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.
- Continues tomorrow on CBBC at 5:30pm with Series 10, Episode 12
- Catch-up on Series 10, Episode 11
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Horrible Christmas
Further details
Christmas is a time for charity, hope, and goodwill to all men... or if it's the Horrible Histories Christmas Special it's a time for farting jesters, Christmas cards full of bacon, and having the festive meal confiscated by Oliver Cromwell.
This one-off Christmas Special dives headlong into showcasing bizarre Yuletide absurdities over the centuries with the programme's unique blend of sketches, pastiches and song.
Find out how William the Conqueror was crowned on Christmas Day 1066, but when the congregation cheered his soldiers thought it was a riot and burned down Westminster Abbey.
Gasp at the tale of King Henry II's famous medieval jester, Roland the Farter, the man whose sole job was to fart on Christmas Day.
And learn how Victorian Christmas cards could be really weird. Some included a slice of bacon, an extracted tooth, a luggage label or even a dead mouse.
Horrible Histories Christmas Special reveals all this and more in a foul festive treat - the smelliest, silliest, goriest stories about everyone's favourite time of year.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 17th December 2010
- Time
- 5pm
- Channel
- CBBC
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Friday 24th December 2010 | 9:00am | BBC1 |
Tuesday 20th December 2011 | 11:00am | CBBC |
Tuesday 20th December 2011 | 5:30pm | CBBC |
Saturday 24th December 2011 | 8:15am | BBC2 |
Sunday 25th December 2011 | 7:35am | CBBC |
Sunday 25th December 2011 | 5:30pm | CBBC |
Friday 21st December 2012 | 4:30pm | CBBC |
Sunday 23rd December 2012 | 4:00pm | BBC HD |
Monday 24th December 2012 | 8:10am | CBBC |
Tuesday 25th December 2012 | 8:00am | BBC2 |
Friday 13th December 2013 | 5:30pm | CBBC |
Sunday 15th December 2013 | 8:55am | CBBC |
Sunday 22nd December 2013 | 11:55am | CBBC |
Wednesday 25th December 2013 | 1:25pm | CBBC |
Thursday 11th December 2014 | 5:00pm | CBBC |
Thursday 18th December 2014 | 6:00pm | CBBC |
Wednesday 16th December 2015 | 4:30pm | CBBC |
Friday 25th December 2015 | 5:30pm | CBBC |
Saturday 26th December 2015 | 8:20am | CBBC |
Monday 12th December 2016 | 8:30pm | CBBC |
Thursday 15th December 2016 | 5:30pm | CBBC |
Sunday 25th December 2016 | 3:45pm | CBBC |
Sunday 25th December 2016 | 8:30pm | CBBC |
Wednesday 13th December 2017 | 4:30pm | CBBC |
Friday 15th December 2017 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Saturday 16th December 2017 | 2:40pm | CBBC |
Sunday 17th December 2017 | 10:05am | CBBC |
Monday 25th December 2017 | 4:00pm | CBBC |
Tuesday 26th December 2017 | 7:10pm | CBBC |
Wednesday 19th December 2018 | 4:30pm | CBBC |
Friday 21st December 2018 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Tuesday 25th December 2018 | 1:45pm | CBBC |
Wednesday 26th December 2018 | 1:25pm | CBBC |
Thursday 19th December 2019 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Sunday 22nd December 2019 | 11:25am | CBBC |
Monday 23rd December 2019 | 6:35pm | CBBC |
Wednesday 25th December 2019 | 7:30pm | CBBC |
Thursday 26th December 2019 | 8:20pm | CBBC |
Friday 27th December 2019 | 4:55pm | CBBC |
Monday 7th December 2020 | 5:30pm | CBBC |
Monday 7th December 2020 | 7:30pm | CBBC |
Thursday 17th December 2020 | 9:00am | CBBC |
Thursday 17th December 2020 | 6:45pm | CBBC |
Tuesday 22nd December 2020 | 7:00pm | CBBC |
Thursday 24th December 2020 | 8:30pm | CBBC |
Friday 25th December 2020 | 6:10pm | CBBC |
Saturday 26th December 2020 | 8:45am | CBBC |
Wednesday 1st December 2021 | 10:00am | CBBC |
Friday 10th December 2021 | 8:30pm | CBBC |
Sunday 12th December 2021 | 1:30pm | CBBC |
Sunday 12th December 2021 | 6:00pm | CBBC |
Monday 13th December 2021 | 6:20pm | CBBC |
Thursday 16th December 2021 | 9:25am | CBBC |
Thursday 23rd December 2021 | 5:00pm | CBBC |
Saturday 25th December 2021 | 9:20am | CBBC |
Saturday 25th December 2021 | 5:00pm | CBBC |
Sunday 26th December 2021 | 9:05am | CBBC |
Friday 2nd December 2022 | 5:30pm | CBBC |
Tuesday 20th December 2022 | 6:00pm | CBBC |
Sunday 25th December 2022 | 11:40am | CBBC |
Friday 8th December 2023 | 10:30am | CBBC |
Wednesday 13th December 2023 | 6:00pm | CBBC |
Wednesday 20th December 2023 | 1:55pm | CBBC |
Sunday 24th December 2023 | 3:55pm | CBBC |
Cast & crew
Jim Howick | Various |
Simon Farnaby | Various |
Ben Willbond | Various |
Mathew Baynton | Various |
Martha Howe-Douglas | Various |
Laurence Rickard | Various |
Alice Lowe | Ensemble Actor |
Lawry Lewin | Ensemble Actor |
John Eccleston | Rattus Rattus |
David Baddiel | Vincenzo Larfoff |
Lucy Clarke | Writer |
Laurence Rickard | Writer |
Gerard Foster | Writer |
Giles Pilbrow | Writer |
Jon Holmes | Writer |
Steve Connelly | Director |
Dominic Brigstocke | Director |
Chloe Thomas | Director |
Caroline Norris | Series Producer |
Giles Pilbrow | Producer |
Imogen Cooper | Producer |
Richard Bradley | Executive Producer |
Alison Gregory | Executive Producer |
Nigel Williams | Editor |
Mike Holliday | Editor |
Miranda Jones | Production Designer |
Richie Webb | Composer |