Drunk History
- TV comedy
- Comedy Central
- 2014 - 2017
- 29 episodes (3 series)
British version of the hit US format in which an inebriated narrator attempts to recount an event from history. Stars Jimmy Carr.
- Christmas Special repeated Thursday 26th December at 2:25am on CC Extra
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 5
Charlotte Ritchie reveals the truth behind The Cottingley Fairies (stars Catherine Tate and Mathew Horne), and Nish Kumar talks about the Invention of the Telephone (featuring Anthony Head).
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 9th March 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Comedy Central
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jimmy Carr | Narrator |
| Catherine Tate | Elsie Wright |
| Mathew Horne | Frances Griffiths |
| Alexander Kirk | Arthur Wright |
| Matthew Steer | Edward Gardner |
| Bruce Mackinnon | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Anthony Head | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Tom Stourton | Thomas Watson |
| Tim Key | Thomas Edison |
| Mathew Baynton | Antonio Meucci |
| Kath Hughes | Polly Wright |
| James Meehan | Theosophist |
| Charlotte Ritchie | Self |
| Nish Kumar | Self |
| Ciarán Dowd | Actor |
| Marcus Butler | Ensemble Actor |
| Dominic English | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Tom McKay | Director |
| Ben Rogers | Producer |
| Andy Brereton | Executive Producer |
| Jill Offman | Executive Producer |
| Lourdes Diaz | Executive Producer |
| Stuart Lutes | Editor |
| Mo Holden | Production Designer |
| Nick Murray Willis | Animation |
Videos
The Cottingley Fairies
Charlotte Ritchie reveals the truth behind The Cottingley Fairies.
Inventors
Nish Kumar talks about the invention of the telephone.