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Synopsis

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.


Cast

Sarah Hadland
Sarah Hadland
Jim Howick
Jim Howick
Simon Farnaby
Simon Farnaby
Mathew Baynton
Mathew Baynton
Martha Howe-Douglas
Martha Howe-Douglas
Ben Willbond
Ben Willbond
Laurence Rickard
Laurence Rickard
Jon Culshaw
Jon Culshaw
Dominique Moore
Dominique Moore
Jalaal Hartley
Jalaal Hartley

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Horrible Histories: Season 1

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2009-04-16

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

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2009-04-23

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

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2009-04-30

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

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2009-05-07

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.

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2009-05-14

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.

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2009-05-21

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.

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2009-05-28

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

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2009-06-04

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.

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2009-06-11

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

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2009-06-18

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.

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2009-06-25

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.

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2009-07-02

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.

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2009-07-09

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.

Horrible Histories: Season 2

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2010-05-31

A prank-loving emperor hosts a dinner party on Roman Come Dine with Me, the Durham Home Guard injure themselves while learning first aid, and the Viking rock band paint the town red... literally.

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2010-06-01

A pirate captain regrets stealing a herd of seasick cows, a Georgian sportsman invents a whole new way of boxing, King Charles II raps about his party lifestyle, and the Georgian army goes to war against a bunch of naughty schoolboys.

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2010-06-02

In Ancient Greece, it's time for Spartan High School Musical, a jester breaks bad news to Henry VIII using armpit raspberries, learn how to stay fit with the Caveman Workout, and Roman emperor Nero stars in a (not very) romantic movie.

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2010-06-03

Britain's greatest sailor, Admiral Nelson, turns out to be horribly seasick, two doctors from the Middle Ages argue over how to treat a patient, discover the many uses for an Incan llama, and the World War 2 Girls sing about Girl Power on the Home Front.

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2010-06-04

An Incan kid has the worst birthday ever, a Roman farmer meets a door-to-door poo salesman, and King George IV embarks on a solo musical career.

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2010-06-08

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.

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2010-06-15

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.

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2010-06-22

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.

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2010-06-29

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.

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2010-07-06

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.

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2010-07-13

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.

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2010-07-20

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!

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Horrible Histories: Season 3

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2011-05-30

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 -a painful lesson in manners. The truth about Dick Turpin in song; certainly no New Romantic.

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2011-05-31

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.

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2011-06-01

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.

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2011-06-02

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.

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2011-06-03

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.

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2011-06-07

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.

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2011-06-14

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.

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2011-06-21

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.

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2011-06-28

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.

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2011-07-12

Some WWI soldiers try some very unusual ways to cure frostbite in the winter. Plus, the not at all romantic movie starring William the Conqueror, the story of Aztec Emperor Motecuhzoma, and a strange Stuart doctor takes a snooze during the middle of a battle.

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2011-07-05

We rejoice in the odd marriage of Mary I and Philip II of Spain, whilst a pirate chef disgusts the judges on Historical Masterchef and a Stone Age man appears on Dragons' Den with his innovative inventions. Plus, the Victorian paramedics offer their bizarre medical advice to a modern patient.

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2011-07-19

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.

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Savage Songs Special

2011-07-26

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!

Horrible Histories: Season 4

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Horrible Histories: Season 7

Monstrous Musicians
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Monstrous Musicians

2017-06-15

Horrible Histories charts monstrous musicians, from Neanderthal screeches to Jimi Hendrix.

Exceptional Explorers
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Exceptional Explorers

2017-07-26

Meet explorers throughout the ages, from Vikings in America to the first man on the moon.

Ridiculous Romantics
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Ridiculous Romantics

2017-07-31

Take a journey of romance through history, including King Henry VIII's 6 First Dates.

Atrocious Artists
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Atrocious Artists

2017-08-07

From Dali's surrealism to Chris Ofili's elephant poo, Horrible Histories does art history.

Heroic Heroes And Villainous Villains
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Heroic Heroes And Villainous Villains

2017-08-14

Steve Biceps searches for his top Deadly 60 villains, and Rattus meets his inner demons.

Ingenious Inventors
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Ingenious Inventors

2017-08-21

From the wheel to WIFI, Horrible Histories takes a look at the world's greatest inventors.

Preposterous US Presidents
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Preposterous US Presidents

2017-08-28

Horrible Histories looks at the 45 US presidents so far, and they are a strange bunch.

Ruthless Rulers
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Ruthless Rulers

2017-09-04

From Vicious Vikings to 20th Century tyrants, experience history's most ruthless rulers.

Revolting Russian Revolutions
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Revolting Russian Revolutions

2017-09-11

Horrible Histories explores Russia's Revolting past in this bumper special episode.

Horrid Health
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Horrid Health

2017-09-18

Will drilling a hole in your head really cure a headache? Horrible Histories investigates.

Formidable Florence Nightingale
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Formidable Florence Nightingale

2017-03-08

There is much more to Florence Nightingale than being 'The Lady with the Lamp'...

Deadly Dynasties
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Deadly Dynasties

2018-05-07

Horrible Histories explores some of the most famous families that have shaped the world.

Savage Songs
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Savage Songs

2018-05-07

An episode featuring songs from the series. Join the Horrible Hearts Club Band to sing through music, or go Downtown Threat with Al Capone.

Awesome Ancient Civilisations
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Awesome Ancient Civilisations

2018-05-07

The team takes a look at many ancient cultures. Sketches: Alex the great finds out about kissing The Romans, Greeks and Chinese face off in a rap battle

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Terrible Tudors

2018-05-07

Go through the history of the Tudor dynasty, through from Henry seven to Elizabeth the 1st. Along the way, also find out about Mary 1, in her vlog.

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