The BEST episodes of Drunk History (UK)
Every episode of Drunk History (UK) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Drunk History (UK)!
Top UK comedians relate their favourite historical stories while getting absolutely bladdered on a mixture of beers, wines and spirits. Their slurred versions of history are then acted out, word for word, by a host of well-known actors, celebrities and comedians including Johnny Vegas, Russell Kane, Joe Lycett, Rob Beckett, Alex Horne and James Acaster. Luckily, Jimmy Carr is on voice-over duties to restore some order if the drinking sessions get out of hand.
#1 - Tom Rosenthal, Andrew Maxwell, Rob Beckett
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2015
Tom Rosenthal talks The Great Fire of London, Andrew Maxwell on graverobbers Burke & Hare, and Rob Beckett on Queen Victoria's unwanted cheese.
#3 - Tom Parry, Elis James & John Robins
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/2016
Elis James & John Robins discuss the Battle of Waterloo (stars Vicky Pattison and Hugh Dennis), and Tom Parry tells us about Arthur Conan Doyle becoming sherlock (stars Bradley Walsh).
#4 - Matt Richardson, Josie Long
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/23/2016
Matt Richardson takes us back to World War II (stars Simon Bird and Dustin Demri Burns), whilst an inebriated Josie Long narrates the tale of Dr Crippen (stars Olivia Colman).
#5 - Ellie Taylor, Joe Lycett
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/2016
Joe Lycett and Ellie Taylor get drunk before telling the stories of the Battle of Trafalgar (starring Anthony Head and Alex Macqueen) and the Virgin Queen (starring Sarah Alexander).
#6 - Charlotte Ritchie, Nish Kumar
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/2016
Charlotte Ritchie reveals the truth behind The Cottingley Fairies (stars Catherine Tate and Mathew Horne), and Nish Kumar talks about the Invention of the Telephone (featuring Anthony Head).
#7 - Tom Rosenthal, Jessica Knappett
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/2/2016
Tom Rosenthal talks about Richard III (featuring Hugh Dennis), while a sloshed Jessica Knappett tells the story of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (featuring Vicky Pattison and Mathew Baynton).
#9 - Iain Stirling, Chris Ramsey
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2016
Iain Stirling slurs his way through Scott of the Antarctic (featuring Mathew Horne and Catherine Tate), whilst Chris Ramsey talks the sinking of the Titanic (featuring Phill Jupitus).
#11 - James Acaster, Tiff Stevenson, Romesh Ranganathan
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2015
Tiff Stevenson on the discovery of DNA, James Acaster talks Henry II and Thomas Beckett, and Romesh Ranganathan chats William the Conqueror.
#12 - Kerry Howard, Joel Dommett, Tiff Stevenson
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/2015
Kerry Howard on the pirate Blackbeard, Joel Dommett yaks Colonel Blood stealing the crown jewels, and Tiff Stevenson talks Henry VIII starting a war.
#13 - Russell Kane, Alex Horne, Diane Morgan
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/2015
Russell Kane talks King Charles II, Alex Horne on the 1966 World Cup trophy theft, and Diane Morgan chats Lady Godiva.
#14 - Joe Lycett, Ben Ashenden, Russell Kane
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2015
Russell Kane regales us with the story of Guy Fawkes & the gunpowder plot and Joe Lycett tells us all about the Krays.
#15 - Romesh Ranganathan, Joe Lycett, Tom Rosenthal
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2015
Romesh Ranganathan talks Tutankhamen, Joe Lycett on highway man Dick Turpin, and Tom Rosenthal explains how Byron had a pet bear!
#17 - Tom Craine, Tom Davis
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2016
The story of Sir Walter Raleigh, starring Jack Whitehall and Michelle Keegan, and a tale about Robin Hood and Maid Marian, with Mathew Baynton and Emma Bunton.
#18 - Daniel Sloss, Tom Davis
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/3/2017
Keith Allen is William Wallace as a sloshed Daniel Sloss remembers the Battle of Sterling Bridge, while Tommy Davis tells how Shakespeare went gangster starring Mark Heap as the bard.
#19 - Judi Love, Miles Jupp
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/26/2017
Ashley Walters and Mark Benton star in Judi Love's mortal tale of Charles I's downfall. Miles Jupp takes on Operation Mincemeat with Jack Howard and Dean Dobbs as the WW2 heroes.
#20 - Tom Parry, Rick Edwards
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/19/2017
Jamie Laing and Paul Kaye star in Tom Parry's trollied take on John Logie Baird's big invention, while Stephan Mangan is in the trenches for Rick Edwards' story of the Christmas Truce.
#21 - Phil Wang, Adam Buxton
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/12/2017
Charlotte Crosby and Matthew Lewis star in Phil Wang's take on Isaac Newton's rise to fame. Adam Buxton's story of King Alfred and the Vikings features Blake Harrison & Alexander Armstrong.
#22 - Luisa Omielan, Tom Rosenthal
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/5/2017
Jessica Hynes stars as Emmeline Pankhurst in Luisa Omielan's hammered history of the suffragettes, while Stephen Mangan is Henry V in Tom Rosenthal's trollied tale of Agincourt.
#23 - Kerry Howard, Joe Lycett
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/2017
Emma Brunton and Blake Harrison forge a unique bond in Kerry Howard's sozzled story of Beatrix Potter. Joe Lycett slurs through the Great Train Robbery starring Simon Bird and Joel Fry.
#25 - James 'Murr' Murray, Jessica Knappett & Lydia Rose Bewley
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/2017
Michelle Keegan and Joel Fry act out Lydia Rose Bewley and Jess Knappett's tale of royal rivalry (Queen Elizabeth I versus Mary Queen of Scots) and James 'Murr' Murray blasts through Billy the Kid with Mat Horne and Mat Baynton.