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!
'The plots against Elizabeth keep coming'' | Elizabeth I's Secret Agents
With the mounting assassination attempts on Queen Elizabeth partly inspired by Catholic Mary Queen o...
01: Black Britons 1 | Primary History
An introduction to the history of black people in Britain, from the Romans to the slave trade. Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-...
02: Black Britons 2 | Primary History
The history of black people in Britain, from the abolition of the slave trade to the end of World War II. Education for seven- to 11-ye...
03: Gandhi | Primary History
An introduction to the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-olds.
04: Mandela | Primary History
An introduction to the life and times of Nelson Mandela. Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-olds.
05: The Spanish Armada | Landmarks
In October 1588, a lone Spanish ship was wrecked off south Devon. In today's programme children from three Devon schools use their own map...
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.
10 Guinea Street | A House Through Time
David Olusoga reflects on the past, present and future of number 10 Guinea Street.
1066 Unpacked | The One Show
Dan Snow recruits a team of volunteers to demonstrate the movements made by the rivals to the throne and how King Harold's armies attempted to d...
1937 Coronation | The Coronation
Queen Elizabeth II reflects on her father, King George VI's Coronation in 1937 and her first glimpse of the regalia.
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.
5 Ravensworth Terrace | A House Through Time
The important history of the residents of 5 Ravensworth Terrace.
62 Falkner Street | A House Through Time
David Olusoga goes through the history of the 180 years and 132 residents of 62 Falkner Street in Liverpool.
A house built on profits from the slave trade | A House Through Time
David Olusoga investigates the owner Number 10 Guinea Street, the prolific Bristol slave trader Edmund S...
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.
A look inside a Neolithic home | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama investigates a Neolithic home.
A Roman Fort in Benwell | The Great British Dig: History in Your Garden
An archaeological team visits the remains of a Roman Fort in Benwell, Newcastle, preparing for a furt...
A soldier's daughter | Learning Zone
Sarah was a child in Bolton during the Second World War. With family friend Tyler, she remembers the outbreak of the war and the effect ...
A successful Viking invasion and an introduction to Edward the Confessor | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama explores the circumstances in which Edward the C...
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