Horrible Histories
A group of British comedians show the sides of history they don't teach you in school. From the 'Savage Stone Age' to the 'Troublesome 20th Century', you see the full side to history.
Genre: Comedy, Family, History
Cast:Jim Howick , Simon Farnaby , Mathew Baynton , Martha Howe-Douglas , Ben Willbond , Laurence Rickard , Jon Culshaw , Dominique Moore , Jessica Ransom , Tom Stourton , Jalaal Hartley , Sarah Hadland , Alice Lowe , Lawry Lewin , Jess Robinson , David Baddiel , Alexander Richardson , Richard David-Caine
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
ROTTEN ROMANS - Servants fight at master's funeral/Gladiator School. FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR - Lice in the trenches/Gas Attack question/Ready Steady Feast (WW1 edition). PUTRID PIRATES - The Black Spot/Ned Low question/Pirate ship rules. SAVAGE STONE AGE - Stone Age tools ad/Stone Age loo paper question/Stone Age funeral. VICIOUS VIKINGS - Warrior game: Vikings V Monks/Historical Hairdressers:Vikings. GORGEOUS GEORGIANS - Historical Fairy Stories:The Three Little Pigs/Georgian Election Voting information film/Born to Rule (Song - The 4 Georges).
S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
After a down and dirty visit with Leif Ericson and his equally famous and, irascible father, Eric the Red, Stitch and Mo set Darren Dongle straight about the amazing accomplishments of the Viking explorers who "discovered" North America - beating out Columbus by 500 years.
S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3
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.
S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4
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.
S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5
A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and we discover disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt.
S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6
All the gristly history facts you were never told in school...!
S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7
There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.
S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1
Rotten Romans - a very unpleasant Roman banquet. Terrible Tudors - Shakespeare's invented words. Incredible Incas - an Incan shampoo advert. Vile Victorians - inventing Badminton. Stupid Deaths - Bobby Leach. Slimy Stuarts - Gunpowder plot. Woeful Second World War - Durham Home Guard accidents. Vicious Vikings - The Viking Song.
S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2
Putrid Pirates - Basil Hood steals a cow. Historical Hospital - Pirate Doctor. Woeful Second World War - World War 2 Art show. Groovy Greeks - Evil-Spirit-Prevention-Door-Frame-Jar. Stupid Deaths - Heraclitus. Slimy Stuarts - Oliver Cromwell bans Christmas and Charles II:King of Bling song. Awful Egyptians - Cleopatra's love life. Gorgeous Georgians - Boxing and school pupil rebellions.
S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3
Rotten Romans - Christians and Ave! magazine. Measley Middle Ages - Roadside Accident. Scary stories: The Children of Woolpit. Groovy Greeks - Spartan High School Musical song. Terrible Tudors - Henry VIII and Jester. Stupid Deaths - Tudor Entertainer. Savage Stone Age - Hunting Trip & Caveman Workout. Awesome USA - the Telegraph & Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid.
S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4
Gorgeous Georgians - Admiral Nelson is seasick; Public execution of Jack Sheppard. Measly Middle Ages - European versus Arab medicine. Stupid Deaths - Humphrey De Bohun. Incredible Incas - Shopping Channel: Inca Hour; Llama Farmer advert. Vile Victorians - Scary Stories: The Cabinet of Mystery; Tapeworm traps and Victorian beer. Groovy Greeks - Paris versus Achilles; Dodgy War Machines - Elephants. Woeful Second World War - Churchill's D-Day Plan; World War Two Girls song.
S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5
Putrid Pirates - Unusual Treasure; Shopping Channel: Pirate Hour. Incredible Incas - Live Like an Incan song; Incan Child's Birthday. Awful Egyptians - Tomb Raider game; Scary Stories: The Curse of Tutankhamun. Gorgeous Georgians - George IV hears bad/good news; George IV: Couldn't Stand my Wife song. Measly Middle Ages - Bob Hale's Crusades Report; Crusader Crones. Awesome USA - Agent Moses. Rotten Romans - Door-to-door Poo Salesman; Roman Dinner Party Etiquete.
S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6
The Ug and Ugio families go head to head on Stone Age Family Fortunes, mad King George III's doctors are even madder than he is, and Emperor Elagabalus launches his pranktastic Roman lottery.
S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7
Joan of Arc gets a visit from a confused angel, a pirate captain tries to make his crew dress like ladies, and Mrs Celt enjoys being a Roman on Historical Wife Swap.
S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8
Some Vikings attack a monastery but can't remember why, a peasant gets a posh makeover on Georgian Fashion Fix, Crimewatch BC tries to solve the murder of Julius Caesar, and prepare to be confused by the Egyptian Hieroglyphics song.
S2.E9 ∙ Episode #2.9
The Stuarts are confused by the newly-discovered drink of tea, a Viking funeral ends in a massive fight, a child evacuated in the Blitz thinks farm animals are monsters, and some cowboys sing about life in the Wild West.
S2.E10 ∙ Episode #2.10
King Charles I sends someone else to get married for him, a new recruit regrets joining the Georgian Army, and Queen Cleopatra reveals her weird beauty secrets.
S2.E11 ∙ Episode #2.11
Barmy Roman emperor Caligula fails to invade Britain so collects seashells instead, King Henry VIII plays tennis while Anne Boleyn is executed, and some naughty Saxon monks throw a funky party.
S2.E12 ∙ Episode #2.12
Ug and Grunt demonstrate how to paint like a caveman, some silly World War Two codebreakers forget their own code, and Henry VIII challenges the King of France to a wrestlemania-style smackdown!
S2.E13 ∙ Savage Songs Special
A compilation of the songs from the series, featuring Spartan High School Musical, the Viking Rock Band, punky Queen Boudica, Incan emperor Pachacuti, the posh rapping of Charles II, Blackbeard the Pirate, George IV going solo, the Victorian Inventions song, and the World War 2 Girls.
S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1
Meet an annoying French prankster from the Middle Ages, witness bizarre Aztec food on Historical Masterchef, see what happens when Queen Elizabeth I needs the toilet, and learn how not to impress a woman in Victorian times.
S3.E2 ∙ Episode #3.2
Some medieval knights discover the most disgusting way to attack a castle, the Saxons demonstrate the stupidest way to lose a battle, a Georgian goes shopping in a modern pet shop, and the kings and queens of England demonstrate how to remember them all, through the power of song.
S3.E3 ∙ Episode #3.3
A confused World War I soldier spends his first day in the trenches, William Wallace launches his music career as a rock rebel, Lady Jane Grey wins a frankly terrible competition, and the Welsh women of Fishguard defeat a French invasion without even trying.
S3.E4 ∙ Episode #3.4
An unusual Stuart highwayman doesn't always steal cash, a modern detective struggles to solve a series of murders in Emperor Caligula's house, HHTV goes undercover to prove allegations of cheating in Middle Ages jousting tournaments, and King George IV meets his dead relatives.
S3.E5 ∙ Episode #3.5
A Welsh prince from the Middle Ages has a very stupid death, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette go on Historical Wife Swap with some starving French peasants, a Tudor peasant gets a super-hot makeover from Historical Fashion Fix, and Queen Cleopatra sings about her femme fatale reputation.
S3.E6 ∙ Episode #3.6
Henry VIII promotes his all meat, no vegetables diet plan, Bob Hale struggles desperately to explain the Middle Ages War of the Roses, a Stone Age man invents farming, and Admiral Nelson confuses everyone with his last words.
S3.E7 ∙ Episode #3.7
Robert Walpole struggles to talk to England's German king, a Scottish sportsman attacks dead cows in the Highland Games, American inventor Paul Revere demonstrates his gunpowder toothpaste, and the Roman Emperors channel the King of Pop in their musical argument over who's baddest of all.
S3.E8 ∙ Episode #3.8
HHTV reporter Mike Peabody gets caught up in the French Revolution, Henry VIII enjoys a highly dangerous sport for children, Saxon King Ethelred the Unready suffers online bullying from the Vikings, and the Suffragettes set the record straight in song.
S3.E9 ∙ Episode #3.9
The Vikings launch their advert for 'We Sell Any Monk', Queen Elizabeth I surprises her court with some very odd laws, the sacrifice obsessed Aztec priests sing their gruesome disco song, and we discover the Roman equivalent of text messaging.
S3.E10 ∙ Episode #3.10
Some WWI soldiers try some very unusual ways to cure frostbite in the winter, we watch the not-at-all-romantic movie starring William the Conqueror, Vincenzo Larfoff fails to scare us with the story of Aztec Emperor Motecuhzoma, and a strange Stuart doctor takes a snooze during the middle of a battle.
S3.E11 ∙ Episode #3.11
We rejoice in the odd marriage of Mary I and Philip II of Spain, a Pirate chef disgusts the judges on Historical Masterchef, the Victorian paramedics offer their bizarre medical advice to a modern patient, and a Stone Age man appears on Dragons Den with his innovative inventions.
S3.E12 ∙ Episode #3.12
The people of Strasbourg literally can't stand still with Dance Fever, HHTV presenter Fearne Polyester reports from a bizarre Greek festival, two Celtic warriors hold a rap battle to see who is best at boasting, and King Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels.
S3.E13 ∙ Episode #3.13
The Savage Songs compilation, featuring the hip hop battle of the boasting Celts, pop superstar Cleopatra, rock rebel William Wallace, the soulful Suffragettes, the funky Aztec priests, the crooning caveman, bad boy heartthrob Dick Turpin, pouting Richard III, the children of the Victorian workhouses, and the many, many, merry monarchs!
S4.E2 ∙ Episode #4.2
Henry VIII tries to sell off his antique abbeys and Charles Darwin sings about his work.
S4.E3 ∙ Episode #4.3
Queen Elizabeth I goes online dating, Greek philosopher Socrates foils his own rescue from prison and Emicho of the Rhineland goes crusading with some very unusual navigators to lead the way.
S4.E4 ∙ Episode #4.4
HHTV's War Reporter Mike Peabody regrets his choice of war to cover.
S4.E5 ∙ Episode #4.5
Columbus thinks he's found India, and a Georgian woman reveals her very Stupid Death.
S4.E6 ∙ Episode #4.6
Columbus thinks he's found India, and a Georgian woman reveals her very Stupid Death.
S4.E7 ∙ Episode #4.7
Emperor Napoleon plays in an unusual chess match, a Victorian inventor builds an anti-seasickness ship with one small design flaw, a snowball fight breaks out at a public execution and the British army hires a dead tramp to defeat the Germans in WWII.
S4.E8 ∙ Episode #4.8
A caveman shares some cooking tips and the Saxons give gruesome Christmas presents.
S4.E9 ∙ Episode #4.9
A live news report from the Great Plague and Thumbelina meets an unfortunate end.
S4.E10 ∙ Episode #4.10
HHTV News reports from the battle of Thermopylae, Celt housewives find decorative uses for severed heads and we learn the revolting truth about Roman toilets.
S4.E11 ∙ Episode #4.11
Queen Victoria learns her British comforts aren't very British, a Viking warrior won't stop talking in rhyme and the contestants try to become executioners on the "Axe Factor."
S4.E12 ∙ Episode #4.12
A Victorian woman books a ticket on an odd railway, a modern patient is (mis) treated by a Roman dentist, Alfred the Great pitches a movie about his life and a Greek geek competes on "Historical Mastermind."
S4.E13 ∙ Savage Songs
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.
S4.E14 ∙ Sport Special
All the top sporting action from the past, including Emperor Nero and Jesse Owens singing the history of the Olympics. We're at the finish line to see Pheidippides run the first ever marathon, then we count down the top marathon cheats of all time and take a look back at some of our favorite "Horrible Histories" sporting events.
S5.E1 ∙ एपिसोड #5.1
Saxon gods form a group of superheroes, Historical Grimefighters are in 1665 to prevent the stench of courtiers from reaching the outside world and Neil Armstrong demonstrates his new weight loss program.
S5.E2 ∙ एपिसोड #5.2
Germans eat carrots to see in the dark, an edition of Don't Tell the Spartan Bride is presented, and we meet a surprisingly charming Stuart highman.
S5.E3 ∙ एपिसोड #5.3
Persian's secret weapon against Egyptians in battle of Pelusium , Bonnie prince Charlie,word making competition between Charles Dickens and Luise C. ,Dracula ,Ivan the Terrible and a lot more.
S5.E4 ∙ एपिसोड #5.4
Dom Duckworth examines Charles II's magic touch, a Roman politician raps about his lifestyle, and unusual soldiers are recruited into the Second World War.
S5.E5 ∙ एपिसोड #5.5
Angles are converted to Christianity, the Whiffy jar is advertised and Samuel Pepys wastes money on a book about fishes.
S5.E6 ∙ एपिसोड #5.6
Shouty man advertises a new medicine made with dog's urine and mud, Alexander the Great refuses to stop conquering places, and Queen Victoria's coronation goes a bit awry.
S5.E7 ∙ एपिसोड #5.7
Emperor Caesar Augustus reveals the secrets of his lazy life. Roman legions are killed in pantomime fashion.
S5.E8 ∙ एपिसोड #5.8
The surprising identity of Britain's top-scoring footballer is revealed, things get ridiculous on Germany's version of Historical Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, a Celtic farmer isn't terribly keen on plans for Hadrian's Wall, and the brainy pioneers of transportation sing about their inventions.
S5.E9 ∙ एपिसोड #5.9
There is public confusion when King Charles II bans coffee shops, a seasick chicken ruins a Roman sea battle, mighty Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramesses II, meets some smelly peasants on Historical Wife Swap, and a cave-dwelling Stone Age couple try to buy their first house.
S5.E10 ∙ एपिसोड #5.10
A Victorian businessman goes undercover in his own factory, there's a right royal squabble over who should rule medieval England, we meet eccentric Georgian politician Mad Jack Mytton and the Real Tudor Hustle reveals the cleverest con tricks by naughty historical criminals.
S5.E11 ∙ एपिसोड #5.11
DI Bones investigates an unusual Victorian traffic accident, Roman scientist Pliny the Elder suffers a Stupid Death in ancient Pompeii, Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill argue online over what to do about Adolf Hitler, and we discover the horrible history of early Australia.
S5.E12 ∙ एपिसोड #5.12
Featuring a female dinosaur expert who sells seashells down on the seashore, Brian the handsome scientist reveals the weird wonders of the Greek Universe, TV's fastest-talking pensioner, Bob Hale, tries to explain the Space Race between the USA and the USSR, and there's a fitting musical finale to the end of the series.
S5.E13 ∙ Song Special
A special episode featuring all your favourite songs from the series!
S6.E1 ∙ Magna Carta Special: Crooked King John and Magna Carta
Horrible Histories returns for a sixth series, with an episode about King John I and Magna Carta with revamped cast and a new style.
S6.E2 ∙ Awesome Alfred The Great
A special episode about King Alfred the Great, starring Tom Rosenthal.
S6.E3 ∙ Wicked William the Conqueror
A special episode about William the Conqueror, starring Kevin Eldon.
S6.E4 ∙ Mardy Mary Queen of Scots Special
A special episode about Mary Queen of Scots, starring Jessica Ransom. This episode follows the young Mary as she stumbles from young girl in Scotland to queen in France, back to queen in Scotland and finally to Elizabeth I's public enemy no 1 - with a bit of Queenian Rhapsody thrown in for good measure! Meanwhile, across the world we meet silver-nosed Danish scientist Tycho Brahe, and Mr H gives us his unique take on the epic Battle of Lepanto in another History's Craziest Fools. With, of course, our host Rattus to guide the way!
S6.E5 ∙ Naughty Napoleon
Follow Napoleon as he rises from humble beginnings to become the Emperor of France.
S6.E6 ∙ Horrid Henry VIII
A special episode about King Henry VIII, starring Rowan Atkinson.
S6.E7 ∙ Crafty Cleopatra
A special episode about the great Egyptian Queen Cleopatra, starring Kathryn Drysdale.
S6.E8 ∙ Gorgeous George III
A special episode about King George III, starring Simon Farnaby.
S6.E9 ∙ Bolshy Boudica
A special about the great British Queen Boudica, starring Lorna Watson.
S6.E10 ∙ Wily Winston Churchill
A special episode about Winston Churchill, starring Jim Howick.
S6.E12 ∙ 'Orrible Oliver Cromwell
A special about 'Orrible Oliver Cromwell, starring Horrible Histories regular Lawry Lewin.
S6.E13 ∙ Rotten Rulers Special
A special episode featuring the best bits from the series, with a host of Rotten Rulers.
S6.E14 ∙ It's a Wicked World Special
A special episode featuring all your favourite bits from the series.
S6.E15 ∙ Savage Songs Special
The BAFTA award winning TV show returns for its final episode of the sixth series, Savage Songs. Sing about Henry VIII's love of reformation, or burnt cakes with Alfred the great, or get down with William the conqueror, Norman style.
S6.E17 ∙ Staggering Storytellers
Spanning 3,000 years of recorded history we look at the ways some of our finest writers cured their writing block. We see the development of storytelling technology and learn how Charles Dickens was the Harry Styles of his day.
S7.E1 ∙ Monstrous Musicians
Horrible Histories charts monstrous musicians, from Neanderthal screeches to Jimi Hendrix.
S7.E2 ∙ Exceptional Explorers
Meet explorers throughout the ages, from Vikings in America to the first man on the moon.
S7.E3 ∙ Ridiculous Romantics
Take a journey of romance through history, including King Henry VIII's 6 First Dates.
S7.E4 ∙ Atrocious Artists
From Dali's surrealism to Chris Ofili's elephant poo, Horrible Histories does art history.
S7.E5 ∙ Heroic Heroes And Villainous Villains
Steve Biceps searches for his top Deadly 60 villains, and Rattus meets his inner demons.
S7.E6 ∙ Ingenious Inventors
From the wheel to WIFI, Horrible Histories takes a look at the world's greatest inventors.
S7.E7 ∙ Preposterous US Presidents
Horrible Histories looks at the 45 US presidents so far, and they are a strange bunch.
S7.E8 ∙ Ruthless Rulers
From Vicious Vikings to 20th Century tyrants, experience history's most ruthless rulers.
S7.E9 ∙ Revolting Russian Revolutions
Horrible Histories explores Russia's Revolting past in this bumper special episode.
S7.E10 ∙ Horrid Health
Will drilling a hole in your head really cure a headache? Horrible Histories investigates.
S7.E11 ∙ Formidable Florence Nightingale
There is much more to Florence Nightingale than being 'The Lady with the Lamp'...
S7.E12 ∙ Deadly Dynasties
Horrible Histories explores some of the most famous families that have shaped the world.
S7.E13 ∙ Savage Songs
Horrible Histories presents a collection of some of history's finest songs, as Rattus attempts to put together his own festival (the delightfully named Glastonsmelly).
S8.E1 ∙ Queen Vic's Home Vids
Fake news! Paparazzi! A lack of health and safety! See how the Victorians invented films!
S8.E2 ∙ Fashion Faux Pas
The Horrible History of (often literally) dressing to kill.
S8.E3 ∙ Chaotic Collabs
Amazing collaborations including Shakespeare brainstorming Macbeth.
S8.E4 ∙ Mind Your Manners
Jane Austen is on Historical Love Island. Plus, why you shouldn't hold farts in.
S8.E5 ∙ Fearsome Families
Fred Siriex welcomes Queen Victoria to historical first dates.
S8.E7 ∙ Moon Mayhem
Comedian Dara O Briain is Rattus' guest host for a show marking the 1969 moon landings.
S8.E8 ∙ Putrid Politics
Dani Dyer becomes Rattus' political advisor for tales of parliamentary people and plots.
S8.E9 ∙ Heroic Home Front
WWII on the home front, including Churchill's secret loo.
S8.E10 ∙ Fierce Females
Ancient wonder women, a Spartan queen on Historical Love Island and the Tudor Queens sing!
S8.E12 ∙ Mayflower Malarkey
The Puritans set sail, Queen Elizabeth I loses a colony, and the Founding Fathers sing.
S9.E4 ∙ Precious Planet
Charles Darwin hosts a look at how we've treated the planet throughout history.
S9.E5 ∙ Dastardly Dance
Strictly's Shirley Ballas joins Rattus for a waltz through the history of dance, with Bruno Tonioli as Nero, who had his dance teacher killed, and Queen Vic's Highland reel.
S9.E10 ∙ Diabolical Daily Life
Daily life can be a bit of a grind, but not as much as it was in the past. Rattus takes us round the clock, revealing daily routines throughout history, from waking in Ancient Egypt to Medieval Loo Man.
S10.E2 ∙ NHS 75th Birthday Special
Comedian and former psychiatric nurse Jo Brand joins Rattus to host a special episode in honour of the NHS's 75th birthday. They discover how the NHS came to be, some of its weirder moments, and what life was like before the NHS was there to look after people.
