Horrible Histories
- TV sketch show
- CBBC / BBC One
- 2009 - 2024
- 140 episodes (10 series)
Hit sketch show based on surprising facts from world history, inspired by the hit children's book series. Stars Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby, Ben Willbond, Mathew Baynton, Martha Howe-Douglas and more.
- Returns tomorrow on CBBC at 5:30pm with Series 10, Episode 11
- Series 10, Episode 5 repeated Monday at 6pm on CBBC
- Streaming rank this week: 477
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 13
Further details
The critically acclaimed historical comedy series concludes this week in true Horrible Histories style, with a selection of sketches packed with gore and toilet humour.
Roman Kitchen Nightmares examines the culinary tastes of the Romans, including tantalising dishes such as sheep's lungs mixed with rotten fish, and the programme also explores the communal delights of Roman lavatoriums.
Meanwhile, guts and gore from Victorian times are detailed in a sketch about life in Crimean hospitals before the arrival of Florence Nightingale, and the macabre carryings on of body snatchers Burke and Hare - who murdered people to sell their bodies to the Edinburgh physician Knox for dissection - are regaled in song.
Rounding off the programme, the last Pharaoh of Egypt is revealed in This is Your Reign; and the ghost of Richard III returns to question Shakespeare's artistic license and lack of historical accuracy.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 9th July 2009
- Time
- 4:35pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Thursday 8th April 2010 | 4:05pm | BBC1 |
Thursday 16th December 2010 | 3:05pm | BBC1 |
Sunday 22nd May 2011 | 3:30pm | CBBC |
Monday 30th May 2011 | 10:00am | CBBC |
Friday 9th December 2011 | 4:30pm | BBC1 |
Friday 6th April 2012 | 7:40am | CBBC |
Friday 6th April 2012 | 5:00pm | CBBC |
Friday 13th April 2012 | 11:00am | CBBC |
Friday 13th July 2012 | 10:00am | CBBC |
Saturday 13th April 2013 | 10:05am | CBBC |
Sunday 14th April 2013 | 2:10pm | CBBC |
Tuesday 30th July 2013 | 10:30am | CBBC |
Wednesday 18th September 2013 | 7:45am | CBBC |
Sunday 2nd February 2014 | 4:30pm | CBBC |
Sunday 6th April 2014 | 6:30pm | CBBC |
Thursday 28th April 2016 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Wednesday 18th January 2017 | 7:30pm | CBBC |
Sunday 14th May 2017 | 9:30am | CBBC |
Sunday 14th May 2017 | 3:25pm | CBBC |
Saturday 20th May 2017 | 4:10pm | CBBC |
Thursday 22nd March 2018 | 11:25am | CBBC |
Thursday 22nd March 2018 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Monday 6th August 2018 | 9:05am | CBBC |
Monday 6th August 2018 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Wednesday 19th September 2018 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Thursday 13th December 2018 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Thursday 10th January 2019 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Sunday 16th June 2019 | 10:45am | CBBC |
Tuesday 10th September 2019 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Wednesday 8th February 2023 | 8:35am | CBBC |
Saturday 8th April 2023 | 11:05am | CBBC |
Tuesday 17th October 2023 | 10:25am | CBBC |
Cast & crew
Jim Howick | Various |
Simon Farnaby | Various |
Ben Willbond | Various |
Mathew Baynton | Various |
Martha Howe-Douglas | Various |
Laurence Rickard | Various |
Sarah Hadland | Various |
Jon Culshaw | Various (Voice) |
Jess Robinson | Various (Voice) |
Giles Terera | Ensemble Actor |
Katy Wix | Ensemble Actor |
Javone Prince | Ensemble Actor |
John Eccleston | Rattus Rattus |
Ben Ward | Writer |
Dave Cohen | Writer |
Jon Holmes | Writer |
Steve Connelly | Director |
Chloe Thomas | Director |
Caroline Norris | Series Producer |
Giles Pilbrow | Producer |
Dominic Brigstocke | Producer |
Richard Bradley | Executive Producer |
Kim Shillinglaw | Executive Producer |
Charlie Fawcett | Editor |
Michelle Turkington | Editor |
Miranda Jones | Production Designer |
Richie Webb | Composer |
Matt Katz | Composer |