Richard Bradley
Executive Producer
The history they don't teach you in school.
Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.
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93 episodes • 2010
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13 episodes • 2009
All 13 episodes of the BBC series! History with the nasty bits left in! Based on the bestselling series of books for kids (and for adults, but they just won't admit it), Horrible Histories is an anarchic, surprising and unconventional take on history's most gruesome and funny moments. Foul facts, rotten rulers, beastly battles and evil inventions feature in horribly hilarious sketches, songs, cartoons and quizzes - all linked by the show's host, a talking rat! Liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, Horrible Histories romps through the ages with fascinating facts from the Savage Stone Age, Awful Egyptians, Rotten Romans and Vicious Vikings, taking in the Measly Middle Ages, Terrible Tudors, Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians, right up to the Woeful Second World War.
12 episodes • 2010
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13 episodes • 2011
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13 episodes • 2012
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13 episodes • 2013
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15 episodes • 2015
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15 episodes • 2017
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15 episodes • 2019
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15 episodes • 2021
Historical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary.
15 episodes • 2023
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15 episodes • 2025
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