Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry - Season 1

Stephen Fry presents the best sketches from the historical comedy series. King Charles II raps about his party lifestyle, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.

A rich Georgian swaps lives with a peasant in Historical Wife Swap. Toilet paper, tarmac, and typewriters - find out what else those inventive Victorians should be thanked for. Plus the Georgian army goes to war against a bunch of rebellious schoolboys.

In this episode, there is good news for George IV, a WWII evacuee encounters the horrors of the countryside, Joan of Arc gets an unexpected visit, and there is a visit to Ancient Greece for the Spartan High School Musical.

In this episode, prank-loving teenage Emperor Elagabalus hosts a dinner party on Roman Come Dine With Me, some British officers try to get their heads around the complicated causes of the First World War, and some Roundheads and Cavaliers take part in Historical Wife Swap.

In this episode, the Durham Home Guard injure themselves while learning first aid; Britain's greatest sailor, Admiral Nelson, turns out to suffer horribly from seasickness; and the World War 2 girls sing about Girl Power on the Home Front.

In this episode, Crimewatch BC tries to solve the murder of Julius Caesar, some WW2 codebreakers forget their own code, and King George III's manic depression is helped and managed by his Georgian doctors... in no way whatsoever.