Horrible Histories

tv show

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154 total episodes

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11 seasons

The history they don't teach you in school.

First Aired April 16, 2009

Overview

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

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Episode 5

Season 5 - Episode 5 - 1h 30m

Air Date

May 31, 2013

Overview

Famous monk St Augustine struggles to introduce Christianity to Saxon England; Stuart diarist Samuel Pepys annoys the smartest men in Britain; we witness a daring escape from the Tower of London; and Joan of Arc's story is quite an unusual one for a teenage girl.