Series 1
13 episodes · Apr 16, 2009
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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S1E1Episode 1
Apr 16, 200930mA pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.
S1E2Episode 2
Apr 23, 200930mA Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.
S1E3Episode 3
Apr 30, 200930mA Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.
S1E4Episode 4
May 7, 200930mThe 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.
S1E5Episode 5
May 14, 200930mA priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and there are some disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt.
S1E6Episode 6
May 21, 200930mAn 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.
S1E7Episode 7
May 28, 200930mThere is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.
S1E8Episode 8
Jun 4, 200930mThe Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, a caveman goes on a TV cookery show, and we discover the bizarre causes of the First World War.
S1E9Episode 9
Jun 11, 200930mA Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.
S1E10Episode 10
Jun 18, 200930mHHTV 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.
S1E11Episode 11
Jun 25, 200930mQueen 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.
S1E12Episode 12
Jul 2, 200930mA Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names, the Romans run out of animals to execute, and Queen Victoria advertises her exercise DVD.
S1E13Episode 13
Jul 9, 200930mA 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.