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 - 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.
#3 - Infectious Influencers
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/14/2022
From Cleopatra's hairdo to Elizabeth I's flushing loo, meet history's biggest influencers.
#4 - Foul Feasting
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/7/2022
Horrible Histories serves up the history of foul feasting, from Stone Age lentils to Queen Victoria’s anti-fart bread.
#5 - Cracking Christmas
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/10/2021
Horrible Histories brings you a cracking Christmas special, delving into the origins of the festive season.
#6 - Dastardly Dance
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/2021
Strictly’s Shirley Ballas joins Rattus for a waltz through the history of dance, with Bruno Tonioli as Nero, who had his dance teacher killed, and Queen Vic’s Highland reel!
#7 - Precious Planet
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2021
Charles Darwin hosts a timely look at how we’ve treated the throughout history. With Henry VIII, the inventor of the plastic bag and Judge Rinder!
#8 - Gruesome Guide to Growing Up
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/7/2021
Life wasn’t always fun for children in the past. Horrible Histories delves into the not-so-easy lives of children throughout history, from the strict parenting of ancient civilisations, to the terrible fights the young King Louis XIV had with his little brother - even weeing on each other's beds! And find out just why Henry VIII was so keen for his son Edward VI to stay inside.
#9 - Protesting with Pankhurst
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/19/2021
Protests about inequality or environmental damage are common today, but how have people protested in the past? Emmeline Pankhurst is our guide through this history of protest.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Monstrous Mothers
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/28/2025
From terrifying Spartan mums to hidden Victorian mums, via Queen Victoria and Cleopatra, Horrible Histories looks at some of history’s most monstrous mothers.
#24 - Terrible Tudor Special
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/7/2018
Chop, chop, it's Horrible Histories' Terrible Tudor Special, with everything you need to know about history's most famous family, from Henry VII through to Elizabeth I - and, along the way, also find out about Mary I in her vlog. Featuring a never-before-seen sketch with the murderous Medicis, hilarious outtakes, and a special one-off written by a CBBC competition winner - it's your one-stop Tudor shop.
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#25 - Awesome Ancient Civilisations Special
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/7/2018
Horrible Histories presents our guide to Ancient Civilisations, featuring new sketches about Alexander the Great's first kiss, Emperor Nero's greatest hits, and how double parking in ancient times could result in being impaled, rather than fined. Also, Swill Gumbitz takes a look at Greek statues, the musical instrument that could make you poo yourself, and the evolution of bottom-wiping.
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