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Horrible Histories
Title logo (Series 2 onwards)
Developed by	Dominic Brigstocke, Caroline Norris
Directed by	Dominic Brigstocke, Steve Connelly Chloe Thomas
Starring	Mathew Baynton Simon Farnaby Martha Howe-Douglas Jim Howick Laurence Rickard Ben Willbond Sarah Hadland series 1&4 Lawry Lewin series 2-4 Alice Lowe series 2-3
Composer	Richie Webb
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4 (5th Confirmed)
No. of episodes	Regular Episode(s) 37 Savage Songs special(s) 2 christmas special (s) 1 BBC Proms special(s) 1 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Richard Bradley Kim Shillinglaw
Producer	Caroline Norris
Running time	Reg. half-an-hour Prom.one-hour
Production companies	Lion TV Citrus Television (series 2 onwards)
Original release
Network	CBBC BBC HD
Release	16 April 2009 – Present
Related
Horrible Histories (2001 TV series) Horrible Histories: Gory Games

Horrible Histories is an award-winning British children's television series based on the Terry Deary book series of the same name. The first series was thirteen episodes long, and was broadcast from 16 April to 9 July 2009 on CBBC on BBC One. A second series, of twelve episodes (not counting the "Savage Songs Special"), aired from 31 May 2010 to 27 July 2010. A Christmas special was broadcast on 17 December 2010, and a third series, also of twelve episodes (again not including the "Savage Songs Special" at the end), aired from 30 May 2011 to 26 July 2011 on CBBC. A fourth series was broadcast 9 April 2012 and will run until 8 June 2012 (including the "Savage Songs Special" traditionally shown at the end of each series, comprising of various songs featured in that series). A Halloween special will be broadcast 31 October 2012 after series 4 has finished airing in June, with Series five already in writing stages. A spin-off game show entitled Gory Games aired for one series only in 2011, hosted by Dave Lamb, and a second spin-off show, Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry, began on 19 June 2011, looking back on the best sketches of the show during its first two series on BBC One on prime time Sunday nights, again running for one series only.

Production

In 2009 a live-action television series based on the books by Terry Deary was made by Lion Television and shown on BBC One and CBBC in the United Kingdom. The production of the television series followed a relaunch of Deary's books, and Lisa Edwards, editorial director of Scholastic UK stated: "the TV show will be a great addition to the perennially popular Horrible Histories property."

Before the series went on air, BBC executive producer Kim Shillinglaw said: "Horrible Histories will be stuffed full of blood, battles and black humour – and will also give children some of the great facts and narratives of history". Lisa Edwards, the editorial director explained: "Following the hugely successful re-launch of the books this year, the TV show will be a great addition to the perennially popular Horrible Histories property."

The first series of Horrible Histories was released on Region 2 DVD in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2010, and on Region 4 DVD in Australia on 1 July 2010.

The second series of Horrible Histories began airing on BBC 2 and CBBC on 31 May 2010 in co-production with Citrus Television, following post production by Platform Post Production, London.

The third series began airing on 30 May 2011 alongside the debut of its Gory Games spin-off.

The show was repackaged for a prime-time BBC One slot with Stephen Fry as host. The new six-part series featured a selection of the best clips from Series 1 and 2, and new segments featuring Fry, who replaced the puppet host Rattus Rattus. "Horrible Histories has been a hideously gruesome and gory success for CBBC and we are delighted to welcome it to BBC One," says Cassian Harrison, Commissioning Executive, History and Business, Science and Natural History.

In September 2011, Reece Shearsmith announced via Twitter, that The League of Gentlemen will reunite to perform sketches together on the fourth series of Horrible Histories. They have been seen in Episodes 1 and 3 of Series 4 currently.

Conception

The idea for the series was brought up from interest in Terry Deary's Horrible Histories books. After an unsuccessful 2001 animated series, he decided to try again at TV with this live action adaption of his books.

Animation

Certain scenes use animation instead of live action. Some scenes, such as the opening monologues after the "Vile Victorians" or "Rotten Romans" etc. card, are in 2d animation. Also, some sketches such as "Dodgy War Inventions" are also animated using 2d animation.The designs for the characters are based on illustrations in the Horrible Histories books. They are narrated by Jon Culshaw, Jess Robinson and Sarah Hadland The spoofs of computer/video games are a mix of 3D animation and live action. In these sequences, the actors had to move their bodies rigidly from side to side to mimic the style of movement the characters have in the menu. Ben Wilbond explains that "you have to be good" to do this sort of green screen acting.

Themes

The style of humour has been described as "python-esque". Mathew Baynton, actor and writer for the Horrible Histories TV show said: "There's definitely a Monty Python influence to it." One of the main themes of the show is that no matter how disgusting or vile the material is, it is all true. In the same interview, Mathew Baynton explained that "However ridiculous things might seem, it's all based on fact."

Cast

Main Cast

Other actors include:

• Susie Donkin
• Katy Wix
• Giles Terera
• Nathaniel Martello-White
• Javone Prince
• Rhashan Stone
• George Sawyer
• Daniel Lawrence Taylor
• Jalaal Hartley
• Lisa Devlin
• Jessica Ransom
• Katherine Jakeways
• Dominique Moore

With special guests:

• Terry Deary
• David Baddiel
• Dave Lamb (voice only)
• Alexei Sayle
• Meera Syal
• Steve Punt
• Tanni Grey-Thompson
• Allin Kempthorne
• Mark Gatiss
• Steve Pemberton
• Reece Shearsmith
• Chris Addison

Puppeteers:

• John Eccleston as Rattus Rattus
• Scott Brooker as Rattus Rattus (certain episodes and Horrible Histories: Gory Games)

Additional voices:

• Jon Culshaw
• Jess Robinson
• Sarah Hadland

Eras/civilisations featured

• Savage Stone Age (Rare in series 1,2 and 3 but more common in series 4)
• Awful Egyptians (Original book was titled "Awesome Egyptians")(Semi-common in series 1 but rare in series 2,3 and 4)
• Groovy Greeks (Semi-common)
• Rotten Romans (Common)
• Smashing Saxons (Semi-rare)
• Cut-Throat Celts (Rare)
• Vicious Vikings (Semi-common)
• Measly Middle Ages (Common)
• Wicked Witches (exclusive to Series One, Episode 3; combination of Stuarts and Middle Ages)
• Terrible Tudors (Common)
• Slimy Stuarts (Common)
• Putrid Pirates (Rare in series 1,3 and 4 but semi-common in series 2)
• Gorgeous Georgians (Semi-common)
• Vile Victorians (Common)
• Potty Pioneers (Odd episodes, Series 1 and 3)
• Frightful First World War
• Woeful Second World War (Most episodes, Series 1, 2 and 4)
• Ruthless Rulers (Odd episodes, Series 1 and 3)
• Terrible Teachers (Series 1 Episode 9 only)

introduced in Series 2

• Incredible Incas (Series 2 only)
• Awesome USA (Odd episodes, Series 2, 3 and 4)

There was also an internet reminder from Rattus Rattus about the Horrible Histories 'Terrible Treasures' game at the end of each episode of Series 2:

"Want to travel through the time sewers with me? Ha! Then play Horrible Histories 'Terrible Treasures'. Go to the CBBC website and click on Horrible Histories!"

The reminder is absent in the DVD release.

Eras/civilisations introduced in Series 3

• Angry Aztecs (Semi-common in series 3 but hasn't appeared so far in series 4)
• Nasty Knights (Rare in series 3, only appearing in episodes 2 and 4, though it may appear later in series 4.)
• Fabulous French (Semi-common in series 3 but had not appeared in series 4 so far.)

In Series 3 there were two different internet reminders from Rattus Rattus about the Horrible Histories CBBC website at the end of episodes:

"Want some more Horrible Histories? Then come with me down the Time Sewers. Just go to the CBBC website and click on Horrible Histories. See you down there!"

"Psst! Can you keep a secret? No, me, neither. I've just found some great games in the Time Sewers. Want to come and play? Then just go to the CBBC website and click on Horrible Histories. See you there!"

In Series 4, Rattus Rattus once again gives out internet reminders at the end of episodes, such as:

"If you enjoyed that, why not play the new ADBC Time Tour music game? Go the the CBBC website and click on Horrible Histories. Rock on!"

"If you enjoyed that, why not come and play? Go the the CBBC website and click on Horrible Histories. See you there!"

Eras/civilisations introduced in Series 4

• Wild Warriors (Episode 5 only so far)
• Radical Renaissance (Episode 5 only so far)

Sketches

Each episode features 6-8 different eras/civilisations with 1-4 sketches from each. Sketches include :

• HHTV News (pastiche of BBC News)
• HHTV Sport (once in Rattus fantasises)(pastiche of Sportsround)
• The Bob Reports
• Twisted Fairytales (Series 1 only)(pastiche of Tellytales)
• Historical Hairdressers (Series 1 only)
• Historical Wife Swap (pastiche of Wife Swap)
• Historical Hospital (incorporates pastiche of Holby City)
• Court of Historical Law (Series 1, Episodes 5 and 11)
• My Stuart Family (Series 1, Episode 2 only)
• Historical Magazines (Series 1, Episodes 4, 5, 7 and 11, then on Series 2, Episodes 3 and 11, also on Series 3, Episodes 2 and 10)
• Shouty Man (pastiche of various advertisements)
• Stupid Deaths
• Greek Myth Talk (Series 1, Episode 6 only)
• Historical Art Show (Series 1, Episodes 2, 3 and 12 then in Series 2, Episodes 2 and 12, also in Series 3, Episode 8) (pastiche of SMart)
• This Is Your Reign (Series 1 only)
• Historical Eastenders (pastiche of East Enders) (Once in Series 1, Episode 4 (Saxons) then on Series 2, episodes 9 and 10 (Victorians), Also in series 3, Episode 11 (Victorians))
• Warrior (Series 1, Episode 1 and 10, then Series 3, Episode 10)(pastiche of various gaming advertisements)
• Dodgy War Inventions (series 1 and 2 only)
• Ready Steady Feast (series 1 and 2 only)(pastiche of Ready Steady Cook)(replaced by Historical Masterchef)
• Great Historical Inventions (Series 1, Episode 10 only)
• Rattus fantasises (Series 1 and 2 only)
• Historical Dragon's Den (in series 2 episode 7 and in series 3 episode 11) (pastiche of Dragons Den)
• That Was Entertainment (Series 1, Episode 7 only)
• Ye Sun (Series 1, Episode 9 only)(pastiche of The Sun)
• The Axe Factor (Series 1, Episode 11 only)(pastiche of X Factor)
• Historical Come Dine with Me (Once in Series 2, but appeared more often in Series Three)(pastiche of Come Dine with Me)
• Historical Mastermind (Series 2, Episode 1 only)
• Historical Masterchef (Once in Series 2's Christmas special, then in series 3 episodes 1,2,10 and 11)(pastiche of Masterchef)
• Scary Stories (Series 2, then two more times in Series 3)(pastiche of Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids)
• Historical Desktops (Series 2, Episode 2 and episode 12 on Rattus fantasizes then one more time in Series Three episode 8) (pastiche of Windows Vista and/or Windows XP)
• Cliff Whiteley (Series 2, Episodes 3 & 6 and series 3 episode 12)
• School (2 times in Series 1,2)
• News of the Empire (Series 2, Episode 8 only) (pastiche of News of the World)
• Historical Fashion Fix (played twice in each series starting from Series 2)(pastiche of Gok's Fashion Fix)
• Crimewatch BC (Series 2, Episode 8 only)(pastiche of Crimewatch)
• Historical Shopping Channel (Series 2, Episodes 4 & 5)(pastiche of Tellyshopping)
• Historical Family Fortunes (Series 2, Episode 6 only) (pastiche of Family Fortunes)
• Historical Weather Forecast (Series 1, Episode 9 also on Series 2, Episodes 6 and 11 then on Series 3, episodes 2 and 11)) (pastiche of Daybreak Weather)
• My Big Fat Medieval Scottish Wedding (Series 2, Episode 11 only) (pastiche of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding)
• Historical Paramedics (once in series 2 episode 3 but in episodes 1,3,6 and 11 in Series 3)
• Historical Pet Shop (Series 3 episodes 6,9 and 11)(pastiche of Pads 'N' Paws Pet Shop)
• Horrible Points of View (Series 3 episodes 6 and 7 and 12)
• Detective D.I. Bones (Series 2, Episode 12 and Series 3 episode 4)
• Winter Cooking with The Hairy Vikings (Series 3, Episode 8 only)(pastiche of The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook)
• Historical Gardener's World (Series 3, Episode 9 only)
• We sell any monk (A pastiche of 'we buy any car')
• HH Movie Pitch (Series 4 episodes 1 and 3 so far) (pastiche of the Orange Wednesdays cinema adverts)
• Historical Apprentice (Series 4 episode 2 so far) (pastiche of Celebrity Apprentice)

Series 1, Episode 7 included an Egyptian Mummy fantasises sketch a spin-off of Rattus fantasises. Completely rare to the show.

Unseen Sketches

On the Horrible Histories Series 2 DVD there is a feature showing a montage of dejected sketches.

• Vile Victorians: Cliff Whiteley: The Real Queen Victoria
• Measly Middle Ages: Dr Do'om & Dr De'ath (3-parts)
• Rotten Romans: Roman Army Retierment Deal
• Terrible Tudors: Scary Stories: The Visions of Mother Shipton
• Gorgeous Georgians: Stupid Deaths: Adolf Frederick

Savage Songs

Series 1

• "Born 2 Rule" (pastiche of Westlife songs; lyrics on screen; title only) - the four King Georges
• '"Divorced, Beheaded and Died' (The Wives of Henry VIII)" (lyrics on screen) - Henry VIII
• "How to Make a Mummy"
• "The Tudors Song" (pastiche of Madness; lyrics on screen)- Elizabeth I, Henry VIII,
• A Gorgeous Georgian Lady (originally from the book)
• "I'm a Knight" (two parts; pastiche of Monty Python; lyrics on screen for both parts)
• "Caveman Love Song" (two parts; pastiche of doo-wop; lyrics on screen for both parts)
• "It's Not True!" (lyrics on screen ; pastiche of "The Laughing Policeman song)"
• "Bring Out Your Dead! (Plague Song)" (lyrics on screen)
• "British Things" (lyrics on screen; Characters only) - Queen Victoria
• "The Greek Inventions Song" (two parts; pastiche of Flanders and Swann; lyrics on screen for both parts)
• Burke and Hare Song (lyrics on screen)

Series 2

• (The Vikings) '"Literally"' (pastiche of Guns N Roses)
• Charles II: King of Bling (incorporates pastiche of Eminem) - Charles II
• Spartan School Musical (pastiche of High School Musical)
• We're The World War II Girls (pastiche of The Promise)
• "George IV: Couldn't Stand My Wife" (sequel to Born 2 Rule; another Westlife pastiche) - George IV
• "Blackbeard Song" (pastiche of Gilbert & Sullivan, particularly Pirates of Penzance and If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof) - Blackbeard
• The Victorian Inventions Song (pastiche of music hall)
• The Hieroglyphics Song (pastiche of "ABC" by The Jackson Five)
• "Real life Cowboys" (pastiche of bluegrass music)
• Not Who You Think (The Boudicca Song) (pastiche of The Ting Tings) and incorporates pastiche of Pop Muzik - Boudicca
• "Play That Monk-y Music" (incorporates pastiche of "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry)
• '"Do The Pachacuti"' (The Pachacuti Song) (pastiche of summer novelty songs) - Pachacuti

Christmas Special

• (Not-So) Silent Night (pastiche of "Silent Night"; lyrics on screen) (reveals the history about that "silent" night)
• Bad Duke Wenceslas (pastiche of "Good King Wenceslas"; lyrics on screen ) (reveals truth about said King)
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas (pastiche of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"; lyrics on screen)
• Oh! Christmas Tree! (pastiche of "O Christmas Tree"; lyrics on screen ) (reveals the history of Christmas trees for decoration)

Series 3

• "Dick Turpin: Highwayman" (pastiche of "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants)
• The English Kings and Queens Song (with lyrics on screen;chorus only; pastiche of Chas & Dave) - The longest Savage Song in the series.
• "William Wallace, Scottish Rebel" (pastiche of "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol)
• "Work, Terrible Work!" (pastiche of Lionel Bart's song "Food, Glorious Food" from his musical "Oliver!)
• "Ra, Ra, Cleopatra" (pastiche of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" and her other songs - but are mentioned)
• "The Truth About King Richard III" (pastiche of Leona Lewis, particularly "Better in Time")
• '"Who's Bad?"' (Evil Emperors Song) (pastiche of "Bad" by Michael Jackson)
• The Suffragettes (pastiche of Bananarama)
• "Ain't Staying Alive" (pastiche of "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees)
• The English Civil War (pastiche of "Cool" from Jerome Robbins's West Side Story)
• "The Ages of Stone" (pastiche of Randy Newman songs)
• Celtic Warrior Rap Boast Battle (pastiche of Tinie Tempah)

Series 4

• RAF Pilots (pastiche of Take That)
• '"Natural Selection"' (Charles Darwin song) (pastiche of Changes by David Bowie)
• "The Thinkers" (pastiche of The Monkees)
• "The New World" (pastiche of Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys)
• Mary Seacole (pastiche of "Single Ladies" by Beyonce)

Episodes

see List of Horrible Histories episodes

Awards

In 2009, Horrible Histories received an RTS nomination for best Children's Programme. It was also nominated for Europe's most prestigious children's award, the Prix Jeunesse. Executive Producer Richard Bradley said, "After one series, Horrible Histories' unique blend of historical fact and gory, grisly, bloody comedy has clearly made its mark with children and a surprising number of adults. We look forward to laughing ourselves even smarter with series two and three." The series was also nominated for two Baftas at the 2009 EA British Academy Children's Awards. The nominations were in the categories of Best Writing and Best Factual programme. The nominees were Caroline Norris, Chloe Thomas, Steve Connelly, Giles Pilbrow, Ben Ward and Laurence Rickard. Executive Producer Richard Bradley said "We are thrilled that Lion's first venture into children's television has been acclaimed in this way. It's a tribute to all the efforts of an incredibly talented team in creating such a fresh, innovative and ambitious show." In 2010, the TV series was nominated for, and later won 3 BAFTA awards: Best Children's Comedy, Best Writer (the writing team), and Best Performer (Jim Howick). Horrible Histories won a 2011 Broadcast Award in the category of Best Children’s Programme.

In 2011, Horrible Histories was nominated for BAFTA awards in Writing (writing team), Performer (Martha Howe-Douglas) and Comedy in the children's section. They won the award for Comedy, but lost out on the other categories.

The programme was also the surprise winner of the Best Sketch Show category of The British Comedy Awards of 2010, the first ever children's programme to be recognised at the ceremony. The show won the same award again the following year in 2011 (16/12/11). Again, no other children's show has won a British Comedy Award, so to win twice in a row is a spectacular achievement.

Ratings

In the week before 15 June 2009, the show topped the children’s TV viewing figures with 191,000 viewers. The Daily Telegraph commented on its success: "The show...proved a huge hit, with nearly 50 per cent of six to 12 year-olds in the UK tuning in to watch an episode. The BBC has decided that more series must continue for children and adults to watch, thank you "

DVD releases

The Series 1 DVD was released in Region 2 on 10 May 2010. The first series has also been released on Region 4. The Series 2 DVD was released in Region 2 on 30 May 2011. The Series 3 DVD will be released in Region 2 on 4 June 2012. A DVD boxset containing Series 1-3 will be also be released in Region 2 alongside Series 3.

Critical response

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Alice-Azania Jarvis of The Independent praised the first episode of the series, writing that, although she did not enjoy the Terry Deary book series, she loved the first episode for being "everything that Blue Peter isn't: fun, filthy and genuinely engaging in a peer-to-peer way." The British Comedy Guide gave the first series a positive review, stating: "This show is great! A talented cast and writing team have made this a comedy highlight for us." Mike Ward of the Daily Star commented: "Kids can learn to love history just so long as it's told to them in a way that brings it to life. And this new series does precisely that". Harry Venning of The Stage wrote: "Horrible Histories scours the past for interesting, bizarre, unpleasant and unpalatable facts and uses them as the basis for some seriously funny, beautifully performed and endlessly inventive sketches." Naomi West of The Daily Telegraph described the series as "boundary-pushing" and a "comic gem", writing that the first series "delivered more laughs than most post-watershed comedies". Tom Stucliffe, also of The Independent commented that: "As a grown-up you might quibble with the fact that they don't always distinguish between things that genuinely are true and the things that people would like to be (sadly, there's no hard evidence that Aeschylus was brained by a tortoise dropped by an overflying eagle). But grown-ups and children should enjoy the gleefully anachronistic way in which information is conveyed".

Throughout its run, the show received many positive reviews from various publications. Radio Times praised the new season, saying "three cheers for the return of this factual but funny series". It also complemented the series by explaining that "history hasn’t been this much fun since the last series finished". The Mail on Sunday referred to the series as "superior edutainment" and Radio Times deemed it "one of the best shows anywhere". Telegraph heralded the series, calling it "a boundary-pushing sketch show … more laughs than most post-watershed comedies …a comic gem". The show has also been acclaimed by TV Times for its ability to surruptitiously teach children facts about history in a funny and clever show, "slapstick gags and hilarious pastiches disguising useful educational content…our favourite take on British history…we wish history had been taught like this in our day!". The Sunday Express said "There’s nothing kids like quite so much as violence and horror which is why Horrible Histories has been such a success" The Sunday Times referred to the series as "An attention grabbing mix of the wilder parts of history". The Independent called it "Educational Silliness". The British Comedy Guide gave a positive review, saying "This show is great! A talented cast and writing team have made this a comedy highlight for us. In fact, it has become quite a hit with those outside its target audience. Why? Well, much like Sorry, I've Got No Head, the material doesn't patronise but instead treats the children watching as the intelligent people they are. The musical numbers are the real highlight - make sure you check them out!"

Damian Kavanagh of Controller CBBC said "Horrible Histories is a stand-out critical and ratings success for CBBC loved as much by adults as by our young viewers. The 11 awards the series has now picked are testament to its enormous appeal. Series three is a belter and is even bigger and better than the last."

Cultural Impact

Horrible Histories is the only children's TV show to win a British Comedy Award. This is testament to the show's appeal. The comedy on the show is on par with many shows aimed at adult audiences, and has proven that kids shows can also have adult humour and cultural references that the kids probably wouldn't pick up on. It won another British Comedy Award in 2011 for the same category, making this the only show to do so altogether.

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External links

• Horrible Histories at IMDb
• Horrible Histories at British Comedy Guide
• Horrible Histories Series 1 at BBC Online
• Horrible Histories Series 2 at BBC Online

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