TV series

Horrible Histories

Name: Horrible Histories
Genre: Family, Comedy
Released: 2009-04-16
Cast: Ben Willbond, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard, Jalaal Hartley, Jessica Ransom

200911 seasons154 episodes★ 8.0

FamilyComedy

The history they don't teach you in school.

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Overview

Based 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 details

First air date: 2009
Last air date: 2025
Status: Returning Series
Seasons: 11
Episodes: 154
Episode runtime: 92 min
Genres: Family, Comedy
Original language: EN
Origin country: GB
Networks: CBBC
Created by: Terry Deary
Production: Lion Television, Citrus Television

Cast

Ben Willbond

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Mathew Baynton

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Laurence Rickard

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Jalaal Hartley

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Jessica Ransom

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Jess Robinson

Additional Voices

Seasons

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Series 1

2009

13 episodes

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.