| Horrible Histories - Series 1, Episode 8 | |
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| Season One, Episode Eight | |
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| Air date | 4 June 2009 |
| Written by | Lucy Clarke, Dave Cohen, Susie Donkin, Jon Holmes, Greg Jenner, Simon Littlefield, George Poles, Steve Punt, & Ben Ward |
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Horrible Histories - Series 1, Episode 8 was the eighth episode of the Horrible Histories TV series, having first aired on the 4th of June, 2009 on the CBBC.
This episode includes the Saxons exchanging disgusting Christmas presents & a caveman going on a TV cookery show. Plus, discover the bizarre causes of World War I.
Sketches[]
Vicious Vikings[]
Stupid Deaths[]
Edmund II[]
The Saxon King tells of his famous death where he learns Vikings will attack in the most bizarre places!
Valhalla Tours[]
Come to England for the burning & pillaging, stay for the plunder!
Savage Stone Age[]
Songs[]
Caveman Love[]
- Main article: Caveman Love
A 1950’s doo-wop parody.
Ready Steady Feast[]
Nug, Caveman[]
Nug, a caveman, samples the best in cave foods.
Rotten Romans[]
Movie Trailer[]
The Battle of Avaricum[]
Fearsome Gaulish leader Vercingetorix is unexpectedly stymied by bad weather in “The Battle of Avaricum”.
Invention of Decimation[]
The invention of decimation as a military punishment.
Smashing Saxons[]
Historical Hairdressers[]
Saxon Woman[]
Presents of Poo[]
Holiday presents demonstrate the many useful uses of dung.
Gorgeous Georgians[]
This is Georgian Food[]
A parody of Marks & Spencer advertisements; features the finest of moldy rotten food.
Georgian Dentist[]
A Georgian dentist prepares to replace a tooth.
Frightful First World War[]
The Cause of WWI[]
Outlining the causes of the war, as simply as possible–that is, not very.
The Fighter Plane (Animation)[]
The evolution of the fighter plane.
Measly Middle Ages[]
Confusing Wat Tyler[]
The Peasant’s Revolt is led by the confusingly named Wat Tyler.
The Rules of Chivalry[]
The rules of chivalry, & more importantly how to find the loopholes.
Cast[]
| Vicious Vikings | Savage Stone Age | Rotten Romans | Smashing Saxons | Gorgeous Georgians | Frightful First World War | Measly Middle Ages | ||||||||
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| Stupid Deaths | Valhalla Tours | Song | Ready Steady Feast | Movie Trailer | Invention of Decimation | Historical Hairdressers | Presents of Poo | This is Georgian Food | Georgian Dentist | The Cause of WWI | The Fighter Plane | Confusing Wat Tyler | The Rules of Chivalry | |
| Mathew Baynton | x | x | ||||||||||||
| Simon Farnaby | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| Sarah Hadland | x | x | x | |||||||||||
| Martha Howe-Douglas | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| Jim Howick | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| Laurence Rickard | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Willbond | x | x | x | |||||||||||
| Lisa Devlin | ||||||||||||||
| Susie Donkin | x | x | ||||||||||||
| Javone Prince | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Punt | ||||||||||||||
| George Sawyer | ||||||||||||||
| Giles Terera | ||||||||||||||
| Katy Wix | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Deary | ||||||||||||||
| Meera Syal | ||||||||||||||
| Rattus Rattus (voiced by John Eccleston) | ||||||||||||||
| Jon Culshaw | ||||||||||||||
| Jess Robinson | ||||||||||||||
Trivia[]
- The knights who appear in the 'The Rules of Chivalry' sketch of the Measly Middle Ages are the same knights same in the song, I'm a Knight.
Notes[]
Videos[]
External Links[]
- Series 1 Episode 8 at Horrible Histories TV