Horrible Histories - Series 2, Episode 10 - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

King Charles I sends someone else to get married for him, a new recruit regrets joining the Georgian Army, and Queen Cleopatra reveals her weird beauty secrets.

Further details

Horrible Histories. Martha Howe-Douglas. Copyright: Lion Television / Citrus Television

Queen Boudicca and Cleopatra are among the latest celebrated figures of days gone by to be comically portrayed in this highly acclaimed sketch show.

A news report from 1066 uses the Bayeux Tapestry to depict the latest action from the battlefield; shouty man extols the virtues of a Victorian maid; and Vincenzo Larfoff, played by David Baddiel, spins a scary story from the Victorian era with a rather mundane ending. A cut-throat Celt gets a fashion makeover in Historical Fashion Fix; and Queen Boudicca sings a rousing rock anthem about her reign.

The series nips back to Georgian times in HHTV Sport to witness a pinching match. And Cleopatra runs through her beauty routine, which includes bathing in asses milk, sporting poisonous black lead around her eyes and wearing a fake beard.

Broadcast details

Date

Tuesday 6th July 2010

Time

5:15pm

Channel

CBBC

Length

30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast

Jim Howick Various
Ben Willbond Various
Mathew Baynton Various
Martha Howe-Douglas Various
Laurence Rickard Various
Jon Culshaw Various (Voice)
Jess Robinson Various (Voice)
Alice Lowe Ensemble Actor
Giles Terera Ensemble Actor
Lawry Lewin Ensemble Actor
Dominique Moore Ensemble Actor
John Eccleston Rattus Rattus

Guest cast

David Baddiel Vincenzo Larfoff

Writing team

Ben Ward Writer
Dave Cohen Writer
Laurence Rickard Writer
Giles Pilbrow Writer
Steve Punt Writer
Mathew Baynton Writer
Ben Willbond Writer

Production team

Steve Connelly Director
Dominic Brigstocke Director
Caroline Norris Series Producer
Giles Pilbrow Producer
Richard Bradley Executive Producer
Alison Gregory Executive Producer
Nigel Williams Editor
Mike Holliday Editor
Will Peverett Editor
Miranda Jones Production Designer
Richie Webb Composer