| Horrible Histories - Series 5, Episode 12 | |
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| Season Five, Episode Twelve | |
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| Air date | 16 July 2013 |
| Written by | Dave Cohen, Chris Chantler, Gerard Foster, Giles Pilbrow, Howard Read, Laurence Rickard, & Ben Ward |
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Horrible Histories - Series 5, Episode 12 was the 64th & last regular episode of Horrible Histories, the twelfth episode of Series 5. It first aired on the 16th of July, 2013.
This episode features the whole of history being explained in one huge finale song, a female dinosaur expert selling seashells down by the seashore, & a handsome scientist reveals the Wonders of the Greek Universe.
Sketches[]
Vile Victorians[]
Good Day Magazine[]
Profiling eccentric ‘Little Giant’ Isambard Kingdom Brunel & his many massive engineering projects.
Mary Anning[]
Meanwhile, Mary Anning finds much more than seashells by the seashore.
Groovy Greeks[]
Words We Get From History[]
Yet Again Even More Words We Get From the Greeks[]
Wonders of the Historical Universe[]
Wonders of the Greek Universe[]
A surprisingly modest–but still slightly mad–scientist extols the Ancient Greek Universe.
Awful Egyptians[]
HH Movie Pitch[]
Rameses II[]
Rameses II tries to make his case as the other iconic Ancient Egyptian ruler.
Building Site Queue[]
A prospective laborer is dismayed to discover it wasn’t all about building majestic monuments.
Troublesome 20th Century[]
HHTV News[]
The Space Report[]
Measly Middle Ages[]
Making It in the Middle Ages[]
“Making It in the Middle Ages” takes a look at the wannabe cool science of alchemy.
Stupid Deaths[]
John of Bohemia[]
Woeful Second World War[]
Carlton Ladies Club (Animation)[]
The war effort cuts into pool time at the Carlton Ladies Club.
Homefront Gardening[]
Expert landscaper Alan Smallbog attempts to demonstrate some further wartime sacrifices on “Homefront Gardening” (parody of Alan Titchmarsh).
Potty Pioneers[]
Song[]
- Main article: We're History
The show comes to a close with the final Horrible Histories song (…until the sixth series, which came as a surprise 2 years later). (charity single parody)
Cast[]
| Vile Victorians | Groovy Greeks | Awful Egyptians | Troublesome 20th Century | Measly Middle Ages | Woeful Second World War | Potty Pioneers | ||||||
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| Good Day Magazine | Mary Anning | Words We Get From History | Wonders of the Historical Universe | HH Movie Pitch | Building Site Queue | HHTV News | Making It in the Middle Ages | Stupid Deaths | Animation | Homefront Gardening | Song | |
| Mathew Baynton | x | |||||||||||
| Simon Farnaby | x | x | ||||||||||
| Sarah Hadland | x | |||||||||||
| Martha Howe-Douglas | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Jim Howick | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Laurence Rickard | x | x | ||||||||||
| Ben Willbond | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Susie Donkin | ||||||||||||
| Katherine Jakeways | ||||||||||||
| Lawry Lewin | x | x | ||||||||||
| Alice Lowe | x | |||||||||||
| Dominique Moore | x | |||||||||||
| Steve Punt | ||||||||||||
| Jessica Ransom | ||||||||||||
| Giles Terera | ||||||||||||
| Terry Deary | ||||||||||||
| Mark Gatiss | x | |||||||||||
| Al Murray | ||||||||||||
| Steve Pemberton | x | |||||||||||
| Reece Shearsmith | x | |||||||||||
| Rattus Rattus (voiced by John Eccleston) | ||||||||||||
| Jon Culshaw | ||||||||||||
| Jess Robinson | ||||||||||||
| Dave Lamb | ||||||||||||
Notes[]
- Mr. Hexagon, portrayed by Jim Howick, would later go on as "Mr. H" in the next season.
External Links[]
- Series 5, Episode 12 at Horrible Histories TV