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Horrible Histories : Season 1
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Air date: 16 Apr '09 - 13 episodesAll 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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List of Episodes (13)
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Horrible Histories (2009)
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1. Episode 1
16 Apr '09Song: Gorgeous Georgians: "The 4 Georges: Born 2 Rule" (boyband parody). Lyrics by Dave Cohen with additional lyrics by Laurence Rickard and Caroline Norris. Performed by Ben Willbond, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby and Jim Howick. Sketches: Rotten Romans: The pre-gladiatorial custom of staging fights at funerals. Imagine spot: High school for aspiring gladiators. Frightful First World War: Lice wars (partly animated). "Ready Steady Feast": German wartime food substitutes (parody of Ready Ste
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2. Episode 2
23 Apr '09Song: Terrible Tudors: "The Wives of Henry VIII: Divorced Beheaded & Died". Lyrics by Terry Deary. Performed by Ben Willbond. Sketches: Measly Middle Ages: Shouty Man: New! Pee-sil Non-Bio Laundry Detergent (parody of Persil). City officials discuss how to curb defecating out of windows--while walking below them. Savage Stone Age: "Historical Hospital": Tattoo and trepanning treatments. Caveman Art Show: Preserving the head of a dead relative. Woeful Second World War: Mary, the heroic carri
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3. Episode 3
30 Apr '09Song: Awful Egyptians: "Making a Mummy". Performed by Jim Howick. Sketches: Wicked Witches: Let a random old lady take the blame for your bad luck with Witchfinder's Direct (infomercial). Twisted Fairytales: "The Frog Prince" (witchcraft). The Middle Ages (Witch)Craft Show demonstrates how accusations can also be used to get revenge. Vicious Vikings: Top Three Weird Viking Beliefs: the origin of the first man and woman, life after death (in either Valhalla or Hell) and the story of Thor sear
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4. Episode 4
07 May '09Song: Terrible Tudors: "Terrible Tudors". Performed by Martha Howe-Douglas and Ben Willbond. Sketches: Smashing Saxons: "Saxon EastEnders" finds a ruler trying to mediate a family feud via the new Weregeld law (parody of EastEnders). A paranormal researcher attempts to locate the source of a haunting in "Anglo-Saxon Ghost Hunt" (parody of Ghost Hunt). Vile Victorians: "Ready Steady Feast": Dr William Buckland, famed eater of weird things--including the preserved heart of a king. Stupid Death
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5. Episode 5
14 May '09Song: No song is included in this episode (for the only time in series history). Sketches: Awful Egyptians: Pharaoh Phashion magazine offers beauty tips for peasants and aristocrats. Mouse Fresh Max toothpaste (advertisement). Ruthless Rulers: Louis XI and the Pig Piano, with special guest Simon Cowell (animated). Measly Middle Ages: HHTV News: taking a census for the Domesday Book. William the Conqueror's increasingly unusual funeral. Rotten Romans: Caligula declares war against Poseidon,
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6. Episode 6
21 May '09Song: Gorgeous Georgians: "A Gorgeous Georgian Lady". Lyrics by Terry Deary (adapted from his book Gorgeous Georgians). Performed by Martha Howe-Douglas. Sketches: Measly Middle Ages: A hapless thief tries to mug a flagellant. Highlights from a typical medieval bestiary are spotlighted on "The Made-Up Planet" (animated). Vile Victorians: Be an exploited child labourer and get absolutely no compensation from Victorian Claims Direct (advertisement). A chimney sweep and his young apprentice fac
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7. Episode 7
28 May '09Song: Nasty Knights: "I'm a Knight" (Monty Python pastiche). Performed by Mathew Baynton, Steve Punt and Jim Howick. Sketches: Terrible Tudors: Oh Yea! Magazine: Royal Special. "Historical Hospital": Treating a blister rapidly turns fatal. Groovy Greeks: The story of Helen of Troy retold as inner-city melodrama, complete with chav accents. Imagine spot: Smuggling the Trojan horse past the guards--apparently, much simpler than you'd think. Measly Middle Ages: "That Was Entertainment!": Joust
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8. Episode 8
04 Jun '09Song: Savage Stone Age: "Caveman Love" (1950's doo-wop parody). Performed by Susie Donkin and Sarah Hadland, with Jim Howick, Ben Willbond and Mathew Baynton. Sketches: Vicious Vikings: Stupid Deaths: Edmund II. Valhalla Tours: Come to England for the burning and pillaging, stay for the plunder! Savage Stone Age: "Ready Steady Feast": Sampling the best in cave foods. Rotten Romans: Fearsome Gaulish leader Vercingetorix is unexpectedly stymied by bad weather in "The Battle of Avaricum" (movi
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9. Episode 9
11 Jun '09Song Terrible Teachers: "It's Not True!". Performed by Mathew Baynton and Martha Howe-Douglas. Sketches: Terrible Tudors: Weather forecast. Twisted Fairytales: "Thumbelina" (dirty streets) Vile Victorians: Shouty Man: New! Victorian Child Chimney Cleaner. An inspector gets a rundown from strict teachers on school punishments. Rotten Romans: Make all your wishes come true (sort of) with Roman Gods Direct. A general tries desperately to appease all the right gods prior to battle. Vicious Vik
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10. Episode 10
18 Jun '09Song Measly Middle Ages: "The Plague Song" (musical theatre parody). Lyrics by Terry Deary. Performed by Ben Willbond and Katy Wix with Mathew Baynton and Sarah Hadland. Sketches: Rotten Romans: Sponge on a Stick and Viper Deodorant (advertisements). Vile Victorians: An upper-class couple are conned by a thief using street slang. Great Victorian Inventions: The Car (animated). Terrible Tudors: "Ready Steady Feast": Comparing the diets of rich and poor. "Historical Hairdressers": The latest
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11. Episode 11
25 Jun '09Song Vile Victorians: "British Things". Performed by Sarah Hadland and Mathew Baynton. Sketches: Terrible Tudors: Oh Yea! magazine: Royal Special. Imagine spot: Choosing the next royal executioner on "The Axe Factor" (parody of The X Factor). Groovy Greeks: Stupid Deaths: General Pausanias. "Court of Historical Law": Draco imposes his truly draconian punishments on an apple thief. Twisted Fairytales: "Sleeping Beauty" (disobeying Draco's non-idleness law in particular). Vile Victorians: HHT
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12. Episode 12
02 Jul '09Song Groovy Greeks: "We are Greek" (Flanders & Swann pastiche). Performed by Mathew Baynton and Jim Howick. Sketches: Smashing Saxons: Mealtime charades in a monastery take an unexpected turn. The Monk Art Show: How to write like a monk--if you can survive the ink-making process. Vile Victorians: Schoolchildren have some very unusual names. Queen Victoria pitches her workout regime. Rotten Romans: The gladiator games run out of animals at the worst possible moment. Checking in with Executio
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13. Episode 13
09 Jul '09Song Vile Victorians: "Burke & Hare". Performed by Mathew Baynton with Jim Howick and Simon Farnaby. Sketches: Rotten Romans: A Roman chef is disgusted with the state of newly conquered Britain's cuisine on "Roman Kitchen Nightmares" (Gordon Ramsey parody). A naive visitor is forced to use Rome's (very) public communal toilets. Vile Victorians: Florence Nightingale arrives at a Crimean hospital clearly in need of her help. Awful Egyptians: "This Is Your Reign": Sorting Cleopatra's tangled f
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