Horrible Histories - Season 4
Season 4
Episodes
Slimy Stuarts
Dick Whittington pitches a movie about his life, and some German bomber pilots find an unfortunate use for a tourist guidebook to Britain.
Vile Victorians
Henry VIII appears on a TV show hoping to raise money from his antique abbeys. Also, Charles Darwin sings about his theory of natural selection.
Measly Middle Ages
Queen Elizabeth I goes online dating, Greek philosopher Socrates foils his own rescue from prison, and Emicho of the Rhineland goes crusading.
Groovy Greeks
HHTV's war reporter Mike Peabody regrets his decision to cover the Norman Siege of Palermo, and the Pilgrim Fathers rap about Jamestown in America.
Savage Stone Age
People from the Bronze Age argue about building the world's first city and Bob Hale explains the entire history of the Renaissance.
Potty Pioneers
A confused Christopher Columbus declares he has found India, and a Georgian woman reveals her very stupid death.
Gorgeous Georgians
Emperor Napoleon plays in a very unusual chess match and a Victorian inventor builds an anti-seasickness ship with one small design flaw.
Vicious Vikings
Emperor Nero visits the victims of the Great Fire of Rome and some Crusaders attend a training course on how to fight weird monsters.
Measly Middle Ages
King Edward III gets married in a building site, while Julius Caesar reveals his not-very-secret tips on hiding baldness.
Measly Middle Ages
A Saxon joins a modern dating agency, and there is a surprise in store for the people on Victorian Wife Swap.
Slimy Stuarts
Dr Culpeper invites us all to his highly unhealthy health spa and a Crusader knight competes on Historical MasterChef.
Vile Victorians
A Victorian woman books a ticket on a very odd railway, and a modern patient is (mis)treated by a Roman dentist.
Savage Songs
In a special musical episode of the award-winning Horrible Histories, host Rattus Rattus chooses his favourite songs to entertain his young nephew.
Sport Special
Special sport episode of the historical sketch show, based on the successful series of books.
All the top sporting action from the past, including Emperor Nero and Jesse Owens singing the history of the Olympics. We're at the finish line to see Pheidippides run the first ever marathon, then we count down the top marathon cheats of all time and take a look back at some of our favourite Horrible Histories sporting events.
Scary Special
Horrible Histories favourite Death, of 'Stupid Deaths' fame, presents his very own show crammed full of spooky highlights. We join him at home and get a good look around as he reveals his creepiest moments - a Tudor family show us the extent of their ghostly superstitions and the Vikings demonstrate how to become truly terrifying to your enemies. Death himself is joined by some rather creepy friends to sing about his favourite scary things.
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