Horrible Histories

Overview

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

Episodes

Episode 1

S01E01 Episode 1

April 16, 2009 8.0 30 min
A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.
Episode 2

S01E02 Episode 2

April 23, 2009 7.0 30 min
A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.
Episode 3

S01E03 Episode 3

April 30, 2009 6.0 30 min
A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.
Episode 4

S01E04 Episode 4

May 7, 2009 7.0 30 min
The Tudors sing their family history, Bob explains the complete history of Rome in two minutes, and a mad Victorian gentleman eats King Louis XIV's mummified heart.
Episode 5

S01E05 Episode 5

May 14, 2009 7.0 30 min
A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and there are some disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt.
Episode 6

S01E06 Episode 6

May 21, 2009 7.0 30 min
An evil Greek god appears on a daytime chat show, a rich Georgian swaps his wife with a peasant, and we meet some weird medieval monsters.
Episode 7

S01E07 Episode 7

May 28, 2009 8.0 30 min
There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.
Episode 8

S01E08 Episode 8

June 4, 2009 6.0 30 min
The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, a caveman goes on a TV cookery show, and we discover the bizarre causes of the First World War.
Episode 9

S01E09 Episode 9

June 11, 2009 7.0 30 min
A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.
Episode 10

S01E10 Episode 10

June 18, 2009 7.0 30 min
HHTV News reports live from the Battle of Thermopylae, Celt housewives find decorative uses for severed heads, and we learn the revolting truth about Roman toilets.
Episode 11

S01E11 Episode 11

June 25, 2009 8.0 30 min
Queen Victoria learns that her British comforts are not very British, a Viking warrior won't stop talking in rhyme, and on 'Axe Factor', the contestants try to become executioners.
Episode 12

S01E12 Episode 12

July 2, 2009 7.0 30 min
A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names, the Romans run out of animals to execute, and Queen Victoria advertises her exercise DVD.
Episode 13

S01E13 Episode 13

July 9, 2009 7.0 30 min
A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, the Romans host their own revolting cookery show and William Shakespeare is haunted by the ghost of King Richard III.

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