Horrible Histories - Season 5

Horrible Histories - Season 5

Season 5

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Episodes15
DatesMay 27, 2013 - Aug 4, 2014
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Episodes

Smashing Saxons
Season 5Episode 130 min

Smashing Saxons

The Saxon gods form an unlikely team of superheroes and Rosa Parks sings about her struggle for equality.

May 27, 2013
Slimy Stuarts
Season 5Episode 230 min

Slimy Stuarts

There's a surprisingly charming Stuart highwayman, while the captain of the Titanic holds the world's worst safety briefing.

May 28, 2013
Awful Egyptians
Season 5Episode 330 min

Awful Egyptians

Charles Dickens sings about his life and books, and Vlad the Impaler reveals his horrible new plan for keeping out the neighbours.

May 29, 2013
Slimy Stuarts
Season 5Episode 430 min

Slimy Stuarts

Featuring the rather eccentric Georgian philosopher Jeremy Bentham and super-rich Roman politician Crassus, who raps about his blinging lifestyle.

May 30, 2013
Smashing Saxons
Season 5Episode 530 min

Smashing Saxons

Famous monk St Augustine struggles to introduce Christianity to Saxon England, and Stuart diarist Samuel Pepys annoys the smartest men in Britain.

May 31, 2013
Vile Victorians
Season 5Episode 630 min

Vile Victorians

Queen Victoria's coronation doesn't go quite as planned, while George IV pulls out all the stops to impress his guests on Historical Come Dine with Me.

Jun 4, 2013
Rotten Romans
Season 5Episode 730 min

Rotten Romans

Roman emperor Caesar Augustus reveals the lazy secret of his success, and TV's most excitable reporter Bob Hale explains the very complex history of WWII.

Jun 11, 2013
Terrible Tudors
Season 5Episode 830 min

Terrible Tudors

A Celtic farmer isn't terribly keen on plans for Hadrian's Wall, and the brainy pioneers of transportation sing about their inventions.

Jun 18, 2013
Slimy Stuarts
Season 5Episode 930 min

Slimy Stuarts

There is public confusion when King Charles II bans coffee shops and mighty Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II meets some smelly peasants on Historical Wife Swap.

Jun 25, 2013
Rotten Romans
Season 5Episode 1030 min

Rotten Romans

There is a right royal squabble over who should rule medieval England.

Jul 2, 2013
Vile Victorians
Season 5Episode 1130 min

Vile Victorians

Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill argue online over what to do about Adolf Hitler.

Jul 9, 2013
Vile Victorians
Season 5Episode 1230 min

Vile Victorians

Featuring a female dinosaur expert who sells seashells down on the seashore. Also, a handsome scientist reveals the weird wonders of the Greek Universe.

Jul 16, 2013
Savage Songs
Season 5Episode 1330 min

Savage Songs

Some of history's greatest characters serenade us with tales of their lives. Featuring the all-conquering Alexander the Great.

Jul 23, 2013
Ridiculous Romance
Season 5Episode 1430 min

Ridiculous Romance

A romance special of the award-winning comedy, featuring some of history's biggest love rats. King Henry VIII goes on a TV dating show.

Feb 14, 2014
Frightful First World War Special
Season 5Episode 1540 min

Frightful First World War Special

Bob Hale and Rattus Rattus guide viewers through the horrible history of 1914-18. Featuring the soldiers, civilians, suffragettes and even kings who were caught up in the fighting.

Aug 4, 2014

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