Duration: 3'55''
From the Stone Age to WWII, they made history, Horrible!
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Charles Dickens - Miserable (Song) | Horrible Histories
Charles Dickens on life, novels and inspiration from his experiences in the Victorian Era.
Marcus Licinius Crassus - Minted (Song) | Horrible Histories
No rich man could ever surpass roman 'geezer' Marcus Licinius Crassus, he was minted!
Rosa Parks - I Sat on a Bus (Song) | Horrible Histories
Rosa Parks shares about how she helped spark the Civil Rights Movement, all by sitting on a bus!
Thomas Edison invents ''hello'' | Horrible Histories
Edison stumbles upon an important development in the way people answer the telephone.
Vikings & Garfunkel (Song) | Horrible Histories
Think the vicious Vikings were purely plunderers and pillagers? Think again!
1: Jean's Story | The Jacobites
Jean, a young girl from a Jacobite clan, goes to a 1990s fish market to see how butchery techniques had changed.
1940s fashion | Evacuation Manor House
The kids get a whole new wardrobe and haircut to match the 1940s period.
2: Alexander's Story | The Jacobites
Alexander, a Jacobite soldier, meets a Canadian tourist shopping for high-end tartans.
A is for Archduke Franz Ferdinand | WWI A-Z
Explanation of how the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War One.
Air raid precaution | Evacuation Manor House
The kids practice an air raid simulation, instructed by a warden.
Air raid shelter | Evacuation Manor House
The kids get to build a their own "Anderson" air raid shelter.
American G.I.'s | Evacuation Manor House
The American G.I.'s stationed over in England regularly visited the evacuees and brought treats and even jiving from America!
American toilet paper | Horrible Histories
A businessman is drafted into the war toilets and finds out what Americans did to their toilet paper in the war.
B is for Battalions | WWI A-Z
Recruitment through the formation of 'Pals' Battalions' where friends and neighbours joined up together.
Birth of America (Trailer) | Horrible Histories
A HH movie trailer entitled, America: Who Really Discovered the Continent?
Black History Month Special with Oti Mabuse | Horrible Histories
Oti Mabuse presents a series of sketches from Horrible Histories to commemorate Black History Month.
Blackouts | Evacuation Manor House
To make sure the German bombers couldn't spot light when flying, the kids mimic blocking up their windows in a "blackout".
Bolshy Boudica (Song) | Horrible Histories
British warrior queen Boudica sings about her battles with the Romans.
Boston Tea Party | Horrible Histories
GameTube: Zack Septic-Tank plays through the Boston Tea Party and starts a war (parody of Jacksepticeye).
Bronte Sisters - Sisterhood (Song) | Horrible Histories
The Brontë sisters may be world-famous for their written works now but back when they were writing, they actually had...
C is for Conscription | WWI A-Z
Newsreel and commentary describe how Britain introduced conscription in 1916.
Chamber pot | Evacuation Manor House
Some of the kids get used to using a chamber pot at night-time as they aren't allowed outside, and someone takes it a bit far!
Christopher Columbus | Horrible Histories
Christopher Columbus insists to a sceptical crewman that he's discovered India - also, mermaids.
Churchill's secret telephone | Horrible Histories
Winston Churchill holds conversations with American President Roosevelt in his secret loo.
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