In this episode, King Charles II raps about his party lifestyle, Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life, Shakespeare appears on Mastermind, and the Viking rock band paint the town red ...

When I look at my job on Horrible Histories, where our diverse cast entertains kids with surreal sketches and silly songs, I hear a lot of echoes from my own childhood favourite. Stephen Fry makes ...

Horrible Histories debuted back in 2009 and has been ... a host of famous guest stars including Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry. Horrible Science, in a first for the BBC, will be linked to the ...

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A rich Georgian swaps lives with a peasant in Historical Wife Swap. Toilet paper, tarmac, and typewriters - find out what else those inventive Victorians should be thanked for. Plus the Georgian army ...