Horrible Histories
"The history they don't teach you in school."
AmazonBased on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.
Series 1
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.
Series 2
Series 3
Series 4
Series 5
Series 6
Series 7
Season 8
Season 9
Historical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary.
Season 10
Season 11
Cast (89)
Writers
Susie Donkin
Writer
Ages 35-52
Ben Ward
Writer
Laurence Rickard
Writer
Ages 33-50
Dave Cohen
Writer
George Sawyer
Writer
Giles Pilbrow
Writer
Ben Willbond
Writer
Ages 36-52
Mathew Baynton
Writer
Ages 28-45
James McNicholas
Writer
Ages 23-40
Lucy Clarke
Writer
Mark Blakewill
Writer
James Harris
Writer
Jon Holmes
Writer
Steve Punt
Writer
Ages 46-63
George Poles
Writer
Arnold Widdowson
Writer
Gemma Whelan
Writer
Ages 27-44
Jessica Ransom
Writer
Ages 27-44
Producers
Editors
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
GB
Production Companies
Lion Television, Citrus Television