Name: Horrible Histories
Released: 2009-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ben Willbond, Tom Stourton, Jim Howick

TV Show · Kids & Family · Comedy

Based on a series of books by Terry Deary, `Horrible Histories' informs kids of historical events while being stuffed full of blood, battles and black humour. Each episode features sketches representing a selection of different eras and civilisations throughout history.

2009 · 28m

Starring Ben Willbond, Tom Stourton, Jim Howick

Director Chloë Thomas, Dominic Brigstocke

EPISODE 2

Episode 2

A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient, a whining Pharaoh invents the pyramid, and Tudor King Henry VIII meets his dead friends.

26 min
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, an Egyptian tries to save money on mummification, and the Roundheads and Cavaliers from the English Civil War take part in Historical Wife Swap.

26 min
EPISODE 4

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.

28 min
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and we discover disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt.

28 min
EPISODE 7

Episode 7

The Houses Of Parliament in London smell of poo, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.

28 min
EPISODE 8

Episode 8

The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, a caveman goes on a TV cookery show, and we discover the bizarre causes of World War I.

28 min