Horrible Histories
2009 · 11 seasons · 154 episodes · Returning Series · CBBC
Family, Comedy
TMDB 8.0 · 69 votes
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.
Episodes
- S01E01Episode 12009-04-1630m
A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.
- S01E02Episode 22009-04-2330m
A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.
- S01E03Episode 32009-04-3030m
A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.
- S01E04Episode 42009-05-0730m
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.
- S01E05Episode 52009-05-1430m
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.
- S01E06Episode 62009-05-2130m
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.
- S01E07Episode 72009-05-2830m
There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.
- S01E08Episode 82009-06-0430m
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.
- S01E09Episode 92009-06-1130m
A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.
- S01E10Episode 102009-06-1830m
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.
- S01E11Episode 112009-06-2530m
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.
- S01E12Episode 122009-07-0230m
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.
- S01E13Episode 132009-07-0930m
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.
