Horrible Histories
"The history they don't teach you in school."
Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.
Season 8 Episodes
E1
Featuring Victorian fake news, paparazzi, and cameramen strapped to the front of moving trains, Queen Victoria shows you…
E2
The Horrible History of (sometimes literally) dressing to kill. Henry VIII has beef over whose armour is best and Louis …
E3
History is filled with tales of great minds coming together, and collaborating, to achieve incredible things. It’s also …
E4
Rattus is panicking, as the Rat Queen is visiting the sewer and he has no idea how to behave nicely around royalty! Not …
E5
Families - sometimes you love them, sometimes you bicker with them, and sometimes you marry them off to consolidate your…
E6
A look at some of the various ways in which, throughout history, humans have lived with, worked with, and interacted wit…
E7
Comedian and space nerd Dara O Briain joins Rattus as guest host for a special show that marks the anniversary of the 19…
E8
Dani Dyer becomes Rattus’ political advisor as we look at everything from the birth of democracy to Margaret Thatcher ha…
E9
A look at how World War II played out on the home front, featuring Churchill's secret loo, the heroic 'ATA Girls' and Ge…
E10
A celebration of some of history’s greatest females, including Spartan Queen Gorgo terrorising Historical Love Island, s…
E11
Alex Scott joins Rattus for a sport-themed special. Mary Queen of Scots goes grief-golfing, the H2 Freestylers take on a…
E12
The Puritans set sail, Queen Elizabeth I loses a colony, and the Founding Fathers sing!
E13
Rattus has launched his own radio station (‘BBC Radio Number Two’) and who better to advise him on the songs he should b…
E14
A special show featuring some of history’s greatest firsts, including the first ever library, Olympic Games, people on t…
E15
Doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken join Rattus for a selection of old and new sketches relating to bodies.
