourcefulness by using items from their own closets!
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Julie Pritchard is a performance director for Disney On Ice and is sharing insights about her role, which involves overseeing performances and providing feedback to ensure high-quality shows.
The conversation reveals exciting details about the upcoming show, including characters like Mary Poppins, Moana, and The Incredibles, and how choreography is inspired by the films.
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Adam's off to North London to find a little forest oasis to undertake some tasks and get his hands on a Green Tree Badge!
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Adam visits Peru in this week's episode of Activity Quest to tuck into some marmalade sandwiches and say hey to a very friendly bear...
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Adam's off to the world of your fave CBeebies shows in a brand new experience open in White City!
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We're taking a step back in time and revisiting a classic Activity Quest episode where Bex ventures to Egypt to check out some fabulous VR mummies!
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Adam visits Gloucester Cathedral to chat to Charlie all about a brand new artwork they've got: a giant red planet, suspended in the heart of the Cathedral!
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Adam visits Van Hage, a Blue Diamond Garden Centre to chat to their Head of Christmas about everything currently on offer for the festive season!
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Bex and the Fun Kids Gaming Reporters try a brand-new game from Cadent designed to help you learn more about carbon monoxide.
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Adam visits Gruffalo Discovery Land at Twycross Zoo to experience their brand new Christmas trail – plus he meets some pretty butterflies and a very big boa!
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Adam is at Waddesdon Manor to experience their brand new Christmas lights trail.
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Adam visits Westonbirt Arboretum just outside Tetbury to experience their annual Christmas lights trail!
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Adam's touring the Science Museum's Science & Innovation Park in Swindon, where thousands and thousands of important historical science items are kept!
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Adam visits Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, a one-of-a-kind store in London that caters to local monsters (and curious humans). We find out about the store’s fascinating history, its peculiar products, and the incredible connection it has to the creative writing charity, the Ministry of Stories.
We go behind the Scenes at Ministry of Stories, a creative writing hub where young people unleash their imaginations. Laura from the Ministry shares how the charity inspires children through writing workshops and more—all supported by the monster shop’s cursed profits.
Can you spot a Blue Tit? Winter may be here, but this colourful blue tit is brightening up the season! Jenny from the British Trust for Ornithology takes us into the world of this lively little bird, exploring how it stays warm and thrives during the colder months.
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This week, Dan heads to London for some adrenaline-pumping action with the Hot Wheels Monster Trucks live show at the O2 Arena. From colossal vehicles to behind-the-scenes interviews with drivers Rebecca and Rick, Dan explores the roaring engines, daring stunts, and fierce competition of monster truck events.
Plus, Adam embarks on a quieter adventure, searching for the beautiful small tortoiseshell butterfly. Joined by Dr Dan from Butterfly Conservation, Adam learns all about this winter survivor, its vivid colouration, hibernation habits, and how to make your garden butterfly-friendly.
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This week, Dan chats with Indy from the RSPB about the upcoming Big Garden Birdwatch, the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Discover how you can help track the UK’s bird population by spending just one hour counting birds in your garden or local green space!
Meanwhile, Adam explores the charm of one of Britain’s most beloved birds—the robin. With its bright red chest and winter song, this iconic bird is full of surprises, as Rob from the British Trust for Ornithology reveals fascinating insights about their territorial behaviour and cheerful melodies.
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Bridget Robinson from Coram Voice shares how the competition, now in its ninth year, provides a platform for young voices to shine. Plus, hear from Mali, a previous winner, about how poetry helped her express her experiences in care.
Meanwhile, Adam goes on an after-dark adventure to discover the fascinating world of moths. Dr Dan from Butterfly Conservation reveals surprising facts about these under-appreciated insects, from winter moths' incredible adaptations to the colourful diversity of species like the elephant hawk moth.
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Adam explores Edinburgh Zoo, meeting incredible animals like Monty the python, baby hippo Haggis, and over 150 penguins! We find out what makes this zoo so special and its important role in conservation.
Plus, Jon Carter from the British Trust for Ornithology joins us to talk about great spotted woodpeckers—how to find them and why they drum.
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In today's episode of everyone's favourite 'stuff to do' podcast, Bex is chatting to some soup-er school kids at the Young Marketeers Winter Soup Sale, raising money for Plan Zero.
Plus, we're finding out about the Peacock Butterfly.
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Adam chats with the team at Haikubox about bioacoustics and to Viola from the British Trust for Ornithology in this week's episode of everyone's favourite 'stuff to do' podcast, Activity Quest
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Adam explores Puzzlewood Forest near the Forest of Dean and we chat planetary alignments with Sam from the Royal Observatory Greenwich
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam chats to Will from the Stratford Upon Avon Butterfly Farm and to Dan from Butterfly Conservation.
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In this week's episode of everyone's favourite 'stuff to do' podcast, Adam's off to the Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221b Baker Street in London, plus we're on the hunt for starlings.
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Bex visits London's Postal Museum to find out all about the postal service and take a ride on Mail Rail – plus, we're at the Royal Observatory Greenwich where we're learning about partial solar eclipses!
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Adam's at The Roman Baths in Bath and we're spotting Goldcrest birds in our gardens and parks with Drew!
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Adam visits St Pauls Cathedral in London where he finds out all about the Great Fire of London and gets to walk up 500-something stairs to the top and look out over the entire city
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This week, Adam takes us inside the brand new Roden Centre for Creative Learning at the National Gallery, a vibrant and inspiring space designed for children, families, and adults to get hands-on with art.
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Bex is off to HMS Belfast and we're chatting to Jon from the British Trust for Ornithology about herons and how to find them where you are
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In this week's episode of the best stuff-to-do podcast on the planet, Adam's playing an augmented reality game and we're looking for kingfishers!
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This week on Activity Quest, Adam heads to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo for an animal-packed adventure, and we look up to the skies for some moon-gazing magic!
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In this week’s episode of Activity Quest, Adam heads to Westonbirt Arboretum to explore a play space nestled amongst the trees!The team celebrate a major milestone: over 30,000 hours of play.
Later, Adam visits 270 Climbing Park where he takes on high ropes, climbing challenges, and even a BMX bike suspended in the air!
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Adam's going indoor skydiving in this week's episode of Activity Quest!
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Bex visits Europe's top theme park, Europa Park, to celebrate a very special birthday
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Adam visits a huge 160m indoor ski and snowboarding slope at The Snow Centre for an exclusive lesson!
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Adam visits the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, a former top-secret UK military base, home to some of WWII's top code breakers!
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Adam visits one of England's oldest and best preserved medieval castles to find out about some scarily named things including "murder holes!"
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This week, Adam's wandering around the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to find out what's on offer for all ages!
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In this week’s episode, Adam's off to the Horniman Museum and Gardens to explore their world-renowned galleries – including the curious tale of a stuffed walrus…
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Bex tries her hand at one of the world's top arts and crafts. It's called tufting and she's doing a special workshop all about it!
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Bex goes behind the scenes of one of the UK's top tourist destinations and this time it's World War II themed. She's been allowed into the deep underground bunker that housed the likes of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during one of Britain's darkest times
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Adam's counting butterflies with Dr Dan from Butterfly Conservation Society. He also pops along to the brand new Roden Centre for Creative Learning at the National Gallery in London
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This summer, take part in an archaeological adventure where little hands make big discoveries at London Museum Docklands.
Step into the shoes of an archaeologist and help piece together stories of London’s history through playful excavation.
Dig down through the centuries in your own trench –based on a real archaeological site in London – and unearth real objects made and used centuries ago!
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A playful exhibition that lets you wander through and interact with the imagination of over 100 young writers, Bex steps into Dreamstate.
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Adam steps back in time to a medieval fantasy kingdom: Loxwood! He meets Morris who founded the Joust and wanders around and explores the site
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Adam visits an old RAF base, now the home of Bristol Aerospace, to fly around their hangars! He sees Concorde up-close and meets an old WWII bomber, now in their restoration wing
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Adam and Lloydie chat to the team behind brand new movie Grand Prix of Europe, out now!
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Adam goes deep beneath London to investigate its Roman past at the London Mithraeum Bloomberg Space
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Adam visits Woburn Safari Park and gets to go on a very special VIP experience which includes feeding giraffes!
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Adam heads to a driving range with a twist to take on TopGolf!
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Adam chats to Dr Darren Naish about Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs which is on now at Lightroom in London!
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Adam visits West Midlands Safari Park and gets up-close to some of the most amazing animals in the world.
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Adam chats to the cast of The Amazing World of Gumball's reboot: The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball!
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Adam scales one of London's most iconic landmarks and learns about its history.
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Adam takes a tour around some of the most iconic images of our time in this tour around London's Museum of Brands
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Adam visits Oxford Castle and Prison to step back in time and explore the city's past
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This week on Activity Quest, we’re going international!
Join Adam as he heads stateside to visit the Butterfly Pavilion in Colorado, the first-ever invertebrate zoo and research centre in the US. Guided by Butterfly Pavilion’s very own butterfly scientist, Shiran Hershkovich, we discover a world teeming with bugs, butterflies, and underwater creatures.
Travel with us through exhibit rooms filled with fascinating stick insects, spiders, and beehives. Learn how stick insects use camouflage for survival, watch butterflies emerge from their chrysalises, and find out why invertebrates (animals without backbones) are critical to our planet.
We also hear about Butterfly Pavilion’s global conservation work, from creating bee fences to protect African villages from elephants, to saving rainforests in Indonesia and supporting monarch migrations in Mexico.
Hear about the science behind metamorphosis, the secrets of caring for thousands of butterflies, and tips for getting involved with conservation from wherever you are! Plus, discover some amazing live cams you can check out from home and learn how everyone can make a difference in protecting pollinators.
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This week, Adam heads off-grid for a unique stay in a “tree tent” in Lewis, Sussex.
Discover how these extraordinary, eco-friendly tents are made, meet their inventor Jason, and explore the Secret Campsite’s amazing wildlife.
Hear from Jodie, Tree Tents' managing director, and Tim, who runs the campsite dedicated to connecting families with nature.
From wildlife festivals to stargazing and edible gardens, learn how camping can be an epic digital detox.
Whether you love the outdoors or just want something different, this episode’s packed with inspiration for your next escape.
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Adam goes for an adventure at London’s oldest surviving operating theatre and Herb Garrett, located near London Bridge. He meets Dr. Monica Walker for a fascinating look at the history of medicine, gruesome Victorian surgeries, and the hospital’s herb-filled origins.
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Join Bex and Adam on another adventure-packed episode of Activity Quest! This week, Adam steps inside the remarkable Grant Museum of Zoology at University College London (UCL), discovering a world of fascinating animal specimens, quirky museum stories, hands-on learning, and the importance of understanding science history. Plus, we finish with a creative zoology-inspired craft you can try at home!
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Join Adam as he travels to beautiful Buckinghamshire to explore one of the UK’s most magical festive experiences: Christmas at Waddesdon Manor – a real life 'fairy castle on a hill'.
Pippa, Director of Waddesdon, gives us the inside scoop on why it’s so magical, especially at Christmas. Plus Head of Learning Sarah reveals how 13,500+ local schoolchildren have helped decorate the stables with artwork inspired by the Sounds of the Season.
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Bex sends Adam off to try something extra special: a visit to the new Paddington Bear Experience in London. If you love marmalade sandwiches, hidden secrets, and stories set in both deepest, darkest Peru and bustling London, this is the episode for you!
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Bundle up for a festive episode of Activity Quest! Bex explores Edinburgh’s magical Christmas market, sharing sights, sounds, and delicious treats. Lloydie visits the bustling Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market, chats to families, and discovers a talking moose!
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George shares his top Christmas movie picks to fill your holidays with cheer!
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Magician, inventor, and master of robo-fueled slapstick, Mario the Maker Magician pops into the Fun Kids studio during his London run – and we’re seriously starstruck.
Fresh from his performances at venues like the Sydney Opera House and Broadway, Mario brings us into a world of handmade robots, modern slapstick comedy, and magic that’s for everyone – whether you’re three or 103.
George sits down with Mario to explore why every show should be for every person, and how Mario creates magic for YOU.
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ClueQuest is set up as a secret spy agency led by Mr. Q, offering immersive escape room experiences that are fun for families, friends, and teams! This week, we're trying an escape room. We get locked in and work together to solve a series of puzzles to gain our freedom.
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Adam steps inside the television to visit CBeebies Rainbow Adventures at Westfield, White City. He chats with producer Emma about how this interactive, immersive experience brings children’s favourite shows like Hey Duggee, Bluey, and JoJo & Gran Gran to life.
CBeebies Rainbow Adventures is the UK’s first immersive, interactive theatre experience designed just for preschoolers. You're led by the Rainbow Gardener on a colourful quest to restore the missing colours of the rainbow through familiar locations from CBeebies shows!
The experience is perfect for preschoolers with sessions for under-3s and small group sizes. Don’t forget your photo with Duggee or Bluey at the end!
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Adam heads off (sort of) into the wilderness – North London, to be exact – to explore the Green Tree Badge, an exciting new badge programme all about trees that you can take part in no matter where you live in the UK.
Find out what the Green Tree Badge is, who created it, and how you can earn your very own badge by completing fun tree-related activities.
Adam chats with Smrithy, co-founder of Green Tree Badge, from Bags of Ethics along with charity partners the Royal Forestry Society. They share how the programme encourages YOU to discover the amazing properties of trees whether you live in the countryside, a town, or a city!
The Green Tree Badge has been designed for everyone, wherever you live and whatever your abilities. Thanks to donations, passbooks and school packs are available across the UK, making it easy and affordable for all families to join in.
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Bex embarks on a magical exploration of the brand new Jolly Postman exhibition at The Postal Museum!
Step inside the world of Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s iconic story as Bex joins Sally Bruce, exhibition curator, for a tour packed with hands-on fun, fairy tale deliveries, and behind-the-scenes secrets about the beloved children’s books.
Discover how the classic book series inspired a fully interactive exhibition where visitors can literally step right into the story, starting with possibly the biggest book you’ve ever seen!
Find out how Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s home life – complete with attic studios and garden sheds – led to the creation of The Jolly Postman and his enchanting postal rounds.
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Bex explores the UK’s most iconic movies and TV shows with a behind-the-scenes look at Aardman, the legendary animation studio behind classics like Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run, and more! With a brand-new exhibition opening at the Young V&A in Bethnal Green, London, we take you inside the creative wonderland of Aardman’s world.
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Bex heads to the Story Centre where she meets Jess who explains their mission and the amazing three floors packed with story worlds, immersive exhibitions, and a beautiful garden!
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Adam visits Volcano Falls Mini Golf in Milton Keynes! Joe, the General Manager, talks about the different courses they have – including Volcano Valley, Tropicana Beach, and the Island Carnival.
Georgia's also providing instructions on how to create a homemade mini golf course!
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Explore Edinburgh Zoo like never before. Adam chats with Morris, a Discovery Ranger, to uncover what makes this iconic, hilltop zoo such a special place. From giant African land snails and sassy baby hippos to rare armadillos and a mischievous monkey with a taste for Yorkshire puddings, discover the stories behind some of the zoo’s most incredible residents and learn how conservation is at the heart of everything they do.
Plus, join Jon Carter from the British Trust for Ornithology for a journey into the great outdoors as they reveal the wonders of the great spotted woodpecker. Hear how these brilliant birds communicate, why their tongues are so extraordinary, and how you can attract them to your garden.
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Bex goes behind the scenes at the Lush Factory in Pool to discover exactly how your favourite bath bombs are made.
We hear from Annabelle and Ben from Lush about the company’s history, their commitment to inventing eco-friendly, package-free products, and their ongoing fight against animal testing.
Then – Bex has a go! We find out what a "compounder" is and listen as Bex joins the team to hand-make some "Toby’s Magic Cow" bath bombs.
Discover why they use natural, fresh ingredients, how weather can affect the bomb-making process, and why every bath bomb is tested for fizziness and colour before it goes to the shops...
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We meet Mark Day, a collections access facilitator, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Science Museum Group’s vast storage facility – a building so big it could fit three football pitches inside!
Discover how this top-secret former military airfield became home to over 80% of the Science Museum’s artefacts, and learn about the fascinating process of caring for, cataloguing, and moving tens of thousands of important historical objects.
Walk with us amongst rare vehicles, vintage aircraft, bizarre scientific instruments, and even robots! Hear the story behind some of Mark’s favourite objects, including a magical Victorian prism, a robotic trumpet player, and an unexpectedly famous rubber duck that helped scientists land a probe on a comet!
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Dan is hitting the running track for some action-packed fitness fun at Hyrox Young Stars.
He heads to London’s Olympia, where Hyrox Young Stars is turning fitness into a challenge for thousands of kids aged 8 to 15. It’s the junior version of a real-deal adult fitness race, with all the buzz, competition, and camaraderie you could want.
Run laps, push and pull sleds, lunge, burpee, and take on wall balls! Listen as the team explain how the event scales challenges for all ages and builds young athletes – and all-around strong, healthy kids.
Want a taste of the challenge? Find out where to search to join Hyrox or cheer someone on!
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Adam explores the British Library's brand new Fairy Tales Exhibition, where stories, myths, and legends leap off the page and into real life.
He discovers storyteller cottages, a gingerbread house, magical pop-ups, and more, plus over 54 tales from around the world, including re-imagined classics and bold new adventures.
Find out which fairy tales are really for heroes, which ones might have a twist, and why these stories still matter today.
Whether you’re a fan of Goldilocks, Cinderella, Anansi, or brave new characters, this family-friendly journey will inspire you to create your own fairy tales.
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Adam heads to 270 Climbing Park in Gloucestershire, home to one of Europe's highest and most exciting ropes courses!
He makes his way through a series of unique, high-flying challenges, finishing off with an adrenaline-fueled freefall from the 18-meter activity tower.
Afterwards, we check out a home craft project: creating your very own miniature climbing wall for toy climbers.
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Adam visits the Walthamstow Pump House Museum in East London, a hidden gem bursting with engines, model trains, and family fun!
Volunteer Victoria gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the museum's impressive Marshall steam engine, which once helped pump sewage uphill and kept Victorian London running. We also pop into the model train room, where volunteers are recreating the historic Weaver Line, complete with old-fashioned trains, a WWII bunker, and bustling high streets.
The museum even has real 1967 Victoria Line tube carriages repurposed as a unique Supper Club, where diners enjoy a mashup of history and delicious Latin American cuisine inside a genuine train carriage.
Families are welcome to explore, with Sunday craft sessions in the iconic pump room, DIY workshops in the Tool House for budding engineers, and a friendly tuck shop-style café offering treats and local hospitality. Whether you want to dive into engineering, try your hand at crafts, or just marvel at the machinery, there’s something for everyone, including ways to get stuck in as a volunteer!
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Adam heads to the stunning landscapes of Wales to ride the legendary Snowdon Mountain Railway – the highest railway ascent in England and Wales!
Discover fascinating facts about this Victorian marvel, from its challenging construction in the 1890s to how it still chugs adventurers nearly five miles up Mount Snowdon. Experience a ride through Snowdonia’s breathtaking scenery, find out how the railway makes the summit accessible for all, and learn about the mountain’s mythical ties to King Arthur.
Back at home, Bex introduces a fun and creative craft activity—a make-your-own mountain railway model! With simple materials like cardboard, paints, toy trains, and pebbles, you can bring the magic of the Snowdon railway to your living room. Step-by-step, Bex walks you through designing the scenery, laying out the tracks, and adding all the finishing touches so your train can “climb” the peak just like Adam’s.
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Adam heads to Harcourt Arboretum near Oxford.
Joined by Catherine and Roger from the Arboretum’s education team, discover what an arboretum really is and why it’s sometimes called a living library of trees.
Explore wildflower meadows bursting with colour, spot butterflies like the red admiral and marbled white, and gaze up at an enormous California redwood.
Learn why connecting with nature is great for your wellbeing, try some bark-hugging, and find out about willow weaving activities and special family days at Harcourt.
Then, get creative at home with Georgia's craft: a DIY pressed flower bookmark, inspired by the Arboretum’s blooms. Packed with outdoor inspiration and crafty fun!
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Adam is off to Reading in Berkshire to visit the Museum of English Rural Life. He meets Philippa, the Learning and Engagement Manager, for a fascinating tour.
Step inside the education studio, try on countryside costumes, and find out what it was like to work in the fields—did you know children used to scare birds away for up to 10 hours a day?
Adam explores the museum’s hands-on galleries, from old shepherding games to steam engines and Land Rovers, and discovers how life in the countryside evolved over the years.
Plus, we get to say hello to the museum’s garden chickens, Nook and Gemini Rosalina!
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Adam and Dan head to Sandbox VR in London.
There, they take on the “Davy Jones’s Locket Quest” – an amazing, fully immersive virtual reality experience that transports them onto a pirate ship, complete with flaming swords, battling skeletons, strange tar-filled creatures, and a not-so-helpful talking parrot!
PLUS: Don’t live near London? We’ve got a creative at-home activity for you to try. Get crafty and make your own VR headset using just a cardboard box, some markers, and your smartphone, bringing the excitement of virtual reality right to your living room.
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Host Bex takes us along with Adam for a magical trip to the Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm.
Experience what it’s like to step into the tropics even in the middle of a British winter, where it’s always warm and hundreds of butterflies flutter all around.
Adam chats to William Gorst, horticulturist and tour guide, who shares how the butterflies live, feed, and transform from caterpillars to magnificent adults.
Plus, we learn fascinating facts like how the Mayans saw butterflies as ancestors visiting us, and why you should always handle these delicate insects with care.
Then, we put our butterfly-spotting skills to the test with Dan from Butterfly Conservation, focusing on the Red Admiral — an amazing British butterfly that’s bold, bright, and active even in winter!
Discover the science behind their vibrant wings, how climate change is helping them survive UK winters, and what you can plant to make your garden a butterfly haven
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Adam heads to one of England's oldest and most mysterious historical monuments — the world-famous Stonehenge.
Joined by Stonehenge volunteer manager Sue Martindale, Adam explores the 4,500-year-old stone circle, discovering secrets of its prehistoric builders, ancient engineering feats, and the natural phenomenon that draws crowds every year: the solstice alignment.
PLUS: Get creative! Georgia visits to lead you through a craft activity where you’ll make your very own Stonehenge miniature at home.
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Bex visits Tate Modern’s new Julio Le Parc exhibition, discovering art you can touch, play with, and experience in surprising ways.
Curator Francis shares behind-the-scenes secrets and inspiration.
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Dan visits the iconic Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), a Wimbledon fan’s dream, for a one-on-one coaching session with top tennis pro Sam at the National Tennis Centre. Find out what it’s like to train where the pros play, learn about the new LTA Youth programme designed to help kids fall in love with tennis, and get some simple drills to try at home, even in your living room!
PLUS: It’s Craft Corner! Get ready for some glow-in-the-dark fun as we show you how to make your very own water bottle bowling set using recycled bottles and glow paint, perfect for summer evenings when the sun goes down.
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ex sends Adam to the Royal Society in the heart of London for the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, where the very best of British science is on show.
The room is bursting with things to discover, from telescopes hunting for invisible dark matter to Oxford robots learning to stack cups and whole universes being built inside a computer. Adam meets cosmologist Sir Carlos Frenk, a scientist who studies the entire universe — galaxies, planets, stars and everything in between. Carlos shows off his exhibit, Galaxy Makers, which reveals how you build a galaxy like our own Milky Way... and even how the Moon was made by firing an asteroid at the Earth!
Along the way, Carlos explains why scientists are just normal people (who tell jokes and sometimes get a bit sweaty), how a night under the stars in the Mexican jungle set him on his path, and one of the biggest questions science still can't answer: are we alone in the universe?
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Adam swaps the studio for the galleries as he heads to the National Portrait Gallery, right in the heart of London — just around the corner from Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square. It's a place that tells the story of Britain through portraits, and Adam's there to find out exactly what's on offer for families.
He's joined by Juno, the gallery's Families and Young People's Programme Manager, who takes him from the Tudors all the way through to the present day. Along the way they puzzle over the beautifully ornate frame around Sir Anthony van Dyck's self-portrait (see if you can spot the hidden sunflower!), meet a painted bronze sculpture of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, and talk all things Henry VIII and his six wives — the stars of the gallery's Six Lives exhibition.
Adam also catches up with some of the families exploring the gallery, having a go at trails like History Detectives — cracking word puzzles and hunting for tiny details hidden in the paintings.
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Bex gets a rare peek inside the London Transport Museum's depot in Acton, usually open only a few weekends a year.
She rides a 1938 underground train, explores six zones of transport history from old horse drawn omnibuses to trams, and gets the full scoop from Steph on what families can expect from the depot's special open days this August.
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Bex sends Adam back to the 15th century as he visits the Loxwood Joust, an entire medieval fantasy kingdom hidden away in an ancient woodland at Loxwood, right on the West Sussex and Surrey border.
You park your car in the 21st century, walk through a marquee, and come out somewhere completely different!
Adam meets founder Morris Bacon, who runs the event with his son Danny, to hear how a small family medieval festival grew over 14 years into one of the biggest events of its kind in the UK, with an artistic director, actors as well as reenactors, and proper storylines you can join in with.
Along the way there are witches, a talking wall, a working replica of the rack from the Tower of London, blacksmiths and scribes to have a go with, archery, axe throwing, a jester, puppets, and a band all the way from Spain called Trobar de Morte.
Adam also watches the Meat Grinder, where around forty fighters in full armour charge at each other with swords and axes! The Loxwood Joust runs across the first three weekends of August.
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Bex sends Dan to Greenwich for a face your fears challenge, and he turns up on the riverside with no idea what is coming. Inside his envelope is the mission: climb to the top of the Cutty Sark, the famous tea clipper that once raced tea leaves from Asia to Europe and now sits in dry dock in south London. The problem is that Dan is terrified of heights, and so is producer Paul!
Strapped into harnesses, safety lines and heart rate monitors, they head up the ratlines, the rope ladders that sailors once climbed with nothing attached to them at all. The Cutty Sark Rig Climb Experience takes you to the tops platform and then out along the lower topsail yard, around 21 metres above the main deck, with huge views across the Thames and London.
Getting down is the strangest bit, because you lean back, take your hands off the ropes and get winched gently to the deck. Does Dan's heart rate survive? Climbers need to be at least 8 years old, and you can find out more by searching for Cutty Sark Rig Climb Experience.
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Adam heads to Topgolf, a driving range with a twist, where golf gets mixed up with a bit of darts and a bit of bowling. You don’t need to have played before and you don’t need your own clubs, because everyone gets a bay, a set of clubs to borrow and a screen keeping score.
The clever bit is the golf balls. Every single one has a tiny microchip inside it, so when you whack it out into the outfield the giant targets know exactly which ball was yours and where it landed. Your points pop up on the screen a second later, and the further away the target and the closer to the middle you land, the more you score.
Adam takes on the targets to find out whether he’s any good, and it turns out this is a game where you can be pretty terrible at golf and still have a brilliant time. It’s a good one for the summer holidays too, because the bays are covered, so a bit of rain doesn’t stop play. Topgolf has venues around the UK, and you can find your nearest one by searching for Topgolf.
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Adam heads to Filton on the northern edge of Bristol, where a First World War airfield has become Aerospace Bristol, a museum telling the story of more than a hundred years of flying. This is a place where aeroplanes were designed and built for a century, and the galleries take you from the flimsy wood and canvas machines of the early 1900s right through to helicopters, rockets and missiles.
The star of the show sits in a hangar all of her own: Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, the very last Concorde ever built and the very last one to fly. Adam gets up close to the fastest passenger plane there has ever been and finds out why she flew home to Filton in 2003 and never took off again.
He also visits the conservation workshop, a Grade II listed hangar put up around 1915, where volunteers are slowly bringing a Second World War Bristol bomber back to life, piece by piece, in front of visitors. There are hands-on exhibits, trails for younger explorers and an outdoor play area too, so it is an easy few hours out whatever the weather is doing.
Aerospace Bristol is open seven days a week. Find out more by searching for Aerospace Bristol.
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Adam is off to Bedfordshire for a day at Woburn Safari Park, and he has landed one of the park's very special VIP experiences. That means getting far closer to the animals than most visitors ever manage, including the moment he gets to feed the giraffes...
Woburn comes in two halves. On the Road Safari you stay in the car and drive slowly through the reserves, with rhino, bears, tigers, lions, zebra, monkeys and elephants on the other side of the window, and you can go round as many times as you like. Then you park up for the Foot Safari, where there are walk-through enclosures, keeper talks and feeding demonstrations through the day, and animals including lemurs, meerkats, sea lions and penguins. There is plenty besides the animals too, from the Great Woburn Railway to the Mammoth Play Ark indoor play area and the Go Ape treetop course.
The park is open every day, with last entry at 5pm and the gates closing at 6pm.
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Adam heads into the City of London and then goes down, well below the modern pavements, to investigate the capital's Roman past at the London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE.
Underneath the building is the temple of Mithras, put up by Roman Londoners around 1,800 years ago and dug up again in the 1950s. It has been rebuilt on the spot where it was found, and it is brought to life with light, haze and sound so you get a sense of what it might have felt like to step inside all those centuries ago... Upstairs there is a wall of objects pulled out of the ground when the site was excavated, and a changing contemporary art commission that responds to the history underneath.
Best of all, it is completely free to visit, although it is worth booking a slot before you go. It is open Tuesday to Saturday and on Sunday afternoons, and closed on Mondays.
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This week Adam is wandering around the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, finding out what is on offer for visitors of every age.
The Ashmolean opened its doors in 1683, which makes it the first public museum in Britain, and what is inside now covers half a million years of art and archaeology. Egyptian mummies, Greek and Roman sculpture, treasures from Asia and paintings from the last hundred years all sit under one roof, arranged so you can wander from the ancient world right up to the present day...
Entry is free and it is open every day from 10am, with last entry at 4.45pm. Families can pick up a trail or an explorer pack from the Welcome Desk on the way in, there is a Gallery Adventure to follow around the galleries, and on Saturdays volunteers in the Money Gallery bring out coins from all over the world for visitors to handle.
Find out more by searching for the Ashmolean Museum.
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Adam is off to Forest Hill in south London for the Horniman Museum and Gardens, and the curious tale of a very overstuffed walrus...
The walrus arrived in London in Victorian times, and the story goes that the taxidermist who prepared it had never seen a live one, so he filled out every last wrinkle until it ended up smooth, round and enormous. It has been a south London favourite ever since. There is far more to the Horniman than the walrus though. The World Gallery is packed with objects from across the globe, there is a famous collection of musical instruments, an aquarium and a butterfly house, an Animal Walk that opens in the afternoons, and sixteen acres of gardens with a view right across London.
One thing to know before you go: the Natural History Gallery is closed while it is redeveloped, and the walrus is off display until it reopens, currently expected in early 2027. The museum and gardens are free to visit, and the aquarium and butterfly house are ticketed.
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Adam visits Oxford Castle and Prison to step back in time and explore the city's past.
There has been something standing on this spot for a thousand years, and a costumed guide walks you through the lot, from Viking raids and the Norman conquest to the beginnings of education in Oxford and the city's long history of crime and punishment. The buildings were still a working prison until 1996, so the cells are the real thing rather than a reconstruction... There is a climb up St George's Tower for a view out across the rooftops, and the castle mound next door is free to walk up whenever you like.
It is open every day from 10am to 5pm, with tours setting off every fifteen to thirty minutes. Under fives go free, although they are not allowed up the tower.
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