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Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories
★ 8.0/10•2009•1h 32m•TV-PG•Family•Comedy
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The history they don't teach you in school.

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.

Susie Donkin · Writer

StatusReturning Series
Runtime1h 32m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 16, 2009

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E130m

Episode 1

A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.

Apr 16, 2009

Episode 2 - Episode 2E230m

Episode 2

A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.

Apr 23, 2009

Episode 3 - Episode 3E330m

Episode 3

A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.

Apr 30, 2009

Episode 4 - Episode 4E430m

Episode 4

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.

May 7, 2009

Episode 5 - Episode 5E530m

Episode 5

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.

May 14, 2009

Episode 6 - Episode 6E630m

Episode 6

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.

May 21, 2009

Episode 7 - Episode 7E730m

Episode 7

There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.

May 28, 2009

Episode 8 - Episode 8E830m

Episode 8

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.

Jun 4, 2009

Episode 9 - Episode 9E930m

Episode 9

A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.

Jun 11, 2009

Episode 10 - Episode 10E1030m

Episode 10

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.

Jun 18, 2009

Episode 11 - Episode 11E1130m

Episode 11

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.

Jun 25, 2009

Episode 12 - Episode 12E1230m

Episode 12

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.

Jul 2, 2009

Episode 13 - Episode 13E1330m

Episode 13

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.

Jul 9, 2009

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