Horrible Histories: Full TV Schedule and Live Stream For Kids
Historical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary.
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Series 1 · Episode 13
Series 1: Episode 13
Historical sketch show. A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, the Romans host their own revolting cookery show, and William Shakespeare is haunted by King Richard III's ghost.
⏱ 25 mins
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Your Time
Tue 22 Sep · 08:25
UK
Tue 22 Sep · 08:25
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Series 1 · Episode 12
Series 1: Episode 12
Historical sketch show based on the successful books. A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names and the Romans run out of animals to execute.
⏱ 28 mins
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Your Time
Mon 21 Sep · 08:25
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Mon 21 Sep · 08:25
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Series 2 · Episode 1
Series 2
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Episode 1
Historical sketch show. A prank-loving emperor hosts a dinner party on Roman Come Dine with Me, and the Durham Home Guard injure themselves while learning first aid.
⏱ 26 mins
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Your Time
Wed 23 Sep · 08:25
UK
Wed 23 Sep · 08:25
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Series 2 · Episode 2
Series 2
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Episode 2
Historical sketch show. A pirate regrets stealing a herd of cows, King Charles II raps about his party lifestyle, and the Georgian army goes to war against a bunch of schoolboys.
⏱ 28 mins
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Your Time
Thu 24 Sep · 08:25
UK
Thu 24 Sep · 08:25
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Series 2 · Episode 3
Series 2
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Episode 3
Historical sketch show. In Ancient Greece it's Spartan High School Musical, a jester breaks bad news to Henry VIII, and Roman emperor Nero stars in a (not very) romantic movie.
⏱ 28 mins
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Your Time
Fri 25 Sep · 08:25
UK
Fri 25 Sep · 08:25
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Top Ten Naughtiest People
Series 11
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14. Top Ten Naughtiest People
Rattus is on the naughty step yet again. But at least it has given him an excellent idea for a list of some of his favourite sketches as he presents his top ten of some of history’s naughtiest people.
⏱ 28 mins
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Your Time
Sat 26 Sep · 15:25
UK
Sat 26 Sep · 15:25
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Formidable Florence Nightingale
Series 7
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11. Formidable Florence Nightingale
Sketch comedy series. A tribute to Florence Nightingale, charting how she revolutionised medicine and the treatment of the sick.
⏱ 28 mins
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Your Time
Sun 27 Sep · 11:30
UK
Sun 27 Sep · 11:30
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Series 2 · Episode 4
Series 2
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Episode 4
Historical sketch show. Britain's greatest sailor, Admiral Nelson, turns out to be horribly seasick, and the World War Two Girls sing about girl power on the Home Front.
⏱ 28 mins
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Your Time
Mon 28 Sep · 08:25
UK
Mon 28 Sep · 08:25
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'Orrible Oliver Cromwell Special
Series 6
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12. 'Orrible Oliver Cromwell Special
Historical sketch show. Oliver Cromwell rises from obscurity, challenges King Charles I in the English Civil War and ultimately orders his execution.
⏱ 24 mins
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Your Time
Mon 28 Sep · 18:05
UK
Mon 28 Sep · 18:05
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Series 2 · Episode 5
Series 2
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Episode 5
An Incan kid has the worst birthday ever, a Roman farmer meets a door-to-door poo salesman, and King George IV embarks on a solo musical career.
⏱ 27 mins
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Your Time
Tue 29 Sep · 08:25
UK
Tue 29 Sep · 08:25
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Series 1 · Episode 1
Series 1
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Episode 1
Historical sketch show. A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime, a soldier from World War I struggles to cook with fake food, and the four King Georges form a boy band.
⏱ 28 mins
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Your Time
Tue 29 Sep · 18:05
UK
Tue 29 Sep · 18:05
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Series 1 · Episode 2
Series 1
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Episode 2
Historical sketches based on the successful books. A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient, a whining pharaoh invents the pyramid, and Henry VIII meets his dead friends.
⏱ 26 mins
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Your Time
Tue 29 Sep · 18:30
UK
Tue 29 Sep · 18:30
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Series 2 · Episode 6
Series 2
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Episode 6
Historical sketch show. The Ug and Ugio families go head-to-head on Stone Age Family Fortunes, and mad King George III's doctors are even madder than he is.
⏱ 28 mins
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Your Time
Wed 30 Sep · 08:20
UK
Wed 30 Sep · 08:20
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Staggering Storytellers
Staggering Storytellers
A special episode of the historical sketch show, taking a look at some of literature's greatest works and history's wackiest writers.
⏱ 29 mins
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Your Time
Wed 30 Sep · 10:30
UK
Wed 30 Sep · 10:30
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Series 1 · Episode 3
Series 1
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Episode 3
Historical sketches. A Roman emperor finds an alternative to candles, an Egyptian tries to save on mummification, and Roundheads and Cavaliers take part in Historical Wife Swap.
⏱ 26 mins
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Your Time
Wed 30 Sep · 18:05
UK
Wed 30 Sep · 18:05
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Series 1 · Episode 4
Series 1
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Episode 4
Historical sketches. The Tudors sing their family history, Bob explains Rome's past in two minutes, and a mad Victorian gentleman eats King Louis XIV's mummified heart.
⏱ 28 mins
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Your Time
Wed 30 Sep · 18:30
UK
Wed 30 Sep · 18:30
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Channel
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Episode
Series 1 · Episode 13
Historical sketch show. A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, the Romans host their own revolting cookery show, and William Shakespeare is haunted by King Richard III's ghost.
⏱ 25 mins
Time
Your Time
Tue 22 Sep · 08:25
UK
Tue 22 Sep · 08:25
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 1 · Episode 12
Historical sketch show based on the successful books. A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names and the Romans run out of animals to execute.
⏱ 28 mins
Time
Your Time
Mon 21 Sep · 08:25
UK
Mon 21 Sep · 08:25
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 2 · Episode 1
Historical sketch show. A prank-loving emperor hosts a dinner party on Roman Come Dine with Me, and the Durham Home Guard injure themselves while learning first aid.
⏱ 26 mins
Time
Your Time
Wed 23 Sep · 08:25
UK
Wed 23 Sep · 08:25
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 2 · Episode 2
Historical sketch show. A pirate regrets stealing a herd of cows, King Charles II raps about his party lifestyle, and the Georgian army goes to war against a bunch of schoolboys.
⏱ 28 mins
Time
Your Time
Thu 24 Sep · 08:25
UK
Thu 24 Sep · 08:25
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 2 · Episode 3
Historical sketch show. In Ancient Greece it's Spartan High School Musical, a jester breaks bad news to Henry VIII, and Roman emperor Nero stars in a (not very) romantic movie.
⏱ 28 mins
Time
Your Time
Fri 25 Sep · 08:25
UK
Fri 25 Sep · 08:25
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Top Ten Naughtiest People
Rattus is on the naughty step yet again. But at least it has given him an excellent idea for a list of some of his favourite sketches as he presents his top ten of some of history’s naughtiest people.
⏱ 28 mins
Time
Your Time
Sat 26 Sep · 15:25
UK
Sat 26 Sep · 15:25
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Formidable Florence Nightingale
Sketch comedy series. A tribute to Florence Nightingale, charting how she revolutionised medicine and the treatment of the sick.
⏱ 28 mins
Time
Your Time
Sun 27 Sep · 11:30
UK
Sun 27 Sep · 11:30
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 2 · Episode 4
Historical sketch show. Britain's greatest sailor, Admiral Nelson, turns out to be horribly seasick, and the World War Two Girls sing about girl power on the Home Front.
⏱ 28 mins
Time
Your Time
Mon 28 Sep · 08:25
UK
Mon 28 Sep · 08:25
Channel
Repeat
Episode
'Orrible Oliver Cromwell Special
Historical sketch show. Oliver Cromwell rises from obscurity, challenges King Charles I in the English Civil War and ultimately orders his execution.
⏱ 24 mins
Time
Your Time
Mon 28 Sep · 18:05
UK
Mon 28 Sep · 18:05
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 2 · Episode 5
An Incan kid has the worst birthday ever, a Roman farmer meets a door-to-door poo salesman, and King George IV embarks on a solo musical career.
⏱ 27 mins
Time
Your Time
Tue 29 Sep · 08:25
UK
Tue 29 Sep · 08:25
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 1 · Episode 1
Historical sketch show. A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime, a soldier from World War I struggles to cook with fake food, and the four King Georges form a boy band.
⏱ 28 mins
Time
Your Time
Tue 29 Sep · 18:05
UK
Tue 29 Sep · 18:05
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 1 · Episode 2
Historical sketches based on the successful books. A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient, a whining pharaoh invents the pyramid, and Henry VIII meets his dead friends.
⏱ 26 mins
Time
Your Time
Tue 29 Sep · 18:30
UK
Tue 29 Sep · 18:30
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 2 · Episode 6
Historical sketch show. The Ug and Ugio families go head-to-head on Stone Age Family Fortunes, and mad King George III's doctors are even madder than he is.
⏱ 28 mins
Time
Your Time
Wed 30 Sep · 08:20
UK
Wed 30 Sep · 08:20
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Staggering Storytellers
A special episode of the historical sketch show, taking a look at some of literature's greatest works and history's wackiest writers.
⏱ 29 mins
Time
Your Time
Wed 30 Sep · 10:30
UK
Wed 30 Sep · 10:30
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 1 · Episode 3
Historical sketches. A Roman emperor finds an alternative to candles, an Egyptian tries to save on mummification, and Roundheads and Cavaliers take part in Historical Wife Swap.
⏱ 26 mins
Time
Your Time
Wed 30 Sep · 18:05
UK
Wed 30 Sep · 18:05
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 1 · Episode 4
Historical sketches. The Tudors sing their family history, Bob explains Rome's past in two minutes, and a mad Victorian gentleman eats King Louis XIV's mummified heart.
⏱ 28 mins
Time
Your Time
Wed 30 Sep · 18:30
UK
Wed 30 Sep · 18:30
Available for Streaming
Series 11
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10. The Roaring 1920s!
10. The Roaring 1920s!
General strikes! Surplus women! Deadly mummy’s curses! Winston Churchill fangirling over Charlie Chaplin! Take a trip to the Roaring Twenties!
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 6pm 14 Nov 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 11
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9. Putrid Pirates and Salty Seadogs
9. Putrid Pirates and Salty Seadogs
Captain Ratbeard takes to the high seas and sets sail on his maiden voyage, taking a look at everything from who not to kidnap if you’re a pirate to the dangers of pooing inside a submarine.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 6pm 7 Nov 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 11
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8. Rat-o-Vision Song Contest
8. Rat-o-Vision Song Contest
Rattus dons a sparkly golden waistcoat & brings you a host of Historical bangers from around the world as our International acts fight it out for the ‘glittering’ Ratovision trophy
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 16 May 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 11
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7. Monstrous Mothers
7. Monstrous Mothers
From terrifying Spartan mums to hidden Victorian mums, via Queen Victoria and Cleopatra, Horrible Histories looks at some of history’s most monstrous mothers.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 6pm 28 Mar 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 11
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6. Enormous Empires
6. Enormous Empires
With everything from mid-battle diarrhoea to a warlord taking over a geography class, take a journey charting the rise and fall of some of history’s biggest empires.
Duration: 29 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 14 Mar 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 11
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5. Twisted Technology
5. Twisted Technology
The watch! The mobile phone! The microwave! The vibrating poo platform! Thomas Edison stage diving! It’s all here as Horrible Histories takes a journey through the history of tech.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 7 Mar 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 11
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4. Terrible Transport
4. Terrible Transport
From camels to space rockets, via Dandy Horses, actual horses, royal train rides, cars, balloons and planes, it's the Horrible History of travel.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 28 Feb 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 11
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3. Ludicrous Landmarks
3. Ludicrous Landmarks
How long does it take to build a pyramid? Why didn’t people like the Statue of Liberty? Why are there pineapples on St Paul’s? Horrible Histories takes a tour of the world’s greatest landmarks.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 21 Feb 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 11
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2. Ridiculous Rules
2. Ridiculous Rules
From William the Conqueror making rules about chopping off body parts to Elizabeth I in court over some swan-related mischief, Horrible Histories takes a look at some history’s most ridiculous rules.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 14 Feb 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 11
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1. Brilliant Brains
1. Brilliant Brains
From taking man to the moon to figuring out how to get rid of a poo in a submarine, Mark Labbett joins Rattus for a look at some of history’s most brilliant brainboxes.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 7 Feb 2025
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 10
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15. Kings and Queens - A Right Royal Special
15. Kings and Queens - A Right Royal Special
Featuring a new sketch with Elizabeth I searching for a successor in her show England’s Got Monarchs, and Rattus is the guide through some of HH's most regal sketches!
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 14 Jun 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2030)
Series 10
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14. Songtastic Musical Special
14. Songtastic Musical Special
Rattus has enlisted the help of Horrible Histories songwriter Richie to help him present a special song-filled show in which everything is a song!
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 10 May 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2030)
Series 10
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13. Loo Man's Gross Guide
13. Loo Man's Gross Guide
From bottom complaints to snot, bird poo and farts, Loo Man provides a guided tour through some of history's grossest things.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 3 May 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2030)
Series 10
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12. Rotten Romans in Britain
12. Rotten Romans in Britain
Everything from roads to baths to pies, hosts Emperor Nero and warrior queen Boudicca are here to show what the Romans did while they were here in Britain
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 26 Apr 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2030)
Series 10
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11. Terrifying Tower of London
11. Terrifying Tower of London
Famous inmates, botched escapes and thefts, and Henry VIII’s favourite executions – they’re all here in a terrifying history of the Tower of London, one of England's most famous landmarks!
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 16 Apr 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2030)
Series 10
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10. Bewitching Books
10. Bewitching Books
Comedian and children’s author Rosie Jones is here to help Rattus choose his World Book Day outfit, and discover the gory details behind some favourite children's books!
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 11:30am 7 Mar 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2028)
Series 10
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9. The Chaotic Civil War
9. The Chaotic Civil War
Take a journey through one of the weirdest, wildest periods in English history, featuring the only time that a king has been tried and executed for treason!
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 1 Mar 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2030)
Series 10
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8. Gory Greek Myths
8. Gory Greek Myths
From the Trojan horse to Jason and his Argonauts going to find the Golden Fleece and Zeus going on historical first dates as an ant, Horrible Histories presents mythical mayhem, Greek style!
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 23 Feb 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2030)
Series 10
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7. Radical Renaissance
7. Radical Renaissance
Legendary artists Da Vinci and Michelangelo are the guides for a journey through one of history’s most creative, and sometimes weirdest, periods.
Duration: 28 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 16 Feb 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2030)
Series 10
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6. Ruinous Rivals
6. Ruinous Rivals
From warring brothers to farting mothers, Horrible Histories presents some of the biggest, best and worst rivalries throughout time. Guest starring Rosie Jones, Fred Sirieix and Rob Rinder.
Duration: 29 mins
First broadcast: 5:30pm 9 Feb 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 27 Mar 2030)
Horrible Histories FAQs
When is Horrible Histories next on?
The next broadcast of Horrible Histories airs at Wed 23 Sep · 08:25(UK: Wed 23 Sep · 08:25) on CBBC.
Which channel is Horrible Histories next on?
Horrible Histories returns on CBBC next. Check the listings above for every upcoming airing.
When will Horrible Histories be available on iPlayer?
Episodes land on BBC iPlayer just after the show finishes airing. Use the streaming section above to jump in as soon as it drops.