The Best Episodes of Horrible Histories Season 1

A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, the Romans host their own revolting cookery show and William Shakespeare is haunted by the ghost of King Richard III.

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Queen Victoria learns that her British comforts are not very British, a Viking warrior won't stop talking in rhyme, and on 'Axe Factor', the contestants try to become executioners.

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A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names, the Romans run out of animals to execute, and Queen Victoria advertises her exercise DVD.

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

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Writer: Jon Holmes, Ben Ward, Mark Blakewill, James Harris, Steve Punt, Arnold Widdowson

A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.

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HHTV News reports live from the Battle of Thermopylae, Celt housewives find decorative uses for severed heads, and we learn the revolting truth about Roman toilets.

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The Tudors sing their family history, Bob explains the complete history of Rome in two minutes, and a mad Victorian gentleman eats King Louis XIV's mummified heart.

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A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and there are some disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt.

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An evil Greek god appears on a daytime chat show, a rich Georgian swaps his wife with a peasant, and we meet some weird medieval monsters.

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Writer: Laurence Rickard

There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.

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The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, a caveman goes on a TV cookery show, and we discover the bizarre causes of the First World War.

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

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Writer: Lucy Clarke, Ben Ward, George Sawyer, Mark Blakewill, James Harris, George Poles, Steve Punt

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

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Writer: Lucy Clarke, Dave Cohen, Jon Holmes, Ben Ward