The Best Episodes of Horrible Histories Season 1

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#1 - Episode 12
S1:E127/2/2009
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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8.2/10(54 votes)
#2 - Episode 13
S1:E137/9/2009
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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8.1/10(57 votes)
#3 - Episode 11
S1:E116/25/2009
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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8.0/10(57 votes)
#4 - Episode 10
S1:E106/18/2009
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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7.9/10(94 votes)
#5 - Episode 3
S1:E34/30/2009
A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.
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Writers:Ben Ward, Jon Holmes, James Harris, Steve Punt, Arnold Widdowson, Mark Blakewill
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7.9/10(71 votes)
#6 - Episode 5
S1:E55/14/2009
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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#7 - Episode 6
S1:E65/21/2009
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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7.9/10(58 votes)
#8 - Episode 9
S1:E96/11/2009
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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7.8/10(67 votes)
#9 - Episode 7
S1:E75/28/2009
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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7.8/10(59 votes)
#10 - Episode 8
S1:E86/4/2009
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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7.7/10(105 votes)
#11 - Episode 2
S1:E24/23/2009
A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.
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Writers:Ben Ward, Lucy Clarke, George Sawyer, James Harris, Steve Punt, George Poles, Mark Blakewill
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7.7/10(81 votes)
#12 - Episode 4
S1:E45/7/2009
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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7.5/10(153 votes)
#13 - Episode 1
S1:E14/16/2009
A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.
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Writers:Dave Cohen, Ben Ward, Lucy Clarke, Jon Holmes
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