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.
#2 - Episode 13
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/25/2011
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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#3 - 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.
#4 - 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?
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Gory Greek Myths
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2024
From trojan horses to sirens, Horrible Histories presents mythical mayhem - Greek style!
#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 - Black British 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Diabolical Daily Life
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/28/2022
Daily routines throughout history, from waking in Ancient Egypt to Medieval Loo Man.
#22 - Monstrous Myths
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/4/2022
Count Rattula looks at history's greatest myths and monsters.
#23 - 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!
#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 - 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.