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Horrible Histories

8.0·11 seasons·154 episodes·92 min avg.·United Kingdom

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.

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Apr 16, 2009·6.7

A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.

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Episode 2
Apr 23, 2009·6.3

A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.

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Episode 3
Apr 30, 2009·6.0

A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.

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Episode 4
May 7, 2009·6.8

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.

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Episode 5
May 14, 2009·7.0

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.

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Episode 6
May 21, 2009·7.0

An evil Greek god appears on a daytime chat show, a rich Georgian swaps his wife with a peasant, and we meet some weird medieval monsters.

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Episode 7
May 28, 2009·7.5

There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.

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Episode 8
Jun 4, 2009·6.0

The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, a caveman goes on a TV cookery show, and we discover the bizarre causes of the First World War.

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Episode 9
Jun 11, 2009·7.0

A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.

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Episode 10
Jun 18, 2009·7.0

HHTV News reports live from the Battle of Thermopylae, Celt housewives find decorative uses for severed heads, and we learn the revolting truth about Roman toilets.

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Episode 11
Jun 25, 2009·8.0

Queen Victoria learns that her British comforts are not very British, a Viking warrior won't stop talking in rhyme, and on 'Axe Factor', the contestants try to become executioners.

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Episode 12
Jul 2, 2009·7.5

A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names, the Romans run out of animals to execute, and Queen Victoria advertises her exercise DVD.

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Episode 13
Jul 9, 2009·7.0

A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, the Romans host their own revolting cookery show and William Shakespeare is haunted by the ghost of King Richard III.

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