Episodes 13

1 Episode 1

April 16, 2009

30m

A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.

2 Episode 2

April 23, 2009

30m

A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.

3 Episode 3

April 30, 2009

30m

A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.

4 Episode 4

May 7, 2009

30m

The Tudors sing their family history, Bob explains the complete history of Rome in two minutes, and a mad Victorian gentleman eats King Louis XIV's mummified heart.

5 Episode 5

May 14, 2009

30m

A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and there are some disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt.

6 Episode 6

May 21, 2009

30m

An evil Greek god appears on a daytime chat show, a rich Georgian swaps his wife with a peasant, and we meet some weird medieval monsters.

7 Episode 7

May 28, 2009

30m

There is a terrible smell in the Houses of Parliament, Cinderella struggles with the Blitz, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life.

8 Episode 8

June 4, 2009

30m

The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, a caveman goes on a TV cookery show, and we discover the bizarre causes of the First World War.

9 Episode 9

June 11, 2009

30m

A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.

10 Episode 10

June 18, 2009

30m

HHTV News reports live from the Battle of Thermopylae, Celt housewives find decorative uses for severed heads, and we learn the revolting truth about Roman toilets.

11 Episode 11

June 25, 2009

30m

Queen Victoria learns that her British comforts are not very British, a Viking warrior won't stop talking in rhyme, and on 'Axe Factor', the contestants try to become executioners.

12 Episode 12

July 2, 2009

30m

A Victorian teacher is confused by her pupils' bizarre names, the Romans run out of animals to execute, and Queen Victoria advertises her exercise DVD.

13 Episode 13

July 9, 2009

30m

A lazy aristocrat invents the sandwich, the Romans host their own revolting cookery show and William Shakespeare is haunted by the ghost of King Richard III.

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