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History Bites

Specials 2005 - 2008
TV-G

  • History
  • 25m
  • 2h (4 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary
History Bites is a skit comedy show that explores the premise, "What if television had been around for the past 5,000 years?" Each episode channel surfs through a particular day in history and the result is a history lesson hidden inside a clever spoof of TV. You might see Nero singing (badly) on Letterman or explorer Henry Hudson taping his own version of the Blair Witch Project. Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine as Madonna and Henry the VIII's wife Catherine Howard as Princess Di – how easy could a history lesson be? At the same time HB offers a wide look at the daily life concerns of the era by spoofing hygiene commercials, Martha Stewart and sports with Don Cherry.

7 episodes

2005-06-01T11:00:00Z

Special 2 Mother Britain

Special 2 Mother Britain

  • 2005-06-01T11:00:00Z30m

Rick Green exposes the myths of Confederation and skewers the nations’ leaders showing how Canada’s battle to be free of Britain was more a case of Britain pushing us away.

Starting from the days of Cabot and Cartier, we see how this French colony of Canada became British. Wolfe and Montcalm’s battle for The Plains of Abraham is recreated using robots and bat creatures. Rick compares the bloodbath of the American Revolution to the booze-ups behind Canadian Confederation. A parade of plucky Prime Ministers reveals how the True North Strong and Free was the result of chance, chicanery, and double dealing. It’s the shocking, funny and outrageous story of a bunch of small colonies who went from being Mother Britain’s ‘momma’s boy’ to a world leader in niceness.

2006-02-20T12:00:00Z

Special 3 Uncle Sam

Special 3 Uncle Sam

  • 2006-02-20T12:00:00Z30m

The history of U.S./Canada relations.

2007-06-24T11:00:00Z

Special 4 The Separatists

Special 4 The Separatists

  • 2007-06-24T11:00:00Z30m

A special on the history of separatist movements in Canada from the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions to the Clarity Act.

2008-02-10T12:00:00Z

Special 5 Céline Dion

Special 5 Céline Dion

  • 2008-02-10T12:00:00Z30m

Celine Dion is a tv episode.

In this special episode, host Rick Green goes over the number of ways a person can become rich and cites people over the course of history who have used these methods..

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