A comedy sketch show that’s dead funny...quite literally.
Prepare to laugh your face off as a talking rat guides you through the best bits of history, including the Rotten Romans, the Vile Victorians and the Smashing Saxons.
Giggle and gasp at disgusting facts, crazy inventions, bonkers beliefs, gory deaths, and gruesome punishments.
Joyfully splattered with blood, guts and poo, Horrible Histories is a hilarious romp through the ages.
From the Savage Stone Age right up to the Woeful World Wars, Horrible Histories brings the past alive with brilliant sketches, songs, cartoons and quizzes.
Unlike the hugely popular books, each episode mixes historical periods for maximum comic effect.
Featuring such returning sketches as ‘Historical Hospital’, ‘Historical Wife Swap’, ‘HHTV News’, ‘Twisted Fairytales’, ‘The Bob Reports’, ‘Dodgy War Inventions’, ‘Ready, Steady, Feast’, and ‘Oh Yea! Magazine’, you’ll find yourself guffawing in amazement at a veritable feast of crazy trivia.
Created by some of Britain’s finest comedy talents, Horrible Histories lets you laugh yourself smart!
Horrible Histories is based on the best-selling book series written by Terry Deary and illustrated by Martin Brown.
Broadcaster: BBC One, CBBC
TX Date: April 2009
Total Episodes: 13
Duration: 30 mins
Executive Producer(s): Richard Bradley, Kim Shillinglaw (CBBC)
Useful Links: Horrible Histories
Starring: Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Sarah Hadland, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond, Katy Wix
Production Manager: Laura Steele-Perkins
Series Development: Dominic Brigstocke
Producer: Giles Pilbrow
Series Producer: Caroline Norris