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Horrible Histories

Season 1 2009
TV-PG

  • 2009-04-16T16:30:00Z on CBBC
  • 1h 32m
  • 6h 30m (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy, Family
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.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

2009-04-16T16:30:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2009-04-16T16:30:00Z30m

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

2009-04-23T16:30:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2009-04-23T16:30:00Z30m

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

2009-04-30T16:30:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2009-04-30T16:30:00Z30m

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

2009-05-07T16:30:00Z

1x04 Episode 4

1x04 Episode 4

  • 2009-05-07T16:30:00Z30m

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.

2009-05-14T16:30:00Z

1x05 Episode 5

1x05 Episode 5

  • 2009-05-14T16:30:00Z30m

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.

2009-05-21T16:30:00Z

1x06 Episode 6

1x06 Episode 6

  • 2009-05-21T16:30:00Z30m

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.

2009-05-28T16:30:00Z

1x07 Episode 7

1x07 Episode 7

  • 2009-05-28T16:30:00Z30m

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

2009-06-04T16:30:00Z

1x08 Episode 8

1x08 Episode 8

  • 2009-06-04T16:30:00Z30m

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.

2009-06-11T16:30:00Z

1x09 Episode 9

1x09 Episode 9

  • 2009-06-11T16:30:00Z30m

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

2009-06-18T16:30:00Z

1x10 Episode 10

1x10 Episode 10

  • 2009-06-18T16:30:00Z30m

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.

2009-06-25T16:30:00Z

1x11 Episode 11

1x11 Episode 11

  • 2009-06-25T16:30:00Z30m

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.

2009-07-02T16:30:00Z

1x12 Episode 12

1x12 Episode 12

  • 2009-07-02T16:30:00Z30m

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.

Season Finale

2009-07-09T16:30:00Z

1x13 Episode 13

Season Finale

1x13 Episode 13

  • 2009-07-09T16:30:00Z30m

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.

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