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Activity Quest: Days out and crafts for kids

Activity Quest: Days out and crafts for kids

Fun Kids 100 Episodes Aug 23, 2026

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.

Episodes

Getting Up Close to Concorde at Aerospace Bristol
Getting Up Close to Concorde at Aerospace Bristol Aug 23, 2026 1446 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 s
Taking on the Targets at Topgolf
Taking on the Targets at Topgolf Aug 16, 2026 589 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
Climbing the Rigging of the Cutty Sark
Climbing the Rigging of the Cutty Sark Aug 9, 2026 712 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 harnes
Back in Time at the Loxwood Joust
Back in Time at the Loxwood Joust Aug 2, 2026 724 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 fa
Behind the Scenes at the London Transport Museum Depot
Behind the Scenes at the London Transport Museum Depot Jul 26, 2026 1301 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.Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee o
Exploring the National Portrait Gallery
Exploring the National Portrait Gallery Jul 18, 2026 757 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 Manage
Royal Society Summer Exhibition
Royal Society Summer Exhibition Jul 5, 2026 482 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 wh
Tennis and glow in the dark bowling
Tennis and glow in the dark bowling Jun 29, 2026 663 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&r
Exploring Julio Le Parc’s Interactive Exhibition at Tate Modern
Exploring Julio Le Parc’s Interactive Exhibition at Tate Modern Jun 22, 2026 533 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. Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stonehenge
Stonehenge Jun 13, 2026 450 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! Georg
Butterfly Bonanza! Stratford-upon-Avon and Butterfly Spotting
Butterfly Bonanza! Stratford-upon-Avon and Butterfly Spotting Jun 5, 2026 936 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 caterpil
Shooting pirates in VR
Shooting pirates in VR May 30, 2026 461 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 creati

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