Horrible Histories Season 1

Synopsis

All 13 episodes of the BBC series! History with the nasty bits left in! Based on the bestselling series of books for kids (and for adults, but they just won't admit it), Horrible Histories is an anarchic, surprising and unconventional take on history's most gruesome and funny moments. Foul facts, rotten rulers, beastly battles and evil inventions feature in horribly hilarious sketches, songs, cartoons and quizzes - all linked by the show's host, a talking rat! Liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, Horrible Histories romps through the ages with fascinating facts from the Savage Stone Age, Awful Egyptians, Rotten Romans and Vicious Vikings, taking in the Measly Middle Ages, Terrible Tudors, Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians, right up to the Woeful Second World War.

Main Cast

Ben Willbond

Age : 51 | Popularity : 61%

Mathew Baynton

Age : N/A | Popularity : 76%

Sarah Hadland

Various

Age : 53 | Popularity : 27%

Jess Robinson

Additional Voices

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Jim Howick

Age : 45 | Popularity : 28%

Jon Culshaw

Additional Voices

Age : 56 | Popularity : 35%

Simon Farnaby

Age : 51 | Popularity : 54%

Martha Howe-Douglas

Age : N/A | Popularity : 26%

Episodes

Episode 1

16 April 2009 - Episode 1

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

Episode 2

23 April 2009 - Episode 2

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

Episode 3

30 April 2009 - Episode 3

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

Episode 4

07 May 2009 - 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.

Episode 5

14 May 2009 - Episode 5

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.

Episode 6

21 May 2009 - 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.

Episode 7

28 May 2009 - Episode 7

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

Episode 8

04 June 2009 - Episode 8

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.

Episode 9

11 June 2009 - Episode 9

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

Episode 10

18 June 2009 - Episode 10

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.

Episode 11

25 June 2009 - Episode 11

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.

Episode 12

02 July 2009 - Episode 12

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.

Episode 13

09 July 2009 - Episode 13

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.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Kim Shillinglaw Richard Bradley
	Production Manager	Laura Steele-Perkins
	Producer	Caroline Norris Giles Pilbrow
Department	Role	Name

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