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 - Enormous Empires
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/2025
With everything from mid-battle diarrhoea to a warlord taking over a geography class, take a journey charting the rise and fall of some of history’s biggest empires.
#2 - Twisted Technology
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2025
The watch! The mobile phone! The microwave! The vibrating poo platform! Thomas Edison stage diving! It’s all here as Horrible Histories takes a journey through the history of tech.
#3 - Terrible Transport
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2025
From camels to space rockets, via Dandy Horses, actual horses, royal train rides, cars, balloons and planes, it's the Horrible History of travel.
#4 - Ludicrous Landmarks
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2025
How long does it take to build a pyramid? Why didn’t people like the Statue of Liberty? Why are there pineapples on St Paul’s? Horrible Histories takes a tour of the world’s greatest landmarks.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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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#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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?
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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!
#13 - Gory Greek Myths
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2024
From trojan horses to sirens, Horrible Histories presents mythical mayhem - Greek style!
#14 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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!
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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!
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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!
#25 - 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.