The BEST episodes of Horrible Histories (2009) season 8
Every episode of Horrible Histories (2009) season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Horrible Histories (2009) season 8!
Sketches, cartoons and quizzes liberally splattered with blood and gore, based on the books published by Scholastic.
#1 - Fashion Faux Pas
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/3/2019
The Horrible History of (sometimes literally) dressing to kill. Henry VIII has beef over whose armour is best and Louis XV dresses as a hedge.
Watch Now:Amazon
#2 - Putrid Politics
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/22/2019
Dani Dyer becomes Rattus’ political advisor as we look at everything from the birth of democracy to Margaret Thatcher having to change her voice so she would be taken more seriously.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#3 - Heroic Home Front
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/9/2019
A look at how World War II played out on the home front, featuring Churchill's secret loo, the heroic 'ATA Girls' and German spies being caught out by their delicious sausages.
Watch Now:Amazon
#4 - Mind Your Manners
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/17/2019
Fred Sirieix guides Rattus through the Horrible History of Manners, including the benefits of not holding farts in and Puritan dating,. And Jane Austen visits Historical Love Island.
Watch Now:Amazon
#5 - Moon Mayhem
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/8/2019
Dara O Briain joins Rattus for a show marking the 1969 moon landings. The first use of rocket power, the Space Race, and poo floating in the Apollo 10 cockpit - it’s all here!
Watch Now:Amazon
#6 - Mayflower Malarkey
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/14/2020
Washington, Jefferson, Queen Elizabeth I, social media sensation Zack Septic-Tank and a host of plucky Puritans star in a show marking 400 years since the Mayflower’s famous voyage
#7 - Bizarre Beasts
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/1/2019
The history of our relationship with animals - Charles Darwin presents Yummy Planet, Elizabeth I’s menagerie has some 'lion trouble', and farting fish almost start a nuclear war.
Watch Now:Amazon
#8 - Chaotic Collabs
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/10/2019
History tells of great minds coming together to achieve great things. It also tells of idiots combining to make an unholy mess. HH looks at some of the best and worst collaborations!
#9 - Fearsome Families
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/24/2019
Queen Victoria lovingly forces several of her children to go on historical first dates, Leopold Mozart retires his 18-year-old daughter aged 18, and the Brontes sing about sisterhood.
#10 - Outrageous Olympics
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/17/2020
Alex Scott joins Rattus for a sport-themed special. Mary Queen of Scots goes grief-golfing, the H2 Freestylers take on a whole village, and sports-mad Henry VIII sings Get Sweaty.
#11 - Fierce Females
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2020
A celebration of some of history’s greatest females, including Spartan Queen Gorgo terrorising Historical Love Island, supergroup The Tudor Queens and the original Wonder Women.
#12 - Queen Vic's Home Vids
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/3/2019
Featuring Victorian fake news, paparazzi, and camera men strapped to the front of moving trains, Queen Victoria shows you how her subjects invented and became obsessed with films!
#13 - Holly H Song Special
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/20/2020
Social media star Holly H is Rattus’ guest as he launches his own radio station, BBC Radio Number Two, and plays a selection of musical greatest hits from the series.
#14 - Fantastic Firsts Special
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/27/2020
A special show featuring some of history's greatest firsts, including the first ever library, Olympic Games, people on the moon and rat roller-skating on TV!
#15 - Beastly Bodily Functions Special
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/3/2020
Doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken join Rattus for a selection of old and new sketches relating to bodies.