Horrible Histories
13x30 mins
Horrible Histories is back for a third series and it’s even more disgusting and more rotten than ever.
Rattus Rattus, the Horrible Histories talking rat, guides you on a romp through the ages from the Savage Stone Age right up to World War Two, via Rotten Romans, Terrible Tudors, Vile Victorians and the all-new Incredible Incas and Awesome USA.
Bringing the past to life with brilliant sketches, songs, cartoons and quizzes, the Bafta-nominated Horrible Histories is packed full of shocking facts, bonkers beliefs, crazy inventions, foul food, and gruesome punishments. You’ll laugh at the sketches, then laugh again when you find out - it’s all true!
All your favourite features are back, including ‘Stupid Deaths’, the ‘Bob Reports’, ‘Ready Steady Feast’, and ‘Historical Hospital’. But Series Two brings you so much more: meet ‘D.I Bones, the Historical Detective’, ‘Vincent Larfoff’ and his ‘Scary Stories’, ‘Cliff Whiteley’ telling history like it wasn’t, find out about the fashions of yesteryear in ‘Historical Fashion Fix’, and see what it would have been like if the characters from history had access to the internet in ‘Historical Desktops’.
Created by some of Britain’s finest comedy talents, Horrible Histories tells you about all the best bits of history and lets you laugh yourself smart!
Press
RADIO TIMES
‘Three cheers for the return of this factual but funny series. History hasn’t been this much fun since the last series finished’
THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
‘Educational Silliness’
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘This is superior edutainment’
SUNDAY EXPRESS
‘There’s nothing kids like quite so much as violence and horror which is why Horrible Histories has been such a success’
TELEGRAPH
a boundary-pushing sketch show … more laughs than most post-watershed comedies …a comic gem.
RADIO TIMES
One of the best shows anywhere
TV TIMES
Slapstick gags and hilarious pastiches disguising useful educational content … our favourite take on British history … We wish history had been taught like this in our day!
THE SUNDAY TIMES
An attention grabbing mix of the wilder parts of history … The best bit? And accident prone Home Guard. With just three characters, it summarises both an institution and Dad’s Army in a single sketch.
THE TIMES
“I’m not as good an actor as I am a writer” (Terry Deary)
Production Information
Broadcaster: BBC One, CBBC
TX Date: May 2010
Total Episodes: Total: 40
Previous Series: Series 1 - 2009 (13x30')
Series 2 - 2010 (13x30')
Duration: 30 mins
Executive Producer(s): Richard Bradley
Useful Links: Horrible Histories
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Horrible Histories Series One on DVD
Starring: Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond, Katy Wix
Production Manager: Laura Steele-Perkins, Patsy Blades
Series Development: Dominic Brigstocke
Producer: Giles Pilbrow
Series Producer: Caroline Norris