Series 1, Episode 7
Tiff Stevenson on the discovery of DNA, James Acaster talks Henry II and Thomas Beckett, and Romesh Ranganathan chats William the Conqueror.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 23rd February 2015
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- Comedy Central
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Regular cast | |
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Jimmy Carr | Narrator |
Guest cast | |
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Ralph Ineson | King Henry II |
Steve Oram | Thomas Becket |
Marek Larwood | Knight |
Adam Riches | James Watson |
Joseph Morpurgo | Francis Crick |
Lisa McAllister | Boss 1 |
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett | Maurice Wilkins |
Alice Lowe | Rosalind Franklin |
Joe Varley (as Joseph Varley) | Knight |
Richard Rycroft | Boss 2 |
Romesh Ranganathan | Self |
Tiffany Stevenson (as Tiff Stevenson) | Self |
James Acaster | Self |
Writing team | |
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Dominic English | Writer (Additional Material) |
Production team | |
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Tom McKay | Director |
Ben Rogers | Producer |
Andy Brereton | Executive Producer |
Jill Offman | Executive Producer |
Lourdes Diaz | Executive Producer |
Joe McVey | Executive Producer |
Nick Murray Willis | Animation |

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