The BEST episodes of Horrible Histories (2009) season 4

Every episode of Horrible Histories (2009) season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Horrible Histories (2009) season 4!

Sketches, cartoons and quizzes liberally splattered with blood and gore, based on the books published by Scholastic.

Last Updated: 11/28/2024Network: CBBCStatus: Continuing
Episode 2
star
8.98
52 votes

#1 - Episode 2

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/10/2012

Henry VIII appears on a TV show hoping to raise money from his antique abbeys. Also, Charles Darwin sings about his theory of Natural Selection, and a pirate captain aims to be Lord Sugar's next Historical Apprentice.

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Episode 1
star
8.87
54 votes

#2 - Episode 1

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2012

Dick Whittington pitches a movie about his life, Stone Age technology geeks queue for hours at the unveiling of the Bronze Age, and some German bomber pilots find an unfortunate use for a tourist guidebook to Britain.

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Episode 13
star
7.57
7 votes

#3 - Episode 13

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/4/2012

A compilation of the songs from the season, featuring We're the Thinkers, Mary I, William Shakespeare & the Quills, It's a New World (Pilgrim Fathers), Luddites!, Victoria & Albert: A Love Ballad, Mary Seacole, Natural Selection, and The Few.

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Episode 6
star
7.38
42 votes

#4 - Episode 6

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2012

A confused Christopher Columbus declares he has found India and a Georgian woman reveals her very Stupid Death. Also, Victoria and Albert attend the Great Exhibition and Tsar Peter III brings a very weird case to the Court of Historical Law.

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Episode 9
star
7.38
48 votes

#5 - Episode 9

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/11/2012

King Edward III gets married in a building site, Julius Caesar reveals his secret tips on hiding baldness, we learn the tricks of the criminal trade on the Real Victorian Hustle and we meet Renaissance Italy's most corrupt family: the Borgias.

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Episode 5
star
7.33
48 votes

#6 - Episode 5

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2012

Some Bronze Agers argue about building the world's first city, Bob Hale explains the entire history of the Renaissance, Mary Seacole sings about her Crimean hotel, and William Shakespeare gets into a rap battle.

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Episode 10
star
7.32
41 votes

#7 - Episode 10

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/18/2012

William the Conqueror has some trouble conquering the town of Ely, Greek philosopher Diogenes reveals his disgusting tactic for getting rid of people he doesn't like, a Saxon joins a modern dating agency and there is a surprise in store for the people on Victorian Wife Swap.

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Episode 11
star
7.30
47 votes

#8 - Episode 11

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/25/2012

Dr Culpeper invites us all to his highly unhealthy health spa, a Crusader knight competes on Historical Masterchef, King John worries about all the internet haters and crooner William Shakespeare serenades us with his big band.

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Episode 7
star
7.29
45 votes

#9 - Episode 7

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/27/2012

Emperor Napoleon plays in a very unusual chess match, a Victorian inventor builds an anti-seasickness ship with one small design flaw, a snowball fight breaks out at a public execution and the British army hires a dead tramp to defeat the Germans in World War II.

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Episode 3
star
7.19
48 votes

#10 - Episode 3

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/11/2012

Queen Elizabeth I goes online dating, Greek philosopher Socrates foils his own rescue from prison, and Emicho of the Rhineland goes crusading with some very unusual Sat Navs to lead the way.

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Episode 8
star
7.13
45 votes

#11 - Episode 8

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/4/2012

Emperor Nero visits the victims of the Great Fire of Rome, some Crusaders attend a training course on how to fight weird monsters, and we meet the man with the best (and worst) job in Tudor England.

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Episode 4
star
7.12
42 votes

#12 - Episode 4

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/12/2012

HHTV's War Reporter Mike Peabody regrets his decision to cover the Norman Siege of Palermo, the Pilgrim Fathers rap about Jamestown in America, and a German submarine captain has the worst toilet accident in history.

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Episode 12
star
7.11
45 votes

#13 - Episode 12

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/1/2012

A Victorian woman books a ticket on a very odd railway, a modern patient is (mis)treated by a Roman dentist, Alfred the Great pitches a movie about his life, and a Greek geek competes on Historical Mastermind.

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