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Based on a series of books by Terry Deary, `Horrible Histories' informs kids of historical events while being stuffed full of blood, battles and black humour. Each episode features sketches representing a selection of different eras and civilisations throughout history.
Episode 1. A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boy band.
Episode 2. A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient, and a pharaoh invents the pyramid.
Episode 3. A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.
Episode 4. The Tudors sing their family history, and Bob explains the history of Rome in two minutes.
Episode 5. A priest makes a piano from live pigs, while Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea.
Episode 7. A terrible smell hits the Houses of Parliament, and Cinderella struggles with the Blitz.
Episode 8. The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, and a caveman goes on a cookery show.
Episode 9. A Victorian inspector checks school is cruel, plus a news report from the Great Plague.
Episode 10. Celt housewives find decorative uses for severed heads. Plus revolting Roman toilets.
Episode 11. Queen Victoria learns that her British comforts are not very British.
Episode 12. A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names.
Episode 13. A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, and the Romans host their own cookery show.