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Horrible Histories

Season 5 2013
TV-PG

  • 2013-05-27T16:30:00Z on CBBC
  • 1h 32m
  • 6h 30m (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy, Family
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.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

2013-05-27T16:30:00Z

5x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

5x01 Episode 1

  • 2013-05-27T16:30:00Z30m

The Saxon gods form an unlikely team of superheroes; famous astronaut Neil Armstrong reveals his new weight loss programme; we meet Georgian London's crime-fighting genius, and Rosa Parks sings about her struggle for equality.

2013-05-28T16:30:00Z

5x02 Episode 2

5x02 Episode 2

  • 2013-05-28T16:30:00Z30m

Featuring a surprisingly charming Stuart highwayman; the Captain of the Titanic holds the world's worst safety briefing; famous writer Mary Shelley pitches the movie of her life; and those violent Vikings show their softer side in a song.

2013-05-29T16:30:00Z

5x03 Episode 3

5x03 Episode 3

  • 2013-05-29T16:30:00Z30m

The boys test their horsepower to the max on Stone Age Top Gear; Charles Dickens sings about his life and books; the Greek philosophers host weird dinner parties on Historical Come Dine With Me; and Vlad the Impaler reveals his horrible new plan for keeping out the neighbours.

2013-05-30T16:30:00Z

5x04 Episode 4

5x04 Episode 4

  • 2013-05-30T16:30:00Z30m

Featuring the rather eccentric Georgian philosopher Jeremy Bentham; super-rich Roman politician Crassus raps about his blinging lifestyle; some unusual soldiers are recruited into WW2; and Johannes Gutenberg goes head-to-head with some monks on The Historical Apprentice.

2013-05-31T16:30:00Z

5x05 Episode 5

5x05 Episode 5

  • 2013-05-31T16:30:00Z30m

Famous monk St Augustine struggles to introduce Christianity to Saxon England; Stuart diarist Samuel Pepys annoys the smartest men in Britain; we witness a daring escape from the Tower of London; and Joan of Arc's story is quite an unusual one for a teenage girl.

2013-06-04T16:30:00Z

5x06 Episode 6

5x06 Episode 6

  • 2013-06-04T16:30:00Z30m

Queen Victoria's coronation doesn't go quite as planned, George IV pulls out all the stops to impress his guests on Historical Come Dine With Me, ancient Greek bighead Alexander the Great refuses to stop conquering things, and the HH Sport team report live from the horrible pirate races.

2013-06-11T16:30:00Z

5x07 Episode 7

5x07 Episode 7

  • 2013-06-11T16:30:00Z30m

Roman emperor Caesar Augustus reveals the lazy secret of his success, TV's most excitable reporter, Bob Hale, explains the very, very complex history of WW2, we meet Georgian England's most forgetful vicar, and Welsh hero Owain Glyndwr takes on the English in battle.

2013-06-18T16:30:00Z

5x08 Episode 8

5x08 Episode 8

  • 2013-06-18T16:30:00Z30m

The surprising identity of Britain's top-scoring footballer is revealed, things get ridiculous on Germany's version of Historical Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, a Celtic farmer isn't terribly keen on plans for Hadrian's Wall, and the brainy pioneers of transportation sing about their inventions.

2013-06-25T16:30:00Z

5x09 Episode 9

5x09 Episode 9

  • 2013-06-25T16:30:00Z30m

There is public confusion when King Charles II bans coffee shops, a seasick chicken ruins a Roman sea battle, mighty Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramesses II, meets some smelly peasants on Historical Wife Swap, and a cave-dwelling Stone Age couple try to buy their first house.

2013-07-02T16:30:00Z

5x10 Episode 10

5x10 Episode 10

  • 2013-07-02T16:30:00Z30m

A Victorian businessman goes undercover in his own factory, there's a right royal squabble over who should rule medieval England, we meet eccentric Georgian politician Mad Jack Mytton and the Real Tudor Hustle reveals the cleverest con tricks by naughty historical criminals.

2013-07-09T16:30:00Z

5x11 Episode 11

5x11 Episode 11

  • 2013-07-09T16:30:00Z30m

DI Bones investigates an unusual Victorian traffic accident, Roman scientist Pliny the Elder suffers a Stupid Death in ancient Pompeii, Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill argue online over what to do about Adolf Hitler, and we discover the horrible history of early Australia.

2013-07-16T16:30:00Z

5x12 Episode 12

5x12 Episode 12

  • 2013-07-16T16:30:00Z30m

Featuring a female dinosaur expert who sells seashells down on the seashore, Brian the handsome scientist reveals the weird wonders of the Greek Universe, TV's fastest-talking pensioner, Bob Hale, tries to explain the Space Race between the USA and the USSR, and there's a fitting musical finale to the end of the series.

Season Finale

2013-07-23T16:30:00Z

5x13 Song Special

Season Finale

5x13 Song Special

  • 2013-07-23T16:30:00Z30m

Some of history's greatest characters serenade us with tales of their lives. Featuring the all-conquering Alexander the Great, the cash-loving Crassus, the feisty Joan of Arc, the brilliant but miserable Charles Dickens, and the very determined Rosa Parks.

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