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 10, Episode 8 repeated tomorrow at 12:20pm on CBBC
Episode menu
Series 6, Episode 9 - Wily Winston Churchill
This episode follows Winston Churchill from a young soldier in India during the time of Queen Victoria, through the First World War, to victory in World War II, and finally to his retirement in the Swinging Sixties. Meanwhile across the world, meet the American soldier literally spreading propaganda around the battlefields, and learn about Gandhi's more eccentric side.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 20th July 2015
- Time
- 5pm
- Channel
- CBBC
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Simon Farnaby | Various |
| Tom Stourton | Various |
| Adam Riches | Various |
| Naz Osmanoglu | Various |
| Jalaal Hartley | Various |
| Jessica Ransom | Various |
| Natalie Walter | Various |
| Jon Culshaw | Various (Voice) |
| Giles Terera | Ensemble Actor |
| Dominique Moore | Ensemble Actor |
| John Eccleston | Rattus Rattus |
| Jim Howick | Winston Churchill |
| Bhavna Limbachia | Ensemble Actor |
| Sanjeev Bhaskar | Ensemble Actor |
| Ben Ward | Writer |
| Dave Cohen | Writer |
| Gerard Foster | Writer |
| George Sawyer | Writer |
| Howard Read | Writer |
| Benjamin Partridge | Writer |
| Justin Edwards | Writer |
| Dan Maier (as Daniel Maier) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Ben Ward | Script Editor |
| George Sawyer | Script Editor |
| Toby Davies | Writer |
| Chris Chantler | Writer |
| Barunka O'Shaughnessy | Writer |
| Beth Chalmers | Writer |
| Amy Shindler | Writer |
| Simon Gibney | Director |
| Ian Curtis | Director |
| Tom Miller | Series Producer |
| Melissa Hardinge | Executive Producer |
| Bill Hobbins | Executive Producer |
| Richard Bradley | Executive Producer |
| Adam Windmill | Editor |
| Will Peverett | Editor |
| Miranda Jones | Production Designer |
| Richie Webb | Composer |
| Tim Searle | Animation |