Series · 2009 · Family
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.
11 seasons · 154 episodes

Episode 01
Episode 1
A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.

Episode 02
Episode 2
A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.

Episode 03
Episode 3
A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.

Episode 04
Episode 4
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.

Episode 05
Episode 5
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.

Episode 06
Episode 6
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.

Episode 07
Episode 7
There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.

Episode 08
Episode 8
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.

Episode 09
Episode 9
A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.

Episode 10
Episode 10
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.

Episode 11
Episode 11
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.

Episode 12
Episode 12
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.

Episode 13
Episode 13
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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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.
Horrible Histories is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The family from Terry Deary has 11 seasons and 154 total episodes, rated 8.0/10 by 71 viewers.
Horrible Histories has 11 seasons with 154 episodes in total.
Horrible Histories is currently in production and returning for new episodes.
Horrible Histories airs on CBBC.
Horrible Histories first aired on April 16, 2009.
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