Horrible Histories

1h 32min

Family

Comedy

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.

Production Companies

Lion Television

Citrus Television

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

30min

16th Apr 2009

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

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

30min

23rd Apr 2009

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

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

30min

30th Apr 2009

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

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

30min

7th May 2009

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

5. Episode 5

30min

14th May 2009

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

6. Episode 6

30min

21st May 2009

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

7. Episode 7

30min

28th May 2009

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

8. Episode 8

30min

4th Jun 2009

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

9. Episode 9

30min

11th Jun 2009

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

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

30min

18th Jun 2009

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

11. Episode 11

30min

25th Jun 2009

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

12. Episode 12

30min

2nd Jul 2009

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

13. Episode 13

30min

9th Jul 2009

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.

First air date

16th Apr 2009

Last air date

16th May 2025

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks