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Horrible Histories - Series 9: 2. Gruesome Guide to Growing Up
Horrible Histories
Series 9: 2. Gruesome Guide to Growing Up
Horrible Histories delves into the not-so-easy lives of children throughout history.
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7 Jul 2021
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Series 8 Episodes
1. Queen Vic's Home Vids
Fake news! Paparazzi! A lack of health and safety! See how the Victorians invented films!
29 mins
2. Fashion Faux Pas
The Horrible History of (often literally) dressing to kill.
28 mins
3. Chaotic Collabs
Amazing collaborations including Shakespeare brainstorming Macbeth.
28 mins
4. Mind Your Manners
Jane Austen is on Historical Love Island. Plus, why you shouldn’t hold farts in.
28 mins
5. Fearsome Families
Fred Siriex welcomes Queen Victoria to historical first dates.
27 mins
6. Bizarre Beasts
Charles Darwin presents Yummy Planet, and some farting fish almost start a nuclear war!
28 mins
7. Moon Mayhem
Comedian Dara O Briain is Rattus' guest host for a show marking the 1969 moon landings.
28 mins
8. Putrid Politics
Dani Dyer becomes Rattus’ political advisor for tales of parliamentary people and plots.
27 mins
9. Heroic Home Front
WWII on the home front, including Churchill’s secret loo.
28 mins
10. Fierce Females
Ancient wonder women, a Spartan queen on Historical Love Island and the Tudor Queens sing!
29 mins
11. Outrageous Olympics
Mary Queen of Scots plays grief-golf, and Henry VIII sings Get Sweaty.
29 mins
12. Mayflower Malarkey
The Puritans set sail, Queen Elizabeth I loses a colony, and the Founding Fathers sing!
29 mins
13. Holly H Song Special
Social media star Holly H is Rattus’s guest on his radio station, BBC Radio Number Two.
28 mins
14. Fantastic Firsts Special
A special show featuring some of history’s greatest firsts.
28 mins
15. Beastly Bodily Functions Special
Doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken regret ing Rattus for a special show about bodies.
28 mins
