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 on Friday on CBBC at 5:30pm with Series 10, Episode 12
- Catch-up on Series 10, Episode 11
Streaming rank this week: 725
Press clippings Page 2
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2022British comedies nominated for 2021 Rose d'Or Awards
Famalam, Motherland, Staged, Jerk, We Are Lady Parts, Horrible Histories, Taskmaster, A League Of Their Own and Joe Lycett's Got Your Back are amongst the nominees for the international Rose d'Or Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd November 2021Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020 winners
After Life, Staged, Horrible Histories, Would I Lie To You?, Taskmaster and Inside No. 9 have won prizes in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020. Radio 4 comedies Michael Spicer: Before Next Door, Dead Ringers, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Joe Lycett's Obsessions have also won.
British Comedy Guide, 8th February 2021Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020 shortlist
60 TV and radio programmes have been shortlisted across 10 categories for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2021Horrible Histories gets BBC home schooling slot
The show is a core part of curriculum-based programming helping children to keep learning during lockdown.
Lanre Bakare, The Guardian, 10th January 2021Horrible Histories books to relaunch in 2021
Scholastic is to relaunch children's series Horrible Histories in 2021, with new-look covers and a new "secret diary" series.
Ruth Comerford, The Bookseller, 2nd December 2020The stand-ups who took over children's TV
Is performing for young audiences easier? Far from it say the comedians who do clubs at night and CBBC shows by day.
Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 10th September 2020BBC's new boss threatens to axe Left-wing comedy shows
New Director-General Tim Davie believes the BBC's comedy output is seen as too one-sided, and unfairly biased against the Tories, Donald Trump and Brexit.
Bill Gardner, The Telegraph, 31st August 202013 best British comedy shows on Netflix right now
The beauty of British comedy is how fleeting it is. The US version of The Office dragged on into nine interminable seasons. The British original? Fourteen episodes and done.
Esquire, 22nd August 2020Horrible Histories? We're living through one right now
The supposed "lack of patriotism" in the CBBC show is another poor excuse from those who would dismantle public broadcasting, says Stewart Lee.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 9th February 2020