Horrible Histories
- TV sketch show
- CBBC / BBC One
- 2009 - 2024
- 139 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 8, Special repeated at 9:20am on CBBC
- Streaming rank this week: 719
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 10
Further details
Queen Boudicca and Cleopatra are among the latest celebrated figures of days gone by to be comically portrayed in this highly acclaimed sketch show.
A news report from 1066 uses the Bayeux Tapestry to depict the latest action from the battlefield; shouty man extols the virtues of a Victorian maid; and Vincenzo Larfoff, played by David Baddiel, spins a scary story from the Victorian era with a rather mundane ending. A cut-throat Celt gets a fashion makeover in Historical Fashion Fix; and Queen Boudicca sings a rousing rock anthem about her reign.
The series nips back to Georgian times in HHTV Sport to witness a pinching match. And Cleopatra runs through her beauty routine, which includes bathing in asses milk, sporting poisonous black lead around her eyes and wearing a fake beard.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 6th July 2010
- Time
- 5:15pm
- Channel
- CBBC
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Jim Howick | Various |
Ben Willbond | Various |
Mathew Baynton | Various |
Martha Howe-Douglas | Various |
Laurence Rickard | Various |
Jon Culshaw | Various (Voice) |
Jess Robinson | Various (Voice) |
Alice Lowe | Ensemble Actor |
Giles Terera | Ensemble Actor |
Lawry Lewin | Ensemble Actor |
Dominique Moore | Ensemble Actor |
John Eccleston | Rattus Rattus |
David Baddiel | Vincenzo Larfoff |
Ben Ward | Writer |
Dave Cohen | Writer |
Laurence Rickard | Writer |
Giles Pilbrow | Writer |
Steve Punt | Writer |
Mathew Baynton | Writer |
Ben Willbond | Writer |
Steve Connelly | Director |
Dominic Brigstocke | Director |
Caroline Norris | Series Producer |
Giles Pilbrow | Producer |
Richard Bradley | Executive Producer |
Alison Gregory | Executive Producer |
Nigel Williams | Editor |
Mike Holliday | Editor |
Will Peverett | Editor |
Miranda Jones | Production Designer |
Richie Webb | Composer |