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EVIL GENIUS: Russell Kane's BBC podcast reassessing the historical reputations of both heroes or villains returned for a fifth series this week by examining the legacy of American founding father Alexander Hamilton with guests Ivo Graham, Sara Barron and Jenny Bede. Forthcoming episodes will look at Malcolm X, Alfred Hitchcock, Boudicca and Billie Holiday with the likes of Felicity Ward, Sophie Duker, Jayde Adams and Fern Brady. Listen here.

YOU’RE DEAD TO ME: Also returning to BBC Sounds is this comedy-history podcast, with the first 15 episodes focussing on the ancient Roman empress Agrippina the Younger with host Greg Jenner joined by historian Dr Emma Southon and comedian Cariad Lloyd. Future topics I'm the podcast - the third most listened-to on BBC Sounds last year - include ancient Babylonia, The Borgias, King James VI of Scotland and China’s Tang Dynasty.

COME AS YOU ARE: Comedian Helen Duff (pictured) hosts this new podcast all about the orgasm, inspired by the fact she never used to be able to have them herself. Guests in the first series include comics Desiree Burch, Jodie Mitchell, Sam Holdsworth and Karen Hobbs. It's available here and on all the usual podcast channels.

Sunday January 13

ABNORMALLY FUNNY PEOPLE: London's Southbank Centre is staging this showcase for disabled comedy talent featuring Laurence Clark, Rosie Jones, Steve Best, TanyaLee Davis, Tim Renkow and many more. One of the performers and founders of the collective, Simon Minty, writes about it here. Tickets.

THE CARDBOARD NEWS NETWORK: This homemade news channel, which says it is 'run by the UK's least-informed weirdos', returns for a second series. Thom Tuck, Adam Larter and Katie Pritchard join creators Chazz Redhead and Luke Rollason on tonight's show, which is live on Twitch at 6pm.

Thursday January 21

THE VIRT LOCKER: Comedy streaming platform NextUp are launching a live show every Thursday night via Zoom, starting tonight with Thanyia Moore introducing Helen Bauer, Luisa Omielan, Sindhu Vee, Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes and Proya Hall. Tickets here.

STAND UP WITH WOMEN: Latitude Festival has organised this gig with Rosie Jones, Shazia Mirza, Kelly Convey and Nigerian comic Lepacious Bose to raise money for Action Aid UK. Tickets, priced £10, are available here

Friday January 22

SUPERJAIL! The third series of Adult Swim's psychedelic and ultraviolet animation comes to All 4 from today, featuring the most dangerous and twisted criminals in the universe.