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Horrible Histories - Series 2, Episode 3
Season Two, Episode Three
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Air date 2 June 2010
Written by Lucy Clarke, Dave Cohen, Greg Jenner, Giles Pilbrow, Laurence Rickard, & Fay Rusling
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Horrible Histories - Series 2, Episode 3 was the 16th episode of the Horrible Histories TV series, having first aired on the 2nd of June, 2010, on the CBBC.

This episode includes Ancient Greece showing a Spartan High School Musical, a jester breaking bad news to Henry VIII using armpit raspberries, learning how to stay fit with the Caveman Workout, & Roman emperor Nero staring in a (not very) romantic movie.

Sketches

Rotten Romans

I'm a Christian Get Me Out of Here!

Christians compete to avoid Roman persecution on ā€œIā€™m a Christian, Get Me out of Here!ā€ (A parody of Iā€™m a Celebrityā€¦ Get Me out of Here!)

Movie Trailer

Love You to Death

Emperor Neroā€™s marital woes are featured in ā€œLove You to Deathā€.

Ave! Magazine

Profiling celebrity gladiator Spiculus.

Measly Middle Ages

Historical Paramedics

Medieval paramedics

A couple of medieval paramedics try reviving an unconscious patient with treacle & wee.

Scary Stories

Vincenzo Larfoff is your host for Scary Stories.

The Children of Woolpit

Groovy Greeks

Sending an Athenian child to school

Sending a student off to school.

Song

Main article: Spartan High School Musical

Spartan boys sing about Spartan schools, in their High School musical.

Terrible Tudors

Breaking bad news to Henry VIII

Jester Will Somers is the only man who can safely break the news of Queen Catherine Howardā€™s infidelities to Henry VIII.

Stupid Deaths

Tudor entertainer

Savage Stone Age

Hunting Trip Preparations

Preparing for a hunting trip.

The Caveman Workout, the low-tech way to get in shape.

Awesome USA

The invention of the Telegraph

The invention of the telegraph means bad news for Pony Express riders.

Cliff Whitely

Wyatt Earp & Billy the Kid

Cliff gives advice to Wyatt Earp & Billy the Kid.

Also features Pearl Hart.

Cast

Rotten Romans Measly Middle Ages Groovy Greeks Terrible Tudors Savage Stone Age Awesome USA
I'm a Christian Get Me Out of Here! Love You to Death Ave! Magazine Historical Paramedics Scary Stories Sending an Athenian child to school Song Breaking bad news to Henry VIII Stupid Deaths Hunting Trip Preparations The Caveman Workout Invention of the Telegraph Cliff Whiteley
Mathew Baynton x x x
Simon Farnaby x x x
Sarah Hadland
Martha Howe-Douglas x x x
Jim Howick x x x
Laurence Rickard
Ben Willbond x
Susie Donkin
Lawry Lewin
Alice Lowe x x
Nathaniel Martello-White
Dominique Moore
Daniel Taylor
Giles Terera
Katy Wix
David Baddiel x
Terry Deary
Alexei Sayle
Rattus Rattus (voiced by John Eccleston)
Jon Culshaw
Jess Robinson
Dave Lamb

Notes

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