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 - 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!
#2 - 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!
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#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 - 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!
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#15 - Diabolical Daily Life
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/28/2022
Daily routines throughout history, from waking in Ancient Egypt to Medieval Loo Man.
#16 - Monstrous Myths
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/4/2022
Count Rattula looks at history's greatest myths and monsters.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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?
#19 - 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.
#20 - Monstrous Musicians
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/15/2017
Horrible Histories reveals history's most monstrous musicians. From the earliest screeches of the Neanderthal, right through to Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar, Rattus Rattus guides us through the story of music making, even bumping into Simon Cowell at Beethoven's 'H Factor' audition.
#21 - Exceptional Explorers
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/24/2017
Horrible Histories goes pear-shaped in an explorers special, meeting Christopher Columbus as he tries to teach a class that the world is indeed shaped like a pear. On the strict instructions of Emperor Nero, some hapless Roman centurions are quite literally stuck in the mud, searching for the source of the Nile. And intrepid Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen has to dig his way out of the snow with a frozen poo. From the Vikings' first small steps on American soil to humankind's first giant leaps on the moon, join Horrible Histories on this epic adventure.
#22 - Ridiculous Romantics
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/31/2017
Horrible Histories charts the path towards true love. Henry VIII enlists the help of maitre d' Fred Sirieix as he tries to find the right wife on Historic First Dates. Elsewhere, we sample some medieval Munich love magic, see how Renaissance men tried to impress the ladies, listen to some of history's greatest love letters, and watch as King Alfonso of Spain's wedding takes a turn he's not expecting...
#23 - Atrocious Artists
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/7/2017
A look at some of history's greatest artists, from the first images painted onto the walls of caves through to Chris Ofili's work with elephant poo. We'll discover the most stolen painting in history, how Picasso and Dali found innovative ways of paying for things without using money, the horror of painting people smiling, and see the Teenage Mutant Ninja Renaissance Artists help a lady in distress. Sort of.
#24 - Heroic Heroes and Villainous Villains
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/14/2017
Horrible Histories takes a look at the world's greatest heroes and villains. On the heroic side, we have everything from Douglas Bader's frequent escapes to the first men on the moon and Martin Luther King Jr, whereas our more villainous side contains Al Capone and Rameses the Great, and Steve Biceps brings us History's Deadly 60.
#25 - 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.