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Savage Songs
A compilation of the songs from the series, featuring Spartan High School Musical, the Viking Rock Band, punky Queen Boudica, Incan emperor Pachacuti, the posh rapping of Charles II, Blackbeard the Pirate, George IV going solo, the Victorian Inventions song, and the World War 2 Girls.
Horrible Christmas
Christmas is a time for charity, hope and goodwill to all men - but for Horrible Histories it's a time of farting jesters, finding bacon in your Christmas card, and having your dinner confiscated by Oliver Cromwell. This episode showcases bizarre Yuletide absurdities from over the centuries with a unique blend of sketches, pastiche and song - a foul and festive treat. Revel in the smelliest, silliest and goriest stories about everyone's favourite time of year.
Horrible Histories Big Prom Party
As part of the 2011 BBC Proms, the cast of Horrible Histories join up with the Aurora Orchestra, the Choir from the Music Centre, the Kids Company Choir and a group of dancers for a special event. The show features a selection of songs from the first three series, some excerpts from classical pieces and original sketches.
Sport Relief Bob Report
Sport Special
Special sport episode of the historical sketch show, based on the successful series of books. All the top sporting action from the past, including Emperor Nero and Jesse Owens singing the history of the Olympics. We're at the finish line to see Pheidippides run the first ever marathon, then we count down the top Marathon Cheats of all time and take a look back at some of our favourite Horrible Histories sporting events.
Scary Special
Death from 'Stupid Deaths' presents a show full of spooky highlights in this Halloween special.
Ridiculous Romance
We find out what happens when Henry VIII takes part in TV show Dating In Darkness and meets latest love Anne of Cleves, discover the problems encountered by Queen Elizabeth I’s portrait artist, and are treated to romantic musical interludes from The Love Rats Club, plus Queen Victoria as she duets with Prince Albert. We also say hello to Rattus Rattus’s brand-new girlfriend Ratalie, who Rattus Rattus is hoping will be impressed by a romantic dinner of ‘cockroach in jus de rubbish bag’...
Frightful First World War
Bob Hale and Rattus Rattus guide us through the horrible history of 1914-18. Featuring the soldiers, pilots, civilians, girl guides, suffragettes and even kings who were all caught up in the fighting.
Sensational Shakespeare
The Bafta Award-winning Horrible Histories returns for a run of three specials, beginning with Sensational Shakespeare. April 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Britain's greatest playwright, William Shakespeare (or is it William Shagspeare or Willm Shakspere - even the great Bard himself didn't know!). In this episode, we look at the life and times of the playwright - from his largely unknown and humble beginnings in Stratford, through his times as a jobbing actor in London, to his success as the country's most respected and financially savvy writer. Along the way we meet his gang of London friends, the playwrights, poets and brawlers Marlowe, Jonson and Spenser. The episode looks at Shakespeare's little-known financial prowess, his legacy and the lasting influence of his work - not bad for a plot-stealing pen for hire! We also explore the social history of Britain and the world, and how, if you wanted to avoid the plague, it was important to eat your none-a-day portion of fruit and veg. All this served up with a healthy dollop of poo and wee! Also with, of course, our trusty host Rattus to guide the way!
Staggering Storytellers
Who wrote the first detective novel? When were books invented? Why do we like stories so much? In its own distinctive and irreverently accurate style, the episode takes a look at some of literature's greatest works and history's wackiest writers. Along the way we see the development of storytelling technology. We learn how a party at Lord Byron's house led to the writing of the Gothic masterpiece Frankenstein, and how Charles Dickens was the Harry Styles of his day. Spanning 3,000 years of recorded history we take a look at the funny and ridiculous ways some of our finest writers cured their writing block - did you know Tennyson used to pretend to go the loo as a party trick? Also, of course, our trusty host Rattus guides the way.
The Grisly Great Fire of London
For the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, Horrible Histories returns for a one-off special looking at the disaster and the events that surrounded it. On the night of 2 September, a spark from a baker’s oven in Pudding Lane ignited a fire which roared through the tightly packed streets of London, tearing up the timber-framed houses and destroying up to a third of the city. In true Horrible Histories fashion, this special episode explores London and Britain before the fire, full of plague and party in the raucous Restoration atmosphere personified by King Charles II. We see how London’s Mayor preferred to stay in bed during the fire because been partying the night before, and how Samuel Pepys rushed to bury his parmesan cheese for safety. We meet Christopher Wren, astronomer and self-styled architect. We see how his new St Paul’s, that rose phoenix-like from the ashes, was a physical manifestation of the ideas of the age. We take a look at Isaac Newton and the Royal Society with their wonderfully crazy and gruesome experiments! And, of course, our trusty sewer dweller Rattus to guide the way!
Savage Songs Special (2013)
Some of history's greatest characters serenade us with tales of their lives. Featuring the all-conquering Alexander the Great, the cash-loving Crassus, the feisty Joan of Arc, the brilliant but miserable Charles Dickens and the very determined Rosa Parks.
Savage Songs Special (2012)
In a special musical episode of the award-winning Horrible Histories, host Rattus Rattus chooses his favourite songs from the fourth series to entertain his young nephew.
Top 5: 1. Football with Alex Scott
England footie star Alex Scott delves into the Horrible history of Soccer. From the Middle Ages, when whole villages would play against each other, with dire injuries as a consequence - to the famous Christmas truce in World War 1, when British and German troops put down their guns and spoke the universal language of football.
Top 5: 2. Back to School with Emily Atack
Back to School??! Ugh! It could be worse, though – in honour of everyone going back to school, Emily Atack takes you through the Horrible History of what school days were like in the past…
Black History Month with Oti Mabuse
In celebration of Black History Month, Oti Mabuse brings you a selection of Horrible Histories sketches and songs featuring Rosa Parks, Civil War spy Mary Bowser, pioneering boxer Bill Richmond, plus Mary Seacole and Martin Luther King Jr.
Brexit
Nish Kumar brings us a selection of sketches about European Historical figures, featuring the dance stylings of the Normans, Italian fashion, Leonardo da Vinci, Louis XIV’s bottom problems & the vocal stylings of the Four Georges…
Savage Songs Special (2011)
Chronological compilation of the standout music videos from the third series, as chosen by the producers. An encore is omitted this year to make room for the slightly longer "Monarchs' Song".
Song - The 4 Georges. Born 2 Rule
Song - The Wives of Henry VIII. Divorced Beheaded & Died
Song - Making a Mummy
Song - Terrible Tudors
Song - A Gorgeous Georgian Lady
Song - A Gorgeous Georgian Lady
Song - I'm a Knight
Song - Caveman Love
Song - It's Not True!
Song - The Plague Song
Song - British Things
Song - We are Greek
Song - Burke & Hare
Song - Literally (The Viking Song)
Song - Charles II. King of Bling
All hail Charles, the king who liked spaniels, and knew where the party was at.
Song - Spartan High School Musical
Song - We're the WWII Girls
Song - George IV. Couldn't Stand My Wife
Song - Blackbeard's Song
Song - Victorian Inventions
Song - Learn Your Hieroglyphics
Song - Real Live Cowboys
Song - Boudicca
Song - Funky Monks
Song - Do the Pachacuti
Song - Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Stand and Deliver! Dandy highwayman Dick Turpin commits daylight robbery.
Song - All The Monarchs!
Every English king and queen, since William first that there have been. All together now - William, William, Henry, Stephen....
Song - William Wallace, Scottish Rebel
Song - Work, Terrible Work!
Song - Ra Ra Cleopatra
Egyptian Queen Cleo goes 'Gaga' in this tribute to her Bad Romances.
Song - The Truth About Richard III
Song - The Evil Emperors' Song
Song - The Suffragettes' Song
Votes for Women! Historical Girl Power from Pankhurst and Fawcett.
Song - Discaztec (Ain't Staying Alive)
Song - The English Civil War Song
Song - The Ages of Stone
Song - Celtic Boast Battle
Song - The Few (RAF Pilots)
Song - Charles Darwin. Natural Selection
Song - The Thinkers
Song - It's a New World (Pilgrim Fathers)
Song - Mary Seacole
Song - Victoria & Albert. A Love Ballad
Song - We've got The Blue-Blooded Blues
Song - The Luddites!
Song - The Borgia Family
Song - Mary the First
Song - William Shakespeare & the Quills
Song - (We're the) Georgian Navy
Song - Rosa Parks. I Sat on a Bus
Song - Vikings and Garfunkel
Song - Charles Dickens
Song - Crassus. Minted
Song - Joan of Arc
Song - Alexander the Great
Song - Owain Glyndŵr. First Prince of Wales
Song - Transportation
Song - Henry VII. The Original Tu-Tu-Tudor
Song - Matilda(s) and Stephen ... and Henry
Song - Australia
Song - We're History (The Finale)
Science with Dara Ó Briain
In honour of Science Week, Dara Ó Briain brings you some of his favourite science-themed sketches, including the music of Charles Darwin, the serious goings-on at The Royal Society, Historical Paramedics, Victorian Inventions and Vaccinations…
The Bits We Left Out (S02)
Second season extended episodes and sketches.
The Bits That Went Wrong (S02)
Outtakes and gag reel from the second season
Season 2 Quizzes
All quizzes from the second season
Stuff We Couldn't Fit In (S03)
More cut or extended scenes and sketches from the third season
More Bits That Went Wrong (S03)
More hilarious outtakes and gag reel from the third season.
Season 3 Quizzes
Quizzes from the third season.
More Stuff We Couldn't Fit In (S04)
Extended scenes and cut sketches from the fourth season.
Stuff That Didn't Make It
Finished work that had content that didn't match the themes.
Season 4 Quizzes
Quizzes from the fourth season.
Season 5 Quizzes
Even More Stuff We Couldn't Fit In (S5)
Even More Bits That Went Wrong (S5)
Animated Specials: 1. Gruesome Guide to Growing Up
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
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.
'Orrible Opera
Henry VIII, Queen Victoria and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are our hosts for a special live concert as part of the BBC Proms season at London’s Royal Albert Hall, introducing us to the world of opera. Mozart is sure that the Horrible Histories audience will love opera, with all its grisly and gruesome stories. But Queen Victoria is not so sure, thinking opera is totally unsuitable for children. In fact, she thinks the audience need to leave at once! Can Mozart change her mind?
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A compilation of the songs from the series, featuring Spartan High School Musical, the Viking Rock Band, punky Queen Boudica, Incan emperor Pachacuti, the posh rapping of Charles II, Blackbeard the Pirate, George IV going solo, the Victorian Inventions song, and the World War 2 Girls.
Horrible Christmas
Christmas is a time for charity, hope and goodwill to all men - but for Horrible Histories it's a time of farting jesters, finding bacon in your Christmas card, and having your dinner confiscated by Oliver Cromwell. This episode showcases bizarre Yuletide absurdities from over the centuries with a unique blend of sketches, pastiche and song - a foul and festive treat. Revel in the smelliest, silliest and goriest stories about everyone's favourite time of year.
Horrible Histories Big Prom Party
As part of the 2011 BBC Proms, the cast of Horrible Histories join up with the Aurora Orchestra, the Choir from the Music Centre, the Kids Company Choir and a group of dancers for a special event. The show features a selection of songs from the first three series, some excerpts from classical pieces and original sketches.
Sport Relief Bob Report
Sport Special
Special sport episode of the historical sketch show, based on the successful series of books. All the top sporting action from the past, including Emperor Nero and Jesse Owens singing the history of the Olympics. We're at the finish line to see Pheidippides run the first ever marathon, then we count down the top Marathon Cheats of all time and take a look back at some of our favourite Horrible Histories sporting events.
Scary Special
Death from 'Stupid Deaths' presents a show full of spooky highlights in this Halloween special.
Ridiculous Romance
We find out what happens when Henry VIII takes part in TV show Dating In Darkness and meets latest love Anne of Cleves, discover the problems encountered by Queen Elizabeth I’s portrait artist, and are treated to romantic musical interludes from The Love Rats Club, plus Queen Victoria as she duets with Prince Albert. We also say hello to Rattus Rattus’s brand-new girlfriend Ratalie, who Rattus Rattus is hoping will be impressed by a romantic dinner of ‘cockroach in jus de rubbish bag’...
Frightful First World War
Bob Hale and Rattus Rattus guide us through the horrible history of 1914-18. Featuring the soldiers, pilots, civilians, girl guides, suffragettes and even kings who were all caught up in the fighting.
Sensational Shakespeare
The Bafta Award-winning Horrible Histories returns for a run of three specials, beginning with Sensational Shakespeare. April 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Britain's greatest playwright, William Shakespeare (or is it William Shagspeare or Willm Shakspere - even the great Bard himself didn't know!). In this episode, we look at the life and times of the playwright - from his largely unknown and humble beginnings in Stratford, through his times as a jobbing actor in London, to his success as the country's most respected and financially savvy writer. Along the way we meet his gang of London friends, the playwrights, poets and brawlers Marlowe, Jonson and Spenser. The episode looks at Shakespeare's little-known financial prowess, his legacy and the lasting influence of his work - not bad for a plot-stealing pen for hire! We also explore the social history of Britain and the world, and how, if you wanted to avoid the plague, it was important to eat your none-a-day portion of fruit and veg. All this served up with a healthy dollop of poo and wee! Also with, of course, our trusty host Rattus to guide the way!
Staggering Storytellers
Who wrote the first detective novel? When were books invented? Why do we like stories so much? In its own distinctive and irreverently accurate style, the episode takes a look at some of literature's greatest works and history's wackiest writers. Along the way we see the development of storytelling technology. We learn how a party at Lord Byron's house led to the writing of the Gothic masterpiece Frankenstein, and how Charles Dickens was the Harry Styles of his day. Spanning 3,000 years of recorded history we take a look at the funny and ridiculous ways some of our finest writers cured their writing block - did you know Tennyson used to pretend to go the loo as a party trick? Also, of course, our trusty host Rattus guides the way.
The Grisly Great Fire of London
For the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, Horrible Histories returns for a one-off special looking at the disaster and the events that surrounded it. On the night of 2 September, a spark from a baker’s oven in Pudding Lane ignited a fire which roared through the tightly packed streets of London, tearing up the timber-framed houses and destroying up to a third of the city. In true Horrible Histories fashion, this special episode explores London and Britain before the fire, full of plague and party in the raucous Restoration atmosphere personified by King Charles II. We see how London’s Mayor preferred to stay in bed during the fire because been partying the night before, and how Samuel Pepys rushed to bury his parmesan cheese for safety. We meet Christopher Wren, astronomer and self-styled architect. We see how his new St Paul’s, that rose phoenix-like from the ashes, was a physical manifestation of the ideas of the age. We take a look at Isaac Newton and the Royal Society with their wonderfully crazy and gruesome experiments! And, of course, our trusty sewer dweller Rattus to guide the way!
Savage Songs Special (2013)
Some of history's greatest characters serenade us with tales of their lives. Featuring the all-conquering Alexander the Great, the cash-loving Crassus, the feisty Joan of Arc, the brilliant but miserable Charles Dickens and the very determined Rosa Parks.
Savage Songs Special (2012)
In a special musical episode of the award-winning Horrible Histories, host Rattus Rattus chooses his favourite songs from the fourth series to entertain his young nephew.
Top 5: 1. Football with Alex Scott
England footie star Alex Scott delves into the Horrible history of Soccer. From the Middle Ages, when whole villages would play against each other, with dire injuries as a consequence - to the famous Christmas truce in World War 1, when British and German troops put down their guns and spoke the universal language of football.
Top 5: 2. Back to School with Emily Atack
Back to School??! Ugh! It could be worse, though – in honour of everyone going back to school, Emily Atack takes you through the Horrible History of what school days were like in the past…
Black History Month with Oti Mabuse
In celebration of Black History Month, Oti Mabuse brings you a selection of Horrible Histories sketches and songs featuring Rosa Parks, Civil War spy Mary Bowser, pioneering boxer Bill Richmond, plus Mary Seacole and Martin Luther King Jr.
Brexit
Nish Kumar brings us a selection of sketches about European Historical figures, featuring the dance stylings of the Normans, Italian fashion, Leonardo da Vinci, Louis XIV’s bottom problems & the vocal stylings of the Four Georges…
Savage Songs Special (2011)
Chronological compilation of the standout music videos from the third series, as chosen by the producers. An encore is omitted this year to make room for the slightly longer "Monarchs' Song".
Song - The 4 Georges. Born 2 Rule
Song - The Wives of Henry VIII. Divorced Beheaded & Died
Song - Making a Mummy
Song - Terrible Tudors
Song - A Gorgeous Georgian Lady
Song - A Gorgeous Georgian Lady
Song - I'm a Knight
Song - Caveman Love
Song - It's Not True!
Song - The Plague Song
Song - British Things
Song - We are Greek
Song - Burke & Hare
Song - Literally (The Viking Song)
Song - Charles II. King of Bling
All hail Charles, the king who liked spaniels, and knew where the party was at.
Song - Spartan High School Musical
Song - We're the WWII Girls
Song - George IV. Couldn't Stand My Wife
Song - Blackbeard's Song
Song - Victorian Inventions
Song - Learn Your Hieroglyphics
Song - Real Live Cowboys
Song - Boudicca
Song - Funky Monks
Song - Do the Pachacuti
Song - Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Stand and Deliver! Dandy highwayman Dick Turpin commits daylight robbery.
Song - All The Monarchs!
Every English king and queen, since William first that there have been. All together now - William, William, Henry, Stephen....
Song - William Wallace, Scottish Rebel
Song - Work, Terrible Work!
Song - Ra Ra Cleopatra
Egyptian Queen Cleo goes 'Gaga' in this tribute to her Bad Romances.
Song - The Truth About Richard III
Song - The Evil Emperors' Song
Song - The Suffragettes' Song
Votes for Women! Historical Girl Power from Pankhurst and Fawcett.
Song - Discaztec (Ain't Staying Alive)
Song - The English Civil War Song
Song - The Ages of Stone
Song - Celtic Boast Battle
Song - The Few (RAF Pilots)
Song - Charles Darwin. Natural Selection
Song - The Thinkers
Song - It's a New World (Pilgrim Fathers)
Song - Mary Seacole
Song - Victoria & Albert. A Love Ballad
Song - We've got The Blue-Blooded Blues
Song - The Luddites!
Song - The Borgia Family
Song - Mary the First
Song - William Shakespeare & the Quills
Song - (We're the) Georgian Navy
Song - Rosa Parks. I Sat on a Bus
Song - Vikings and Garfunkel
Song - Charles Dickens
Song - Crassus. Minted
Song - Joan of Arc
Song - Alexander the Great
Song - Owain Glyndŵr. First Prince of Wales
Song - Transportation
Song - Henry VII. The Original Tu-Tu-Tudor
Song - Matilda(s) and Stephen ... and Henry
Song - Australia
Song - We're History (The Finale)
Science with Dara Ó Briain
In honour of Science Week, Dara Ó Briain brings you some of his favourite science-themed sketches, including the music of Charles Darwin, the serious goings-on at The Royal Society, Historical Paramedics, Victorian Inventions and Vaccinations…
The Bits We Left Out (S02)
Second season extended episodes and sketches.
The Bits That Went Wrong (S02)
Outtakes and gag reel from the second season
Season 2 Quizzes
All quizzes from the second season
Stuff We Couldn't Fit In (S03)
More cut or extended scenes and sketches from the third season
More Bits That Went Wrong (S03)
More hilarious outtakes and gag reel from the third season.
Season 3 Quizzes
Quizzes from the third season.
More Stuff We Couldn't Fit In (S04)
Extended scenes and cut sketches from the fourth season.
Stuff That Didn't Make It
Finished work that had content that didn't match the themes.
Season 4 Quizzes
Quizzes from the fourth season.
Season 5 Quizzes
Even More Stuff We Couldn't Fit In (S5)
Even More Bits That Went Wrong (S5)
Animated Specials: 1. Gruesome Guide to Growing Up
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
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.
'Orrible Opera
Henry VIII, Queen Victoria and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are our hosts for a special live concert as part of the BBC Proms season at London’s Royal Albert Hall, introducing us to the world of opera. Mozart is sure that the Horrible Histories audience will love opera, with all its grisly and gruesome stories. But Queen Victoria is not so sure, thinking opera is totally unsuitable for children. In fact, she thinks the audience need to leave at once! Can Mozart change her mind?