Horrible Histories

A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boy band.

A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a pharaoh invents the pyramid.

A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.

The Tudors sing their family history, and Bob explains the history of Rome in two minutes.

A priest makes a piano from live pigs, while Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea.

A terrible smell hits the Houses of Parliament, and Cinderella struggles with the Blitz.

The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, and a caveman goes on a cookery show.

A Victorian inspector checks school is cruel, plus a news report from the Great Plague.

Celt housewives find decorative uses for severed heads. Plus revolting Roman toilets.

Queen Victoria learns that her British comforts are not very British.

A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names.

A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, and the Romans host their own cookery show.