Drunk History
- TV comedy
- Comedy Central
- 2014 - 2017
- 29 episodes (3 series)
British version of the hit US format in which an inebriated narrator attempts to recount an event from history. Stars Jimmy Carr.
- Series 1, Episode 5 repeated Wednesday at 10pm on CC Extra
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 6
Joe Lycett interview
What's your secret drunk munchies food?
When I come home completely wasted after a night out, my absolute guilty pleasure is to secretly prepare a slowly braised British pork belly with minted pea purée and smoked apple crackling which I then smash into the ground with my fists because I am a vegetarian.
Are you a good or a bad drunk?
If a good drunk is someone who doesn't rent a Nissan Micra and fill it with half a dozen hoes, then I am not a good drunk.
Tell us your funniest story from a drunken night out...
There was this hilarious time when I got into the back of an Uber [taxi] on my own after a glass or two of Chataeux-neuf-du-pape and gently stroked the driver's neck and thighs. It was so lol.
If you could be one historical figure who would you be and why?
I would be myself 10 minutes ago. Don't ask me what I was doing 10 minutes ago but it involves a pigeon and a bag of poisoned crisps.
Who would you most like to have a pint with from history and why?
Young Stalin. Because he was fit.
If you could go back in time to any moment in history when would it be and why?
To when young Stalin was taking a bath.
Anthony Head interview
What's your secret drunk munchies food?
There's nothing secret about nuts.
Are you a good or a bad drunk?
Good - just like to be gently merry, not bladdered (favourite tipple: tequila, the only euphoric) because I prefer to laugh than watch the room spin - or throw up.
Tell us your funniest story from a drunken night out...
Not exactly the funniest - on a 21st birthday, somebody thought it would be fun to buy me as many whisky & cokes as I was old - I got to eighteen before I had to be carried out of the pub. My girlfriend at the time was not happy - she had planned an evening's celebrations. I was just ill.
OR
Celebrating my daughter's 21st birthday in NY, I finished off my partner's very strong margherita - just... one... too... many. Got the giggles as my other daughter was very seriously trying to confirm our flight back to LA. Silly giggles. One daughter getting crosser, the other finding it very funny and videoing it. Just could not stop laughing, crying with laughter - decided I'd like to go to Munich instead.
If you could be one historical figure who would you be and why?
Leonardo Da Vinci - I'd just like to have a feel of what it must be like to have that mind and that talent. Wouldn't have to be for long, I might not be able to cope.
Who would you most like to have a pint with from history and why?
Oscar Wilde - to bask in that wit for a while, although I'd probably struggle to keep up.
If you could go back in time to any moment in history when would it be and why?
The building of Stonehenge - how the hell?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 16th March 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Comedy Central
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
- Thursday 2nd June 2022 at 12:30am on CC Extra
- Thursday 2nd June 2022 at 1:30am on CC Extra
- Saturday 4th June 2022 at 1:30am on CC Extra
- Saturday 4th June 2022 at 2:30am on CC Extra
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Thursday 17th March 2016 | 11:00pm | CC Extra |
Friday 18th March 2016 | 11:00pm | Comedy Central |
Sunday 20th March 2016 | 3:25am | Comedy Central |
Monday 21st March 2016 | 2:05am | Comedy Central |
Tuesday 22nd March 2016 | 12:00am | Comedy Central |
Wednesday 29th June 2016 | 10:30pm | Comedy Central |
Friday 1st July 2016 | 11:30pm | Comedy Central |
Wednesday 17th August 2016 | 2:30am | Comedy Central |
Saturday 20th August 2016 | 12:00am | CC Extra |
Saturday 31st December 2016 | 2:30am | CC Extra |
Monday 2nd January 2017 | 3:10am | Comedy Central |
Wednesday 1st March 2017 | 10:30pm | Comedy Central |
Saturday 4th March 2017 | 1:00am | CC Extra |
Sunday 5th March 2017 | 1:30am | CC Extra |
Friday 24th August 2018 | 3:25am | CC Extra |
Thursday 18th April 2019 | 3:00am | CC Extra |
Thursday 23rd January 2020 | 12:00am | Comedy Central |
Wednesday 29th January 2020 | 12:20am | Comedy Central |
Saturday 1st February 2020 | 3:45am | CC Extra |
Tuesday 3rd November 2020 | 1:30am | CC Extra |
Wednesday 4th November 2020 | 1:30am | CC Extra |
Friday 6th November 2020 | 1:30am | CC Extra |
Sunday 8th November 2020 | 2:30am | CC Extra |
Monday 9th November 2020 | 1:30am | CC Extra |
Saturday 3rd July 2021 | 12:40am | CC Extra |
Monday 5th July 2021 | 2:40am | CC Extra |
Saturday 25th September 2021 | 2:00am | CC Extra |
Monday 27th September 2021 | 3:00am | CC Extra |
Saturday 2nd October 2021 | 1:30am | CC Extra |
Thursday 3rd February 2022 | 3:20am | CC Extra |
Friday 4th February 2022 | 2:30am | CC Extra |
Friday 4th February 2022 | 3:25am | CC Extra |
Tuesday 8th February 2022 | 3:25am | CC Extra |
Sunday 15th May 2022 | 1:00am | CC Extra |
Saturday 21st May 2022 | 2:00am | CC Extra |
Cast & crew
Jimmy Carr | Narrator |
Naz Osmanoglu | Napoléon Bonaparte |
Tim Downie | Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve |
Alexander Kirk | King George III |
Anthony Head | Admiral Horatio Nelson |
Alex Macqueen | Hardy |
Luke Kempner | Dr. William Beatty |
Ivan Gonzalez | English Seaman |
Phil Ellis | Second English Seaman |
Sarah Alexander | Queen Elizabeth I |
Lucy Middleditch | Queen's Courtier |
Jamie Demetriou | Queen's Courtier |
Owen Roberts | King Philip II of Spain |
Brett Goldstein | Robert Dudley |
Beattie Edmondson | Lettice Devereux, Countess of Essex |
Joe Lycett | Self |
Ellie Taylor | Self |
Dominic English | Writer (Additional Material) |
Tom McKay | Director |
Ben Rogers | Producer |
Andy Brereton | Executive Producer |
Jill Offman | Executive Producer |
Lourdes Diaz | Executive Producer |
Stuart Lutes | Editor |
Mo Holden | Production Designer |
Nick Murray Willis | Animation |
Videos
Queen Elizabeth
Ellie Taylor tells the story of Queen Elizabeth, with Sarah Alexander playing the monarch.