Horrible Histories
TV Show · Kids & Family · Comedy

Horrible Histories is an energetic, surprising and unconventional take on history's most gruesome, unpleasant yet funniest moments. From the woeful World Wars, the miserable Middle Ages and the savage Stone Age, history has never been so naughty. Get ready for the funniest, fastest, nastiest and daftest ride through history you're ever likely to see.

2009 · 28m
  • 9+
Starring Ben Willbond, Tom Stourton, Jim Howick
Director Chloë Thomas, Dominic Brigstocke

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    A pirate captain worries about early bedtime, a soldier from World War I struggles to cook with fake food, and the four King Georges form a boyband.
    28m
  • 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.
    26m
  • 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.
    26m
  • 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.
    28m
  • 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.
    28m
  • EPISODE 6
    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.
    27m

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Cast & Crew

  • Ben Willbond
    Actor
  • Tom Stourton
    Actor
  • Jim Howick
    Actor
  • Martha Howe-Douglas
    Actor
  • Laurence Rickard
    Actor
  • J‌H
    Jalaal Hartley
    Actor
  • Simon Farnaby
    Actor
  • Jessica Ransom
    Actor
  • Gemma Whelan
    Actor
  • Richard David-Caine
    Actor
  • Ryan Sampson
    Actor

About

Horrible Histories

Kids & Family

Horrible Histories is an energetic, surprising and unconventional take on history's most gruesome, unpleasant yet funniest moments. From the woeful World Wars, the miserable Middle Ages and the savage Stone Age, history has never been so naughty. Get ready for the funniest, fastest, nastiest and daftest ride through history you're ever likely to see.

9+

COMMON SENSE

Books-inspired British sketch comedy yields laughs, facts.

Information

Studio
CBBC
Released
2009
Rated
TV-G
© 2009 Lion TV

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