Horrible Histories - Season 1

Horrible Histories - Season 1

Season 1

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.
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Episodes13
DatesApr 16, 2009 - Jul 9, 2009
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Episodes

Rotten Romans
Season 1Episode 130 min

Rotten Romans

A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime, a soldier from World War I struggles to cook with fake food and the four King Georges form a boyband.

Apr 16, 2009
Measly Middle Ages
Season 1Episode 230 min

Measly Middle Ages

A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient, a whining Pharaoh invents the pyramid and Henry VIII meets his dead friends.

Apr 23, 2009
Wicked Witches
Season 1Episode 330 min

Wicked Witches

A Roman emperor finds an alternative to candles, an Egyptian tries to save on mummification, and Roundheads and Cavaliers take part in Historical Wife Swap.

Apr 30, 2009
Smashing Saxons
Season 1Episode 430 min

Smashing Saxons

The Tudors sing their family history, Bob explains the history of Rome in two minutes, and a mad Victorian gentleman eats King Louis XIV's mummified heart.

May 7, 2009
Awful Egyptians
Season 1Episode 530 min

Awful Egyptians

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.

May 14, 2009
Measly Middle Ages
Season 1Episode 630 min

Measly Middle Ages

An evil Greek god guests on a daytime chat show, a rich Georgian swaps his wife with a peasant, and some weird medieval monsters make an appearance.

May 21, 2009
Terrible Tudors
Season 1Episode 730 min

Terrible Tudors

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

May 28, 2009
Vicious Vikings
Season 1Episode 830 min

Vicious Vikings

The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, and a caveman goes on a TV cookery show. Plus discover the bizarre causes of World War I.

Jun 4, 2009
Terrible Tudors
Season 1Episode 930 min

Terrible Tudors

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

Jun 11, 2009
Rotten Romans
Season 1Episode 1030 min

Rotten Romans

HHTV News reports from the Battle of Thermopylae, Celt housewives find uses for severed heads, and the truth about Roman toilets is revealed.

Jun 18, 2009
Terrible Tudors
Season 1Episode 1130 min

Terrible Tudors

Queen Victoria learns that her British comforts are not British and on 'Axe Factor', contestants try to become executioners.

Jun 25, 2009
Smashing Saxons
Season 1Episode 1230 min

Smashing Saxons

A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names and the Romans run out of animals to execute.

Jul 2, 2009
Rotten Romans
Season 1Episode 1330 min

Rotten Romans

A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, the Romans host their own revolting cookery show and William Shakespeare is haunted by King Richard III's ghost.

Jul 9, 2009

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