wynalazki: List of Horrible Histories (2009 TV series) episodes

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Horrible Histories is a British live-action historical and musical sketch comedy television series, based on the bestselling book series of the same name by Terry Deary. The show was produced for CBBC by Lion Television with Citrus Television and ran from 2009 to 2014 for five series of thirteen half-hour episodes, with additional one-off seasonal and Olympic specials. The TV show carries over the graphic style and much of the content of the Horrible Histories book series. It maintains the franchise's overall irreverent but accurate focus on the dark, gruesome or scatological aspects of British and other Western world history, spanning predominantly from the Stone Age to the post-World War…

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Them There is a theatrical production collective made up of a group of comedy writers and performers, notable for working on a range of projects together including the first five series of Horrible Histories, Yonderland and Ghosts. They are also informally referred to as the Horrible Histories troupe and The Six Idiots.

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Horrible Histories is a 2015 reboot of the 2009 television series of the same name; based on the bestselling book series by Terry Deary; featuring a new format, cast and production team. The show is produced for CBBC by Lion Television. Over the years, the show has featured a large ensemble cast. Current cast members include Tom Stourton, Jessica Ransom, Richard David-Caine, James McNicholas, Emily Lloyd-Saini; among many others. It has also attracted an impressive list of celebrity guest stars, including, among others, Rowan Atkinson, Gemma Whelan, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Rob Delaney. In 2024, Horrible Histories was presented with a BAFTA Special Award. The honour was awarded in recognition of…

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Horrible Science is a series of books written by Nick Arnold and Phil Gates and illustrated by Tony de Saulles that are designed to get children interested in science by concentrating on the trivial, unusual, gory, or unpleasant. The books are in circulation in 24 countries, with over 4 million books having been sold in the UK. Arnold released a paper entitled "Teaching Science the Horrible Way", in which he demonstrates the reasons why the Horrible Science series has a positive contribution to learning. According to Arnold, Horrible Science books are based on everyday topics and key areas of the curriculum. The range of approaches used in Horrible Science books are intended to emphasise th…

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Horrible Histories is a children's live-action historical and musical sketch-comedy TV series based on the book series of the same name written by Terry Deary. It ran for 65 episodes and 9 specials from 2009-2014 before being rebooted in 2015 with a new cast and format. The series producer was Caroline Norris. Series 1 was directed by Chloe Thomas and Steve Connelly, with all future series directed by Connelly and Dominic Brigstocke. Writers are listed as per credits of each episode. Original music was—except where noted—written by Richie Webb (music) and Dave Cohen (lyrics), with instrumentals by Webb. The songs were not given formal titles; where possible their creators' names for them ha…