Horrible Histories
- TV sketch show
- CBBC / BBC One
- 2009 - 2025
- 154 episodes (11 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.
- Continues on Friday 28th February on CBBC at 5:30pm with Series 11, Episode 4
- Catch-up on Series 11, Episode 3
Streaming rank this week: 1,143
Episode menu
Series 3, Episode 11
Further details
A First World War soldier serves up some peculiar sounding dishes in Historical Masterchef, and some unusual cures for frost-bite are discovered in the trenches.
Bob Hale recounts the rise and fall of the Anglo Saxons in 90 seconds, the Gorgeous Georgians reveal their bizarre sources of amusement, and an advert for Danke magazine shows the sartorial choices of the Goth tribes.
The show finishes in the Slimy Stuart era, where a doctor finds a literal way of conducting field work and Charles I and Oliver Cromwell are pitted against each other in a rousing song about the English Civil War.
Notes
This episode was originally scheduled as Episode 10, to broadcast on the 5th of July.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 12th July 2011
- Time
- 5:15pm
- Channel
- CBBC
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jim Howick | Various |
| Simon Farnaby | 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 |
| Lawry Lewin | Ensemble Actor |
| John Eccleston | Rattus Rattus |
| David Baddiel | Vincenzo Larfoff |
| Ben Ward | Writer |
| Dave Cohen | Writer |
| Laurence Rickard | Writer |
| Giles Pilbrow | Writer |
| Steve Connelly | Director |
| Dominic Brigstocke | Director |
| Caroline Norris | Series Producer |
| Giles Pilbrow | Producer |
| Imogen Cooper | Producer |
| Richard Bradley | Executive Producer |
| Alison Gregory | Executive Producer |
| Nigel Williams | Editor |
| Mike Holliday | Editor |
| Miranda Jones | Production Designer |
| Richie Webb | Composer |