Horrible Histories TV Guide

Upcoming episodes, programme details and where to watch over the next seven days. All times are UK time.

Upcoming airings

Series 7 · Terrible Tudor Special

Chop, chop, it's the Horrible Histories' Terrible Tudors Special, with everything you need to know about history's most famous family. 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.

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Production year: 2018
Original language: English
Broadcast language: English
Subtitle language: English
Audio description language: English
Programme features: HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9

When to watch · 1 showing

Sun 25 Oct12:35
CBBCEngland London(25 minutes)

Series 3 · Episode 8

HHTV reporter Mike Peabody gets caught up in the French Revolution, Henry VIII enjoys a highly dangerous sport for children, Saxon king Ethelred the Unready suffers online bullying from the Vikings, and the suffragettes set the record straight in song.

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Production year: 2011
Original language: English
Broadcast language: English
Subtitle language: English
Audio description language: English
Programme features: HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9

When to watch · 1 showing

Mon 26 Oct19:05
BBC ThreeEngland London(25 minutes)

Series 3 · Episode 9

The Vikings launch their advert for We Sell Any Monk, Queen Elizabeth I surprises her court with some very odd laws, the sacrifice-obsessed Aztec priests sing their gruesome disco song, plus the Roman equivalent of text messaging.

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Production year: 2011
Original language: English
Broadcast language: English
Subtitle language: English
Audio description language: English
Programme features: HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9

When to watch · 1 showing

Mon 26 Oct19:30
BBC ThreeEngland London(30 minutes)

Series 3 · Episode 10

First World War soldiers try very unusual ways to cure frostbite in the winter. Plus the not-at-all-romantic movie starring William the Conqueror, Vincenzo Larfoff fails to scare us with the story of Aztec emperor Motecuhzoma, and a strange Stuart doctor takes a snooze in the middle of a battle.

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Funnies
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Production year: 2011
Original language: English
Broadcast language: English
Subtitle language: English
Audio description language: English
Programme features: HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9

When to watch · 1 showing

Tue 27 Oct19:05
BBC ThreeEngland London(25 minutes)

Series 3 · Episode 11

A pirate chef disgusts the judges on Historical MasterChef, and a Stone Age man appears on Dragons' Den with his innovative inventions. Also, a look at the odd marriage of Mary I and Philip II of Spain, and the Victorian paramedics offer their bizarre medical advice to a modern patient.

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Funnies
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Production year: 2011
Original language: English
Broadcast language: English
Subtitle language: English
Audio description language: English
Programme features: HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9

When to watch · 1 showing

Tue 27 Oct19:30
BBC ThreeEngland London(30 minutes)

Series 4 · Episode 3

Queen Elizabeth I goes online dating, Greek philosopher Socrates foils his own rescue from prison, and Emicho of the Rhineland goes crusading with some very unusual satnavs to lead the way.

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Production year: 2012
Original language: English
Broadcast language: English
Subtitle language: English
Audio description language: English
Programme features: HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9

When to watch · 1 showing

Wed 28 Oct19:05
BBC ThreeEngland London(30 minutes)

Series 3 · Savage Song Special

Savage Songs compilation. Featuring the hip-hop battle of the boasting Celts, pop superstar Cleopatra, rock rebel William Wallace, the soulful Suffragettes, the funky Aztec priests, the crooning caveman, bad boy heartthrob Dick Turpin, pouting Richard III, the children of the Victorian workhouses, and the many, many merry monarchs!

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Production year: 2011
Original language: English
Broadcast language: English
Subtitle language: English
Audio description language: English
Programme features: HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9

When to watch · 1 showing

Wed 28 Oct19:35
BBC ThreeEngland London(25 minutes)

Series 4 · Episode 1

Dick Whittington pitches a movie about his life, Stone Age technology geeks queue for hours at the unveiling of the Bronze Age, and some German bomber pilots find an unfortunate use for a tourist guidebook to Britain.

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Production year: 2012
Original language: English
Broadcast language: English
Subtitle language: English
Audio description language: English
Programme features: HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9

When to watch · 1 showing

Thu 29 Oct19:05
BBC ThreeEngland London(30 minutes)

Series 4 · Episode 2

Henry VIII appears on a TV show hoping to raise money from his antique abbeys. Also, Charles Darwin sings about his theory of natural selection, and a pirate captain aims to be Lord Sugar's next Historical Apprentice.

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Production year: 2012
Original language: English
Broadcast language: English
Subtitle language: English
Audio description language: English
Programme features: HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9

When to watch · 1 showing

Thu 29 Oct19:35
BBC ThreeEngland London(30 minutes)

Series 3 · Episode 12

The people of Strasbourg literally can't stand still with 'dance fever', HHTV presenter Fearne Polyester reports from a bizarre Greek festival, two Celtic warriors hold a rap battle to see who is best at boasting, and King Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the crown jewels.

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Childrens
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Children's
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Production year: 2011
Original language: English
Broadcast language: English
Subtitle language: English
Audio description language: English
Programme features: HD · Subtitles · Audio description · Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9

When to watch · 1 showing

Fri 30 Oct19:05
BBC ThreeEngland London(25 minutes)