Horrible Histories

Seasons

2009

8.7

TV-G

A group of British comedians show the sides of history they don't teach you in school. From the 'Savage Stone Age' to the 'Troublesome 20th Century', you see the full side to history.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Episode #1.1

ROTTEN ROMANS - Servants fight at master's funeral/Gladiator School. FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR - Lice in the trenches/Gas Attack question/Ready Steady Feast (WW1 edition). PUTRID PIRATES - The Black Spot/Ned Low question/Pirate ship rules. SAVAGE STONE AGE - Stone Age tools ad/Stone Age loo paper question/Stone Age funeral. VICIOUS VIKINGS - Warrior game: Vikings V Monks/Historical Hairdressers:Vikings. GORGEOUS GEORGIANS - Historical Fairy Stories:The Three Little Pigs/Georgian Election Voting information film/Born to Rule (Song - The 4 Georges).

S1 • E2

Episode #1.2

After a down and dirty visit with Leif Ericson and his equally famous and, irascible father, Eric the Red, Stitch and Mo set Darren Dongle straight about the amazing accomplishments of the Viking explorers who "discovered" North America - beating out Columbus by 500 years.

S1 • E3

Episode #1.3

A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, an Egyptian tries to save money on mummification, and the Roundheads and Cavaliers from the English Civil War take part in Historical Wife Swap.

S1 • E4

Episode #1.4

The 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.