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When is Horrible Histories next on TV?

Horrible Histories is next on TV on Tuesday 13 October at 7:05 pm on BBC Three. This showing is Season 2, Episode 4.

Horrible Histories next airing

Horrible Histories

Season 2 · Episode 4

7:05 pm – 7:30 pm Tuesday 13 October

On BBC Three (23)

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Coming up this week

Horrible Histories TV listings this week

Horrible Histories is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):

  • Sun 11
    12:30 pm ends 12:55 pm
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Savage Song Special — Horrible Histories

    Season 7 · Episode 13

    From singing poos to tuneful Warlords, there is something for all musical tastes and Rattus has somehow also roped Brad from the Vamps in to help him out, although rather than playing live on the main stage, Brad's role seems to be more about unblocking the toilets just behind it.

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Sun 11, 12:30 pm
  • Mon 12
    9:25 am ends 9:55 am
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 5

    Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette go on Historical Wife Swap with some French peasants, and Queen Cleopatra sings about her femme fatale reputation. A Welsh prince from the Middle Ages endures a very stupid death and a Tudor peasant gets a makeover in Historical Fashion Fix

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Mon 12, 9:25 am
  • Mon 12
    7:05 pm ends 7:30 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 2 · Episode 2

    A pirate regrets stealing a herd of seasick cows, Charles II performs a rap about his party lifestyle, and a Georgian army goes to war

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Mon 12, 7:05 pm
  • Mon 12
    7:30 pm ends 8:00 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 2 · Episode 3

    Gruesome tales from the past, featuring the Spartan High School Musical, a group of cavemen trying to stay fit, a jester giving bad news to Henry VIII and Roman emperor Nero starring in a movie

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Mon 12, 7:30 pm
  • Tue 13
    9:25 am ends 9:55 am
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 6

    Henry VIII demonstrates his diet of all meat and no vegetables, and Bob Hale tries to explain the War of the Roses, which took place in the Middle Ages. Plus, a Stone Age man invents farming, and Admiral Nelson causes confusion with his last words

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Tue 13, 9:25 am
  • Tue 13
    7:05 pm ends 7:30 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 2 · Episode 4

    Britain's greatest sailor suffers from seasickness, and two doctors from the Middle Ages argue over how to treat a patient

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Tue 13, 7:05 pm
  • Tue 13
    7:30 pm ends 8:00 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 2 · Episode 5

    An Incan youngster suffers the worst birthday ever, a Roman farmer receives a visit from an unconventional salesman, and George IV embarks on a solo music career

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Tue 13, 7:30 pm
  • Wed 14
    9:25 am ends 9:55 am
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 7

    Robert Walpole struggles to talk to England's German King, a Scottish sportsman attacks dead cows in the Highland Games, and American inventor Paul Revere demonstrates his gunpowder toothpaste. Plus, Roman Emperors channel the King of Pop in a musical argument

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Wed 14, 9:25 am
  • Wed 14
    7:05 pm ends 7:30 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 2 · Episode 6

    The Ug and Ugio families take part in a Stone Age game show, mad King George's doctors prove they are even more insane than their patient and Emperor Elagabalus launches a unique form of Roman lottery

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Wed 14, 7:05 pm
  • Thu 15
    9:25 am ends 9:50 am
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 8

    HHTV reporter Mike Peabody gets caught up in the French Revolution, Henry VIII enjoys a dangerous sport for children, and Saxon king Ethelred the Unready suffers online bullying

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Thu 15, 9:25 am
  • Thu 15
    7:05 pm ends 7:30 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 2 · Episode 7

    Joan of Arc is visited by a confused angel, a pirate captain tries to make his crew dress like ladies, and Mrs Celt enjoys being a Roman on Historical Wife Swap

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Thu 15, 7:05 pm
  • Thu 15
    7:30 pm ends 8:00 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 2 · Episode 8

    Vikings forget why they are attacking a monastery, a peasant gets a makeover in the Georgian Fashion Fix, Crimewatch BC tries to solve the murder of Julius Caesar, and the team presents a confusing Egyptian hieroglyphics song

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Thu 15, 7:30 pm
  • Fri 16
    9:25 am ends 9:55 am
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 9

    The Vikings launch an unusual advert, Elizabeth I surprises her court with strange laws, and Aztec priests sing a gruesome disco song. Plus, the Roman equivalent of sending a text message

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Fri 16, 9:25 am
  • Fri 16
    7:05 pm ends 7:35 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 2 · Episode 9

    The educational sketch show reveals unusual remedies used during the reign of the Stuarts, and explains the history of tea. HHTV Sports follows a feud between warring Viking families, and a city-based youngster experiences a culture clash during the Second World War after being evacuated to a farm

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Fri 16, 7:05 pm
  • Sun 18
    12:35 pm ends 1:05 pm
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Awesome Ancient Civilisations Special — Horrible Histories

    Season 7 · Episode 14

    Swill Gumbitz takes a look at Greek statues, the musical instrument that could make you poo yourself, and the evolution of bottom-wiping

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Sun 18, 12:35 pm
  • Mon 19
    9:25 am ends 9:55 am
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 12

    The population of Strasbourg catches dance fever, TV presenter Fearne Polyester reports from a bizarre Greek festival, and two Celtic warriors engage in a rap battle. Meanwhile, King Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the crown jewels

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Mon 19, 9:25 am
  • Mon 19
    7:05 pm ends 7:30 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 2 · Episode 10

    King Charles I sends someone else to get married for him, a new recruit joins the Georgian Army only to regret their decision, and Queen Cleopatra reveals her beauty secrets

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Mon 19, 7:05 pm
  • Mon 19
    7:30 pm ends 8:00 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 2 · Episode 11

    Roman Emperor Caligula prepares to conquer Britain, but forgets to inform his troops of his plans. Scotsmen reveal how the plague was able to spread across their homeland, and the Egyptians take part in Ready, Steady, Feast. Light-hearted educational show, starring Simon Farnaby and Mathew Baynton

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Mon 19, 7:30 pm
  • Tue 20
    9:25 am ends 9:55 am
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Savage Songs Special — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 13

    A look back at some of the comedy songs featured in the irreverent history series, including another chance to see the Celtic hip-hop battle, pop superstar Cleopatra and bad-boy heart-throb Dick Turpin

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Tue 20, 9:25 am
  • Tue 20
    7:05 pm ends 7:30 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Aztec Home Cooking and Victorian Manners — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 1

    More characters and events from the past, including an annoying French prankster from the Middle Ages, bizarre Aztec food in Historical MasterChef, what happens when Queen Elizabeth I needs the toilet, and how not to impress a woman in Victorian times

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Tue 20, 7:05 pm
  • Tue 20
    7:30 pm ends 8:00 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 2

    Medieval knights discover the most disgusting way to attack a castle, the Saxons lose a battle and a Georgian goes shopping in a modern pet shop. Plus, the kings and queens of England demonstrate how to remember them all using a song

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Tue 20, 7:30 pm
  • Wed 21
    9:25 am ends 9:55 am
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 4 · Episode 1

    Dick Whittington pitches a film about his life, Stone Age enthusiasts queue for hours to see the unveiling of the Bronze Age, and German bomber pilots find an unfortunate use for a guide book to Britain

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Wed 21, 9:25 am
  • Wed 21
    7:05 pm ends 7:30 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 3

    A confused soldier spends his first day in the trenches during the Great War, William Wallace launches his music career as a rock rebel, Lady Jane Grey wins a terrible competition and the Welsh women of Fishguard defeat a French invasion

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Wed 21, 7:05 pm
  • Wed 21
    7:30 pm ends 8:00 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 4

    A modern detective struggles to solve a series of murders in Emperor Caligula's house, and HHTV investigates allegations of cheating in Middle Ages jousting tournaments

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Wed 21, 7:30 pm
  • Thu 22
    9:25 am ends 9:55 am
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 4 · Episode 2

    Henry VIII appears on a TV show, Charles Darwin sings about his theory of natural selection, and a pirate captain aims to be Alan Sugar's next Historical Apprentice

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Thu 22, 9:25 am
  • Thu 22
    7:05 pm ends 7:30 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 5

    Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette go on Historical Wife Swap with some French peasants, and Queen Cleopatra sings about her femme fatale reputation. A Welsh prince from the Middle Ages endures a very stupid death and a Tudor peasant gets a makeover in Historical Fashion Fix

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Thu 22, 7:05 pm
  • Thu 22
    7:30 pm ends 8:00 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 6

    Henry VIII demonstrates his diet of all meat and no vegetables, and Bob Hale tries to explain the War of the Roses, which took place in the Middle Ages. Plus, a Stone Age man invents farming, and Admiral Nelson causes confusion with his last words

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Thu 22, 7:30 pm
  • Fri 23
    9:25 am ends 9:55 am
    Channel CBBC 201 Channel CBBC HD 203

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 4 · Episode 4

    A journalist regrets reporting from the Norman siege of Palermo, the Pilgrim fathers rap about Jamestown in America and a German submarine captain has a terrible accident

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Fri 23, 9:25 am
  • Fri 23
    7:05 pm ends 7:35 pm
    Channel BBC Three 23 Channel BBC Three HD 107

    Horrible Histories — Horrible Histories

    Season 3 · Episode 7

    Robert Walpole struggles to talk to England's German King, a Scottish sportsman attacks dead cows in the Highland Games, and American inventor Paul Revere demonstrates his gunpowder toothpaste. Plus, Roman Emperors channel the King of Pop in a musical argument

    More Details → for Horrible Histories, Fri 23, 7:05 pm

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