The WORST episodes of Horrible Histories (2009)
Every episode of Horrible Histories (2009) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Horrible Histories (2009)!
Sketches, cartoons and quizzes liberally splattered with blood and gore, based on the books published by Scholastic.
#1 - Ridiculous Rules
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2025
From William the Conqueror making rules about chopping off body parts to Elizabeth I in court over some swan-related mischief, Horrible Histories takes a look at some history’s most ridiculous rules.
#2 - Brilliant Brains
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/2025
From taking man to the moon to figuring out how to get rid of a poo in a submarine, Mark Labbett joins Rattus for a look at some of history’s most brilliant brainboxes.
#3 - Savage Songs Special
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/27/2010
A compilation of the songs from the season, featuring Spartan High School Musical, the Viking Rock Band, punky Queen Boudica, Incan emperor Pachacuti, the posh rapping of Charles II, Blackbeard the Pirate, George IV going solo, the Victorian Inventions song, and the World War 2 Girls.
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#4 - Kings and Queens - A Right Royal Special
Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/14/2024
Featuring a new sketch with Elizabeth I searching for a successor in her show England’s Got Monarchs, and Rattus is the guide through some of HH's most regal sketches!
#5 - Loo Man's Gross Guide
Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/3/2024
From bottom complaints to snot, bird poo and farts, Loo Man provides a guided tour through some of history's grossest things.
#6 - Smash Hit Songs
Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/2022
Rattus has an idea that might make him millions – he is going to launch a streaming service. However, to make Ratify a success, he is going to need some great songs from history.
#7 - Cursed Careers
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/2022
Rattus considers a career change, and luckily he has the whole of history to look through for ideas. Could he be an inventor like Babbage, or is the pirate life for him?
#8 - Henry And Liz's Family Face-Off
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/2022
Tudors King Henry VIII and daughter Queen Elizabeth I bicker about who was the best ruler.
#9 - Gory Greek Myths
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2024
From trojan horses to sirens, Horrible Histories presents mythical mayhem - Greek style!
#10 - Radical Renaissance
Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2024
Legendary artists Da Vinci and Michelangelo are the guides for a journey through one of history’s most creative, and sometimes weirdest, periods.
#11 - Gruesome Gunpowder Plot
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2023
Horrible Histories presents the sometimes-ludicrous story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot.
#12 - Formidable Florence Nightingale
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/8/2018
There is much more to Florence Nightingale than being 'The Lady with the Lamp'. We follow Florence as she embarks on her journey to help the soldiers in the Crimean War, and in doing so changes the world of nursing forever. Not to mention her obsession with unusually named cats.
#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.
#16 - Foul Football
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/2023
Legendary Lioness Jill Scott joins Rattus to look at the history of the beautiful game, including Shakespearean mentions, women’s football being banned and coffins on the pitch!
#17 - Hideous Homes
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/2024
From how Henry VIII had the most comfortable poo possible, to finding out which bit of his house Charles Dickens called The Demon - take a tour of horrible homes through history.
#18 - Ruinous Rivals
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/2024
From warring brothers to farting mothers, Horrible Histories presents some of the biggest, best and worst rivalries throughout time. Guest starring Rosie Jones, Fred Sirieix and Rob Rinder.
#20 - Terrifying Tower of London
Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/19/2024
Famous inmates, botched escapes and thefts, and Henry VIII’s favourite executions – they’re all here in a terrifying history of the Tower of London, one of England's most famous landmarks!
#21 - Rotten Romans in Britain
Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/26/2024
Everything from roads to baths to pies, hosts Emperor Nero and warrior queen Boudicca are here to show what the Romans did while they were here in Britain.
#22 - Songtastic Musical Special
Season 10 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/11/2024
Rattus has enlisted the help of Richie – the Horrible Histories songwriter – to help him present a special song-filled show by making every one of Rattus’ bits a song too!
#23 - NHS 75th Birthday Special
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/5/2023
How did the NHS come into being? When was the first kidney transplant? Is half a chicken actually a cure for anything? Find out as comedian and former psychiatric nurse Jo Brand joins Rattus to host a special episode in honour of the NHS's 75th birthday.
#24 - The Chaotic Civil War
Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/2024
Take a journey through one of the weirdest, wildest periods in English history, featuring the only time that a king has been tried and executed for treason!
#25 - British Black History
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/30/2021
Horrible Histories charts the contribution of Black people to British life throughout history. How did African soldiers come to be guarding Hadrian’s Wall? Why was a West African diver asked to help salvage Henry VIII's ship, the Mary Rose? And the actor Ira Aldridge tells us how he came to leave New York to find fame in 19th-century England.