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HHTV Sport is a recurring sketch, part of HHTV News, covering historical sporting events. It is presented by a newsreader introducing the sports events, & sports correspondents in the field.
List of Sketches[]
Lions VS Christians[]
- Episode: Series 1, Episode 3
- Era: Rotten Romans
Mainly one of Rattus's Imagine Spots.
Lice Racing[]
- Episode: Series 1, Episode 13
- Era: Gorgeous Georgians
Revolutionising Georgian Boxing[]
- Episode: Series 2, Episode 2
- Era: Gorgeous Georgians
Ex-slave Bill Richmond from America revolutionises boxing with one simple innovation.
The Siege of Troy: Paris VS Achilles[]
- Episode: Series 2, Episode 4
- Era: Groovy Greeks
Live from the Siege of Troy.
Tudor Football[]
- Episode: Series 2, Episode 8
- Era: Terrible Tudors
Inter-village football matches are serious business.
Viking Family Feud[]
- Episode: Series 2, Episode 9
- Era: Vicious Vikings
The rules of a family feud, including when to bring out the berserker.
Pinching Match[]
- Episode: Series 2, Episode 10
- Era: Gorgeous Georgians
Play-by-play of a pinching match.
1914 Christmas Day Football Truce[]
- Episodes: Series 2, Episode 14: Horrible Christmas Special & Horrible Histories - Series 5, Episode 15: Frightful First World War Special
- Era: Frightful First World War
Opposing sides play a friendly game of football during the Christmas truce of 1914.
Georgian Highland Games: Twisting the Cow[]
- Episode: Series 3, Episode 7
- Era: Gorgeous Georgians
Twisting off the hindquarters off a dead cow at the Highland Games.
Horse racing with King Henry VIII[]
- Episode: Series 3, Episode 8
- Era: Terrible Tudors
Horse racing with King Henry VIII (portrayed by Ben Willbond)–& child jockeys.
A day at the Ancient Olympic Games[]
- Episode: Series 3, Episode 11
- Era: Groovy Greeks
On-the-spot coverage of a typical day at the Ancient Olympics (with special guest star Tanni Grey-Thompson).
Crowning the winner at the Isthmian Games[]
- Episode: Series 3, Episode 12
- Era: Groovy Greeks
The winner of the Isthmian Games (portrayed by Mathew Baynton) is disappointed when he realizes that his award is a crown of celery.
Napoleon VS the mechanical chess-playing Turk[]
- Episode: Series 4, Episode 7
- Era: Gorgeous Georgians
Napoleon’s (portrayed by Jim Howick) famed strategic gifts are no match for the mechanical chess-playing Turk.
The Greek Battle of Marathon[]
Live from the Battle of Marathon, where dedicated messenger Pheidippides (portrayed by Laurence Rickard) is about to inadvertently invent what’s sure to become an iconic long-distance race … if only we could figure out what to call it …
Emma Sharp, the woman who walked 1000 miles in 1000 hours[]
- Episode: Series 5, Episode 4
- Era: Vile Victorians
Live with Emma Sharp (portrayed by Martha Howe-Douglas), the woman who walked 1000 miles in 1000 hours.
Pirate Racing[]
- Episode: Series 5, Episode 6
- Era: Putrid Pirates
Live from the Pirate Races, riding on captured monks.
Lily Parr in the Football Hall of Fame[]
- Episode: Series 5, Episode 8
- Era: Troublesome 20th Century
Profiling Lily Parr (portrayed by Martha Howe-Douglas), the only female inductee into the Football Hall of Fame.
Young Henry VIII & his sport successes[]
- Episode: Horrid Henry VII (Series 6, Episode 6)
- Era: Terrible Tudors
Henry VIII (portrayed by Rowan Atkinson) shows off what he can do in sports, before getting ready for the incredibly (not) thrilling wood-sawing contest.
Special Sketches[]
Sports Relief Special 2012[]
- Episode: Sports Relief 2012
- Era:
Amir Khan takes on various historical boxers & Jermain Defoe meets a Tudor football team.
Notes[]
External Links[]
- HHTV Sport at Horrible Histories TV