Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories is a TV show on CBBC. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 56 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2024.
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Horrible Histories
A special episode of the historical sketch show, featuring ghastly Genghis Khan, the wise Confucius and a dance-off during a naval battle!
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Historical sketch show. Featuring naughty Napoleon annoying his Josephine and horrid Henry VIII getting married again. There's also a song from wily Winston Churchill.
Series 1
Historical sketch show. A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime, a soldier from World War I struggles to cook with fake food and the four King Georges form a boy band.
Series 6
Historical sketch show. Young William, Duke of Normandy, quarrels with Harold Godwinson about who should be king of England, before bashing the English and taking the crown.
Historical sketch show. King Alfred the Great argues with his older brothers then defeats the Vikings using his cunning hit-and-run tactics.
A special about King John and Magna Carta, starring Ben Miller. After a rap battle, John annoys the barons and agrees Magna Carta at Runnymede.
Series 7
Sketch comedy series. Featuring everything you need to know about history's most famous family. Including a never-before-seen sketch.
Sketch comedy series. A guide to ancient civilizations, featuring new sketches about Alexander the Great's first kiss.
Series 6
Historical sketch show. Oliver Cromwell rises from obscurity, challenges King Charles I in the English Civil War and ultimately orders his execution.
Historical sketch show. Young Queen Victoria marries her true love Albert and has to put up with the open sewers at Buckingham Palace.
Series 8
Alex Scott joins Rattus for a sport-themed special. Mary Queen of Scots goes grief-golfing, the H2 Freestylers take on a whole village, and sports-mad Henry VIII sings Get Sweaty.
Series 7
Sketch comedy series. A look at the hideous history of health, from the invention of toilet paper to the healthy origins of the cornflake.
A look at the most ruthless rulers of all time. Hold your nose in Versailles, because Louis XIV hasn't got any loos.
Horrible Histories takes a look at America and its various presidents, from George Washington to the present day, including President Jackson's parrot.
A look at some of history's most ingenious inventors, as we take in everything from the invention of the wheel to the crisp.
Series 6
Historical sketch show. Following Winston Churchill from being a young soldier in India during the time of Queen Victoria, through the First World War, to victory in World War II.
Historical sketch show. British Queen Boudica turns against her Roman masters and unleashes her wrecking ball on Colchester, St Albans and London.
Comedy. When Roman lad Atti offends edgy Emperor Nero, he is drafted to fight in far-flung Britain, where local Celt lass Orla itches to join Boudicca’s uprising against the occupying legions.
Series 7
Horrible Histories takes a look at the world's greatest heroes and villains. Featuring Martin Luther King Jr and Al Capone.
A look at some of history's greatest artists, from the first images painted onto the walls of caves through to Chris Ofili's work with elephant dung.