Silly News with Samantha Baines

Carrot rain and grass dogs

Wed, 13 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

It rained carrots in Australia, free bread in spain and dogs made of grass in Shanghai ... all on silly news!

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LARGE puddings, otters and bridges

Fri, 08 May 2026 11:04:17 GMT

Have you ever wanted to eat a pudding out of a wheelbarrow? How about take a selfie with a giraffe? Maybe you just want to see an otters favourite rock? Silly news brings you all those things.

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Pandas, supermarket cats and pockets

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Would you like to meet a cat at the supermarket? Get a hug from a panda? Or how about just use a knitted map?

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Silliest walk in the bird kingdom is…

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:08:27 GMT

Very silly walks, a gorilla birthday and a very old octopus… or is it?!

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Pigeon money, chocolate and pearls

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:21:54 GMT

What’s under your bed? Is it worth £100million?! Plus how we can celebrate pigeons, being disappointed by chocolate and new islands!

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naughty parrots, sloths and haircuts

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Ever seen an alpaca in a hair dressers? How about a sloth at the airport? Well you'll be glad you haven't met five naughty parrots! Join Samantha Baines for silly news.

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Sleeping sloths, pigs and escaped penguins

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Have you ever found a sleeping sloth at the end of your bed? Seen an escaped penguin in the supermarket? Stroked a pig at the airport? Well listen in!

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Flying cows, fruit art, huskies & cats

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Silly news from Samantha Baines. Have you ever made art out of fruit? Seen 19 cats at once? How about a flying cow?

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Tiny art, forks, pets and leaf letters

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Silly news from Samantha Baines. How do you organise your cutlery drawer? I bet your art isn't this small? Plus inventions and pet names

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Potatoo-much? dog scarf and a goat party

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:45:56 GMT

Very silly news featuring chips, dogs, goats and tv mistakes from Samantha Baines.

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sheep jumping, otters and nosey chairs

Fri, 16 May 2025 03:00:00 GMT

People jump sheep for sport (don't try this at home). A new skate park with a cool name. Otters keep their favourite stone in a pocket. A woman got her nose stuck in a chair and had to call the fire brigade

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Poop park, lambs and a rooster that skips

Fri, 09 May 2025 15:17:14 GMT

There is a theme park based around poop in South Korea. A man taught his rooster to skip with him with a skipping rope. 300 people move 9000 books. Donkeys carry lambs in their coats.

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Roger the rescue dog and penguin post

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Roger the rescue dog, the penguin post office in Antartica, claw machines and an ostrich escape.

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70 snakes and fake tigers

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Finding 70 snakes in your house, climbing big ben, extreme holidays and painting dogs to look like tigers!

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Huge cake, a rave and too many eggs

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 05:00:00 GMT

A life-size Sabrina Carpenter cake, swallowing earrings (don't try this), a man who stole a lot of creme eggs (don't try this either) and a 105 year old lady has a rave for her birthday!

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Farts and dinosaur wee

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Nice smelling farts, rainbow octopuses, teddy bear models and dinosaur wee in this episode!

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Mermaids, otters and penguin stones

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

NEW longer episode! You asked and we listened - let us know if you prefer weekly or daily shorter ones?

Otter chaos, mermaid tails, penguin stones, ducks balancing stuff!

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fake sun

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

No sun for nine days means hoisting a picture of the sun in the sky in Dublin

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queen as cake

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A life-size statue of the Elizabeth I was made out of rice crispies and marshmallows in Wales

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rabbit island

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

An island ruled by bunnies in Japan

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Grandma stand

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Book in time to speak to a Grandma in New York

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hippo stroll

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Hippos walk down a street in South Africa... are they bloated?!

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stamp fun

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

When you reach 100years old in Barbados you get your own stamp

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dog football

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A dog tried to play in a football match in Ireland

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don't eat socks

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A puppy was found with 44 items in his stomach including 24 socks ... he is okay though!

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puddle legs

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Someone put some legs in a puddle and it's getting a lot of attention

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No drama llama

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Llamas let loose in a care home in Ireland

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octopus escape

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:51:05 GMT

An octopus escaped from an aquarium and found it's way back to the sea

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really old jeans

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Some really old jeans from a shipwreck sold for £92,000

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googly eye man found

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

The person putting googly eyes on statues in Oregan has been found!

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100,000 eggs

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Someone stole 100,000 eggs

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deer calling championships

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Germany holds the national deer calling championships

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pothole land

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Some residents in Wales created pothole land to protest against all their potholes

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poo balls

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Balls of poo washed up on beaches in australia

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Flying cat

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A cat got left on the plane and ended up taking three flights instead of one

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name change

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

An Australian changed his name to Aussie Trump because he is a fan

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monkey business

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Monkey's cause a power cut in Sri Lanka for millions of people

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Animal q

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A queue of cabybaras walked down the street in Brazil

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squats payment

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

In Romania you can get a bus ticket for free if you do 20 squats

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spotty zebra

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A polkadot zebra has been spotted!

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Prince Harry's pants

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Prince Harry was given a gift of very small swimming shorts

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emu poo

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

An emu was banned from a pub in Australia for bad behaviour including pooing on the floor

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banana plate

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A plate of bananas keeps appearing on a street corner in the UK

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MASSIVE goldfish

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Carrot the goldfish is the largest every caught at the size of a medium dog

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explosive lemonade

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

In Naples you can try explosive lemonade!

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space flowers

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

NASA have successfully grown a flower in space

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loose goose

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A goose was loose in Leeds and send police officers on a wild goose chase

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Call me sprinkles

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:46:43 GMT

A lady had her baby in a Krispy Kreme shop and called it Glaze

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Tomato bridge

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

People keep bringing tomatoes to a bridge in Dublin

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Darth Vader bug

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A huge sea bug has been named after Darth Vader

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clever dogs

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 06:00:00 GMT

New research says small dogs are cleverer than big ones!

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three countries picnic

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 06:00:00 GMT

There is a table, where people in three different countries can sit, and enjoy a picnic together

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cheese machine

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 06:00:00 GMT

There is a 24/7 cheese vending machine!

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sloth discovery

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A man found a sloth on the steering wheel of his car

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fart speed

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 06:00:00 GMT

In Sweden fart means speed...

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Guinea pig dating

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 06:00:00 GMT

In Switzerland it is illegal to own one guinea pig because they get lonely

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goats everywhere

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Goats are being brought in to Colorado to eat everything and stop forest fires!

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Gritney Spears

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 06:00:00 GMT

A competition for the best name of a snow gritter was held!

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zoo count

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 06:00:39 GMT

London zoo does it's yearly animal count

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expensive egg

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 06:00:27 GMT

A lady in Scotland found a completely round egg and sold it for £200!

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Elephant pay

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:00:44 GMT

An elephant charges people to drive down a road in Sri Lanka

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Food for good

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 06:00:54 GMT

In Germany people hang food on a fence for people who might need it

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knitted fence

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 06:00:53 GMT

A lady in Scotland knitted her own fence

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tree table

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 06:00:23 GMT

A community made the longest table out of a 500yr old tree that fell in a storm

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mince pie door

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:00:32 GMT

There's a pop up door in london, you ring a bell and someone brings you a mince pie!

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Corgi Christmas

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:00:09 GMT

Corgi's in christmas jumpers met outside Buckingham Palace

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Christmas silly

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 06:00:22 GMT

Merry Christmas from Samantha Baines!

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Oh dear Reindeer

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 06:00:00 GMT

A group of deer hang out on people's lawns

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Gus got lost

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:00:22 GMT

A penguin from Antartica swam to Australia - 2000 miles and no one knows why

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robins and puddings

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:00:33 GMT

A knitter in Oxford is making the riverside Christmassy!

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132 hamsters escape

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:00:16 GMT

132 hamsters escaped on a plane to portugal and it took 4 days to find them all!

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Dino egg

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:00:55 GMT

A dinosaur egg that is 72 million years old!

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The great marshmellow drop

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 06:00:59 GMT

15,000 marshmellows are dropped from a helicopter every year!

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library prison

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 06:00:58 GMT

A woman in America nearly went to prison for not returning a library book!

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Polar bear village

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 06:00:03 GMT

A photographer discovers a group of polar bears who have taken over an abandoned village

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giant troll trash

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 06:00:03 GMT

A danish man builds giant trolls out of discarded wood!

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Email a tree

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:00:06 GMT

Trees were given email addresses in Australia for admin but loads of people ended up sending them love letters

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Northern lights?

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 06:00:56 GMT

People in the UK try to see the Northern lights but just find a hotel

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Post a baby (don't actually though)

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:00:45 GMT

Once upon a time you could actually post a baby just like a letter!

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No spots

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:00:46 GMT

Samantha has more spots than this baby giraffe?!

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VERY old turtle

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:00:56 GMT

How old is the oldest turtle you know?

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Beard chains

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:00:31 GMT

What's the longest chain you have ever seen? What about a chain of them?!

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frozen worms

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 06:00:09 GMT

Can you wake up a worm after 46000 years?

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Ugly dogs are great

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:00:50 GMT

Did you know there was a World's Ugliest Dog competition?

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Nap time

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 06:00:00 GMT

Elephant seals only sleep for 2hours a day!

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Stinky plants

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 06:00:29 GMT

A plant is so stinky it shuts down a picnic area. Guess what it is called?!!!

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Police bird

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 06:00:22 GMT

A bird in Bicester is very good at impressions...even the police are fooled

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Talented pets

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 06:00:43 GMT

Can your dog play a musical instrument?

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Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:55:14 GMT

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Squirrely business

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 06:00:39 GMT

Seven baby squirrels get tangled together!

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Airport whoopsie!

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:00:00 GMT

A lady gets to the airport very very VERY early

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Potato head

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:00:12 GMT

A woman accidentally makes herself look like a potato head in a work call

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Bottled up

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:00:56 GMT

A message in a bottle from the 1920s is found!

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Postman Poop

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 06:00:52 GMT

A typo tells the postman to poop! OMG! Do you have an idea for the title of this episode? Get an adult to tweet or instagram @samanthabaines with your name!

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VERY big phone

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:00:22 GMT

Man accidentally orders table in the shape of a phone instead of iphone

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