Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories is a TV show on CBBC. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 148 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2025.
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Horrible Histories
Strictly’s Shirley Ballas joins Rattus for a waltz through the history of dance, with Bruno Tonioli as Nero, who had his dance teacher killed, and Queen Vic’s Highland reel!
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Historical sketch show. A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, the Romans host their own revolting cookery show, and William Shakespeare is haunted by King Richard III's ghost.
Series 9
Horrible Histories brings you a cracking Christmas special, delving into the origins of the festive season.
Series 11
A massive pillow fight has broken out in the sewer between Rattus and his siblings. With that in mind, Rattus presents a special battle-themed show chock-full of fight-filled history.
Series 1
Historical sketch show based on the successful books. A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names and the Romans run out of animals to execute.
Series 9
Horrible Histories celebrates 100 years of the BBC with this special episode that takes us through the history of children’s TV.
Series 1
Historical sketch show based on the successful books. Queen Victoria learns that her British comforts are not British and on 'Axe Factor', contestants try to become executioners.
Historical sketch show. HHTV News reports from the Battle of Thermopylae, Celt housewives find uses for severed heads, and the truth about Roman toilets is revealed.
Historical sketch show. The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, and a caveman goes on a TV cookery show. Plus, discover the bizarre causes of World War I.
Historical sketch show based on the successful books. There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.
Series 5
Historical sketch show. There's a surprisingly charming Stuart highwayman, while the captain of the Titanic holds the world's worst safety briefing.
Series 11
Horrible Histories takes a short trip through the history of holidays, including Queen Victoria by the sea, Napoleon the tourist attraction and deadly sweet treats.
Series 1
Historical sketches. A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and there are some disgusting beauty tips from ancient Egypt.
Historical sketches. The Tudors sing their family history, Bob explains the history of Rome in two minutes, and a mad Victorian gentleman eats King Louis XIV's mummified heart.
Historical sketches. A Roman emperor finds an alternative to candles, an Egyptian tries to save on mummification, and Roundheads and Cavaliers take part in Historical Wife Swap.
Historical sketches based on the successful books. A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient, a whining pharaoh invents the pyramid, and Henry VIII meets his dead friends.
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 5
Historical sketch show. The Saxon gods form an unlikely team of superheroes and Rosa Parks sings about her struggle for equality
Series 11
General strikes! Surplus women! Deadly mummy’s curses! Winston Churchill fangirling over Charlie Chaplin! Take a trip to the Roaring Twenties!
Series 1
Historical sketch show. A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.