Release Date

16 Apr, 2009

Runtime

01:32: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

139/10

Synopsis

The history they don't teach you in school.

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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Specials

27 Jul, 2010

Series 1

16 Apr, 2009

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.

Series 2

31 May, 2010

Series 3

30 May, 2011

Series 4

09 Apr, 2012

Series 5

27 May, 2013

Series 6

13 Feb, 2015

Series 7

15 Jun, 2017

Season 8

03 Jun, 2019

Season 9

30 Apr, 2021

Historical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary.

Season 10

16 Jun, 2023

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