Horrible Histories - Series 3, Episode 9 | |
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Season Three, Episode Nine | |
Air date | 28 June 2011 |
Written by | Dave Cohen, Gerard Foster, Giles Pilbrow, Steve Punt, Laurence Rickard, Colin Swash, & Ben Ward |
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Horrible Histories - Series 3, Episode 9 was the 35th episode of Horrible Histories, having first aired on the 28th of June, 2011, on the CBBC.
This episode includes the Vikings launching their advert for We Sell Any Monk, Queen Elizabeth I surprising her court with some very odd laws, the sacrifice-obsessed Aztec priests singing their gruesome disco song, & discover the Roman equivalent of text messaging.
Sketches
Vicious Vikings
Monk convinces Viking attackers to spare his life
A literate monk convinces marauding raiders to spare him so he can record their oppression for all time.
Advertisement
We Sell Any Monk
Other monastic captives are on sale at the ‘new market town of Dublin’ in “We Sell Any Monk”.
Vile Victorians
Historical Pet Shop
2nd Baron Rothschild
The animal-loving 2nd Baron Rothschild makes his third appearance in as many series.
Victorian Traffic Report
The traffic report.
Terrible Tudors
Tudor currency
A foreign traveler has difficulty grasping pre-decimal British coinage.
Tudor Clothing Laws
A nobleman inadvertently runs afoul of Elizabeth I’s peculiar clothing laws.
Angry Aztecs
Aztec Gardeners World
“Aztec Gardeners’ World” discusses fertilizing fields with human blood.
Aztec Whodunnit-o
Enjoy hours of family fun with Aztec Whodunnit-o (parody of Cluedo).
Song
- Main article: Ain't Staying Alive
You won’t be if you meet these guys!
Frightful First World War
WWI general inspects the troops
A general arrives to inspect the troops & discovers just how hard up both sides are for new recruits.
Quiz Question
The average British soldier in World War I had 20 lice on their body but what was the record?
- A: 428
- B: 1428
- C: 10428
Video Game
Splat That Rat!
Rotten Romans
Tabellarii Messenger
Tabellarii messenger service, the classical equivalent of text messaging.
Smuggling in Rome
A nervous smuggler runs into an unexpected obstacle in trying to run weapons past the gates of Rome.
Measly Middle Ages
Historical Come Dine with Me
Medieval Come Dine With Me
When dying of the plague was the ultimate social faux pas.
Cast
Vicious Vikings | Vile Victorians | Terrible Tudors | Angry Aztecs | Frightful First World War | Rotten Romans | Measly Middle Ages | ||||||||
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Monk convinces Viking attackers to spare his life | We Sell Any Monk | Historical Pet Shop | Victorian Traffic Report | Tudor currency | Tudor Clothing Laws | Aztec Gardeners' World | Aztec Whodunnit-o | Song | WWI general inspects the troops | Video Game | Tabellari Messenger | Smuggling into Rome | Medieval Come Dine with Me | |
Mathew Baynton | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
Simon Farnaby | x | x | ||||||||||||
Martha Howe-Douglas | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
Jim Howick | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
Laurence Rickard | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
Ben Willbond | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
Susie Donkin | ||||||||||||||
Lawry Lewin | ||||||||||||||
Alice Lowe | x | x | x | |||||||||||
Dominique Moore | ||||||||||||||
Rhashan Stone | ||||||||||||||
Giles Terera | ||||||||||||||
Katy Wix | ||||||||||||||
David Baddiel | ||||||||||||||
Terry Deary | ||||||||||||||
Tanni Grey-Thompson | ||||||||||||||
Rattus Rattus (voiced by John Eccleston) | x | |||||||||||||
Jon Culshaw | ||||||||||||||
Jess Robinson | ||||||||||||||
Dave Lamb |
Notes
External Links
- Series 3, Episode 9 at Horrible Histories TV