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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13 episodes
1. Episode 1A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.TV-PGCC30minApr 16, 2009
2. Episode 2A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.TV-PGCC30minApr 23, 2009
3. Episode 3A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.TV-PGCC30minApr 30, 2009
4. Episode 4The 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.TV-PGCC30minMay 7, 2009
5. Episode 5A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and there are some disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt.TV-PGCC30minMay 14, 2009
6. Episode 6An 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.TV-PGCC30minMay 21, 2009
7. Episode 7There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.TV-PGCC30minMay 28, 2009
8. Episode 8The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, a caveman goes on a TV cookery show, and we discover the bizarre causes of the First World War.TV-PGCC30minJun 4, 2009
9. Episode 9A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.TV-PGCC30minJun 11, 2009
10. Episode 10HHTV 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.TV-PGCC30minJun 18, 2009
11. Episode 11Queen 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.TV-PGCC30minJun 25, 2009
12. Episode 12A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names, the Romans run out of animals to execute, and Queen Victoria advertises her exercise DVD.TV-PGCC30minJul 2, 2009
13. Episode 13A 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.TV-PGCC30minJul 9, 2009
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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.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Terry Deary
- Studio
- Lion Television, Citrus Television
