Evil Genius with Russell Kane - Lord Lucan

It’s one of the most famous missing persons cases of all time, and has baffled detectives for over 50 years. So will Russell Kane and co fare any better at getting to the truth about Lord Lucan? Rachel Fairburn, Pierre Novellie and Slim help in the hunt for the missing aristocrat, via luxuriant moustaches, northern tea and soggy biscuit.

Additional material: Miriam O’Byrne and Katie Sayer
Researcher: Miriam O’Byrne
Recording Engineer: Dom Boucher
Sound Editor: Kate Mac
Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy
Executive Producer: Paul Smith

The producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds.

Published on Wednesday, 15th April 2026.

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