Series 1
(2009)
Overview
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, bl…
Cast
as Various
as Additional Voices
as Additional Voices
as Rattus Rattus (voice)
Episodes
Episode 1 8.0
April 16, 2009
A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.
Episode 2 7.0
April 23, 2009
A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.
Episode 3 6.0
April 30, 2009
A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.
Episode 4 7.0
May 7, 2009
The Tudors sing their family history, Bob explains the complete history of Rome in two minutes, and a mad Victorian gen…
Episode 5 7.0
May 14, 2009
A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and there are some disgusting beauty t…
Episode 6 7.0
May 21, 2009
An evil Greek god appears on a daytime chat show, a rich Georgian swaps his wife with a peasant, and we meet some weird…
Episode 7 8.0
May 28, 2009
There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals h…
Episode 8 6.0
June 4, 2009
The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, a caveman goes on a TV cookery show, and we discover the bizarre cau…
Episode 9 7.0
June 11, 2009
A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelin…
Episode 10 7.0
June 18, 2009
HHTV News reports live from the Battle of Thermopylae, Celt housewives find decorative uses for severed heads, and we l…
Episode 11 8.0
June 25, 2009
Queen Victoria learns that her British comforts are not very British, a Viking warrior won't stop talking in rhyme, and…
Episode 12 7.0
July 2, 2009
A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names, the Romans run out of animals to execute, and Queen Victo…
Episode 13 7.0
July 9, 2009
A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, the Romans host their own revolting cookery show and William Shakespeare is hau…