Horrible Histories

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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.

1. 1Episode 116 Apr 2009 · 30m · ★ 6.7A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.
2. 2Episode 223 Apr 2009 · 30m · ★ 6.3A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.
3. 3Episode 330 Apr 2009 · 30m · ★ 6.0A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.
4. 4Episode 47 May 2009 · 30m · ★ 6.8The 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.
5. 5Episode 514 May 2009 · 30m · ★ 7.0A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and there are some disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt.
6. 6Episode 621 May 2009 · 30m · ★ 7.0An 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.
7. 7Episode 728 May 2009 · 30m · ★ 7.5There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.
8. 8Episode 84 Jun 2009 · 30m · ★ 6.0The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, a caveman goes on a TV cookery show, and we discover the bizarre causes of the First World War.
9. 9Episode 911 Jun 2009 · 30m · ★ 7.0A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.
10. 10Episode 1018 Jun 2009 · 30m · ★ 7.0HHTV 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.
11. 11Episode 1125 Jun 2009 · 30m · ★ 8.0Queen 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.
12. 12Episode 122 Jul 2009 · 30m · ★ 7.5A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names, the Romans run out of animals to execute, and Queen Victoria advertises her exercise DVD.
13. 13Episode 139 Jul 2009 · 30m · ★ 7.0A 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.