Horrible Histories
"The history they don't teach you in school."
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.
Crew
Terry Deary
Seasons
Series 1
13 Episodes
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
12 Episodes
2010
Series 3
13 Episodes
2011
Series 4
13 Episodes
2012
Series 5
13 Episodes
2013
Series 6
15 Episodes
2015
Series 7
15 Episodes
2017
Season 8
15 Episodes
2019
Season 9
15 Episodes
2021
Historical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary.
Season 10
15 Episodes
2023
Season 11
15 Episodes
2025