Horrible Histories. Image shows from L to R: Gemma Whelan, Ryan Sampson, Tom Stourton
Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories

  • TV sketch show
  • CBBC / BBC One
  • 2009 - 2024
  • 136 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.

  • Due to return for Series 11
  • Series 10, Episode 9 repeated tomorrow at 2:15pm on CBBC
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 969

Press clippings Page 11

Horrible Histories: comedy for all ages

The 'edutainment' show that makes history appealing to children returns for a third series on CBBC.

Maggie Brown, The Guardian, 25th May 2011

Win tickets to the Horrible Histories Prom!

Want to see the cast performing the brilliant Horrible Histories songs in the flesh? Then you'll want to head to the BBC Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall for a special Horrible Histories Prom at 11am on Saturday 30 July.

Radio Times, 24th May 2011

Laurence Rickard interview

Horrible Histories won three BAFTAs and a Comedy Award last year - not bad for a children's programme. The show's back on CBBC for a third series. Laurence Rickard, who both writes and appears in it, tells TV Choice more...

Martina Fowler, TV Choice, 24th May 2011

How Horrible Histories became a huge hit

The CBBC TV version of Horrible Histories has won yet another award. Now the kids' show, which has become cult daytime viewing, is moving to a primetime slot.

Leo Hickman, The Guardian, 17th March 2011

Horrible Histories style kids gameshow with Dave Lamb

Acerbic Come Dine With Me voice Dave Lamb is to host a children's quiz show - a spin-off from hit series Horrible Histories.

The Mirror, 9th February 2011

BBC orders Horrible Histories game show

The BBC is developing Gory Games, a CBBC game show spin-off from the British Comedy Award winning Horrible Histories sketch show.

British Comedy Guide, 9th February 2011

The best laughs are on children's TV

CBBC's Horrible Histories triumphed over its adult counterparts at the British Comedy Awards - and rightly so, says Gerard Gilbert.

Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 26th January 2011

The one we're really looking forward to is the Horrible Histories Christmas Special, featuring the likes of Simon Farnaby and Alice Lowe. Here be sketches about real-life oddities such as "Roland the Farter", a jester employed by King Henry II on Christmas day to maketh a noyse like a duck from his bottom parts.

Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 17th December 2010

The educational history series for children offers an insight into Christmas that even adults will enjoy. When William the Conqueror was crowned on Christmas Day in 1066, his soldiers mistook the congregation's cheering for a riot and burned down Westminster Abbey. Indeed, something else viewers may not know: apparently King Henry II's jester's job was solely to break wind on Christmas Day for the monarch's amusement. We can't imagine our current Queen being quite so amused, somehow.

Catherine Gee, The Telegraph, 17th December 2010

From jesters with troublesome wind to Christmas cards full of bacon, this Horrible Histories special foregoes goodwill to all men and instead focuses on the the past's most bizarre Yuletide absurdities. Told with the programme's familiar blend of sketches, pastiches and silly songs, Horrible Histories Christmas Special works its way through the annals (careful) of history for a naughty festive treat that really is fun for all the family.

Sky, 17th December 2010

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