| Horrible Histories - Series 2, Episode 1 | |
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| Season Two, Episode One | |
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| Air date | 31 May 2010 |
| Written by | Mathew Baynton, Gerard Foster, Jon Holmes, Greg Jenner, Giles Pilbrow, Steve Punt, & Laurence Rickard |
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Horrible Histories - Series 2, Episode 1 was the 14th episode of the Horrible Histories TV series, having first aired on the 31st of April, 2010, on the CBBC.
This episode includes a prank-loving emperor hosting a dinner party on Roman Come Dine with Me, William Shakespeare on historical mastermind,the Durham Home Guard injuring themselves while learning first aid, & a Viking rock band painting the town red... literally.
Sketches[]
Rotten Romans[]
Historical Come Dine with Me[]
Roman Come Dine With Me[]
Emperor Elagabalus plays some very nasty practical jokes on his dinner guests. (A parody of Come Dine with Me)
Terrible Tudors[]
Elizabeth I portrait[]
Elizabeth I is picky about her portrait.
Quiz Question[]
Queen Elizabeth loved plays by Shakespeare, especially one called 'Titus Andronicus' in which Roman Emperor Titus serves up an unusual pie to one unfortunate woman. Is the pie made from...?
A: Her two dogs
B: Her two sons
C: Leek & broccoli
Historical Mastermind[]
William Shakespeare on “Words what I made up”[]
Incredible Incas[]
Shouty Man[]
Multi-Purpose Incan Hole[]
Advertisement[]
Inca Sham-pee[]
Vile Victorians[]
The invention of Badminton[]
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (Animation)[]
Meet the many eccentric pets of Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild.
Stupid Deaths[]
Bobby Leach[]
Victorian Niagara Falls daredevil tells of his stupid death, which wasn’t as heroic as his work.
Slimy Stuarts[]
Movie Trailers[]
Fawkes' 13[]
The story of the Gunpowder Plot as an action movie “Fawkes’ 13”.
Quiz Question[]
The Duke of Monmouth led another failed attempt to remove James II from power, but what happened to the bodies of his followers after they'd been executed...?
A: Their heads were put on spikes
B: They were burned on a bonfire
C: They were preserved in tar
Charles I punishments[]
Charles I’s unusual punishments for government critics.
Woeful Second World War[]
Arming the British Home Guard discussion[]
PM Winston Churchill discusses arming the British Home Guard.
Video Games[]
Operation Defend Britain[]
Durham Home Guard First Aid training[]
The Durham Home Guard branch do more damage to themselves than to the enemy.
Vicious Vikings[]
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Attempting to navigate by following (but not necessarily feeding) a raven.
Song[]
- Main article: Literally
The Vikings sing about their landing in Britain & some of the vicious things they got up to…literally!
Cast[]
| Rotten Romans | Terrible Tudors | Incredible Incas | Vile Victorians | Slimy Stuarts | Woeful Second World War | Vicious Vikings | |||||||||
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| Roman Come Dine with Me | Elizabeth I portrait | Historical Mastermind | Shouty Man | Incan Sham-pee | The invention of Badminton | Walter Rothschild | Stupid Deaths | Fawkes' 13 | Charles I's punishments | Arming the British Home Guard discussion | Video Game | Durham Home Guard First Aid training | Navigation by a raven | Song | |
| Mathew Baynton | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| Simon Farnaby | x | x | |||||||||||||
| Sarah Hadland | |||||||||||||||
| Martha Howe-Douglas | x | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Howick | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Laurence Rickard | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||
| Ben Willbond | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| Susie Donkin | |||||||||||||||
| Lawry Lewin | |||||||||||||||
| Alice Lowe | |||||||||||||||
| Nathaniel Martello-White | |||||||||||||||
| Dominique Moore | |||||||||||||||
| Daniel Taylor | |||||||||||||||
| Giles Terera | |||||||||||||||
| Katy Wix | |||||||||||||||
| David Baddiel | |||||||||||||||
| Terry Deary | |||||||||||||||
| Alexei Sayle | |||||||||||||||
| Rattus Rattus (voiced by John Eccleston) | |||||||||||||||
| Jon Culshaw | |||||||||||||||
| Jess Robinson | |||||||||||||||
| Dave Lamb | |||||||||||||||
Notes[]
Videos[]
External Links[]
- Series 2, Episode 1 at Horrible Histories TV