The BEST episodes of Horrible Histories (2009) season 1
Every episode of Horrible Histories (2009) season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Horrible Histories (2009) season 1!
Sketches, cartoons and quizzes liberally splattered with blood and gore, based on the books published by Scholastic.
#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/16/2009
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.
#2 - Episode 13
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/9/2009
A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, the Romans host their own revolting cookery show and William Shakespeare is haunted by the ghost of King Richard III.
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#3 - Episode 7
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/28/2009
There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.
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#4 - Episode 5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/14/2009
A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and there are some disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt.
#5 - Episode 4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/7/2009
The Tudors sing their family history, Bob explains the complete history of Rome in two minutes, and a mad Victorian gentleman eats King Louis XIV's mummified heart.
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#6 - Episode 6
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/21/2009
An evil Greek god appears on a daytime chat show, a rich Georgian swaps his wife with a peasant, and we meet some weird medieval monsters.
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#7 - Episode 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/30/2009
A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, an Egyptian tries to save money on mummification, and the Roundheads and Cavaliers take part in Historical Wife Swap.
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#8 - Episode 11
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/25/2009
Queen Victoria learns that her British comforts are not very British, a Viking warrior won't stop talking in rhyme, and on 'Axe Factor', the contestants try to become executioners.
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#9 - Episode 9
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/11/2009
A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.
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#10 - Episode 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/23/2009
A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient, a whining pharaoh invents the pyramid and Henry VIII meets his dead friends.
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#11 - Episode 12
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/2/2009
A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names, the Romans run out of animals to execute, and Queen Victoria advertises her exercise DVD.
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#12 - Episode 10
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/18/2009
HHTV News reports live from the Battle of Thermopylae, Celt housewives find decorative uses for severed heads, and we learn the revolting truth about Roman toilets.
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#13 - Episode 8
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/4/2009
The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, a caveman goes on a TV cookery show, and we discover the bizarre causes of the First World War.
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