Horrible Histories

Name: Horrible Histories
Genre: Family, Comedy
Released: 2009-04-16
Rating: 8

"The history they don't teach you in school."

8.0

11 seasons

154 episodes

Returning Series

Family

Comedy

Plot Summary

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.

First Aired:April 16, 2009

Last Aired:May 16, 2025

Episode Runtime:1h 32m

Networks:

CBBC

Created By:

Terry Deary

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Seasons (12)

6.8

Series 1

13 episodes

Aired: 2009

All 13 episodes of the BBC series! History with the nasty bits left in! Based on the bestselling series of books for kids (and for adults, but they just won't admit it), Horrible Histories is an anarchic, surprising and unconventional take on history's most gruesome and funny moments. Foul facts, rotten rulers, beastly battles and evil inventions feature in horribly hilarious sketches, songs, cartoons and quizzes - all linked by the show's host, a talking rat! Liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, Horrible Histories romps through the ages with fascinating facts from the Savage Stone Age, Awful Egyptians, Rotten Romans and Vicious Vikings, taking in the Measly Middle Ages, Terrible Tudors, Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians, right up to the Woeful Second World War.