Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories is a TV show on CBBC. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 120 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2025.
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Horrible Histories
The history of our relationship with animals - Charles Darwin presents Yummy Planet, Elizabeth I’s menagerie has some 'lion trouble', and farting fish almost start a nuclear war.
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Sketch comedy series. A look at the hideous history of health, from the invention of toilet paper to the healthy origins of the cornflake.
Series 8
Queen Victoria lovingly forces several of her children to go on historical first dates, Leopold Mozart retires his 18-year-old daughter aged 18, and the Brontes sing about sisterhood.
Series 7
A look at the most ruthless rulers of all time. Hold your nose in Versailles, because Louis XIV hasn't got any loos.
Series 8
History tells of great minds coming together to achieve great things. It also tells of idiots combining to make an unholy mess. HH looks at some of the best and worst collaborations!
Series 5
Historical sketch show. Featuring the rather eccentric Georgian philosopher Jeremy Bentham and super-rich Roman politician Crassus, who raps about his blinging lifestyle.
Series 9
Horrible Histories delves into the not-so-easy lives of children throughout history.
Series 7
Horrible Histories takes a look at America and its various presidents, from George Washington to the present day, including President Jackson's parrot.
Series 5
Bob Hale and Rattus Rattus guide viewers through the horrible history of 1914-18. Featuring the soldiers, civilians, suffragettes and even kings who were caught up in the fighting.
Series 8
Fred Sirieix guides Rattus through the Horrible History of Manners, including the benefits of not holding farts in and Puritan dating,. And Jane Austen visits Historical Love Island.
Series 7
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
A special episode of the historical sketch show, featuring songs from the series by King Alfred, Henry VIII, William the Conqueror and more.
Series 7
Horrible Histories takes a look at the world's greatest heroes and villains. Featuring Martin Luther King Jr and Al Capone.
A special episode of the historical sketch show. A look at the life and times of William Shakespeare, from his humble beginnings to his success.
Series 9
Charles Darwin hosts a timely look at how we’ve treated the planet throughout history. With Henry VIII, the inventor of the plastic bag and Judge Rinder!
Series 7
From the earliest screeches of the neanderthal, right through to Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar, Rattus Rattus guides us through the story of music making.
Series 9
Count Rattula guides us through some of history’s greatest myths and monsters, including Henry VIII’s Robin Hood obsession and ancient ghostbusters.
Series 8
The Horrible History of (sometimes literally) dressing to kill. Henry VIII has beef over whose armour is best and Louis XV dresses as a hedge.
Series 5
Historical sketch show. Charles Dickens sings about his life and books, and Vlad the Impaler reveals his horrible new plan for keeping out the neighbours.
Series 6
A special episode of the historical sketch show, featuring ghastly Genghis Khan, the wise Confucius and a dance-off during a naval battle!