Horrible Histories (2009)
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Episodes 30
Formidable Florence Nightingale
There is much more to Florence Nightingale than being 'The Lady with the Lamp'...
Read MoreMonstrous Musicians
Horrible Histories charts monstrous musicians, from Neanderthal screeches to Jimi Hendrix.
Read MoreExceptional Explorers
Meet explorers throughout the ages, from Vikings in America to the first man on the moon.
Read MoreRidiculous Romantics
Take a journey of romance through history, including King Henry VIII's 6 First Dates.
Read MoreAtrocious Artists
From Dali's surrealism to Chris Ofili's elephant poo, Horrible Histories does art history.
Read MoreHeroic Heroes And Villainous Villains
Steve Biceps searches for his top Deadly 60 villains, and Rattus meets his inner demons.
Read MoreIngenious Inventors
From the wheel to WIFI, Horrible Histories takes a look at the world's greatest inventors.
Read MorePreposterous US Presidents
Horrible Histories looks at the 45 US presidents so far, and they are a strange bunch.
Read MoreRuthless Rulers
From Vicious Vikings to 20th Century tyrants, experience history's most ruthless rulers.
Read MoreRevolting Russian Revolutions
Horrible Histories explores Russia's Revolting past in this bumper special episode.
Read MoreHorrid Health
Will drilling a hole in your head really cure a headache? Horrible Histories investigates.
Read MoreDeadly Dynasties
Horrible Histories explores some of the most famous families that have shaped the world.
Read MoreSavage Songs
An episode featuring songs from the series. Join the Horrible Hearts Club Band to sing through music, or go Downtown Threat with Al Capone.
Read MoreAwesome Ancient Civilisations
The team takes a look at many ancient cultures. Sketches: Alex the great finds out about kissing The Romans, Greeks and Chinese face off in a rap battle
Read MoreTerrible Tudors
Go through the history of the Tudor dynasty, through from Henry seven to Elizabeth the 1st. Along the way, also find out about Mary 1, in her vlog.
Read MoreQueen Vic's Home Vids
Featuring Victorian fake news, paparazzi, and cameramen strapped to the front of moving trains, Queen Victoria shows you how her subjects invented and became obsessed with films!
Read MoreFashion Faux Pas
The Horrible History of (sometimes literally) dressing to kill. Henry VIII has beef over whose armour is best and Louis XV dresses as a hedge.
Read MoreChaotic Collabs
History is filled with tales of great minds coming together, and collaborating, to achieve incredible things. It’s also full of idiots working together to create an unholy mess, and people forming partnerships for decidedly sinister reasons - welcome to Horrible Histories’ Chaotic Collabs!
Read MoreMind Your Manners!
Rattus is panicking, as the Rat Queen is visiting the sewer and he has no idea how to behave nicely around royalty! Not only that, if he can somehow appear attractive to the Queen, maybe he could be the next Rat King?! Luckily, help is at hand in the (very well-mannered) shape of First Dates’ Fred Sirieix, a man who knows all about how to behave politely in high society. Fred will guide Rattus through the Horrible History of Manners and Etiquette, in a bid to help him on his quest.
Read MoreFearsome Families
Families - sometimes you love them, sometimes you bicker with them, and sometimes you marry them off to consolidate your power in Europe. Welcome to a look at some of history’s most fearsome families.
Read MoreBizarre Beasts
A look at some of the various ways in which, throughout history, humans have lived with, worked with, and interacted with animals.
Read MoreMoon Mayhem
Comedian and space nerd Dara O Briain joins Rattus as guest host for a special show that marks the anniversary of the 1969 moon landings.
Read MorePutrid Politics
Dani Dyer becomes Rattus’ political advisor as we look at everything from the birth of democracy to Margaret Thatcher having to change her voice so she would be taken more seriously.
Read MoreHeroic Home Front
A look at how World War II played out on the home front, featuring Churchill's secret loo, the heroic 'ATA Girls' and German spies being caught out by their delicious sausages.
Read MoreFierce Females
A celebration of some of history’s greatest females, including Spartan Queen Gorgo terrorising Historical Love Island, supergroup The Tudor Queens and the original Wonder Women.
Read MoreOutrageous Olympics
Alex Scott joins Rattus for a sport-themed special. Mary Queen of Scots goes grief-golfing, the H2 Freestylers take on a whole village, and the sports-mad Henry VIII sings Get Sweaty.
Read MoreHolly H Song Special
Rattus has launched his own radio station (‘BBC Radio Number Two’) and who better to advise him on the songs he should be playing than social media star Holly H? Together, they bring us a collection of some of the best songs of this series, plus new material from some of the famous historical faces we meet along the way.
Read MoreFantastic Firsts Special
A special show featuring some of history’s greatest firsts, including the first ever library, Olympic Games, people on the moon and rat roller-skating on TV!
Read MoreBeastly Bodily Functions Special
Doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken join Rattus for a selection of old and new sketches relating to bodies.
Read MoreMayflower Malarkey
The Puritans set sail, Queen Elizabeth I loses a colony, and the Founding Fathers sing!
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