Horrible Histories

About Horrible Histories

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

CBBC's Horrible Histories is a comedy series.

It has run to 11 seasons and 154 episodes since April 2009. That is around 14 episodes a season.

Shelv files it under based on children's book, british history, edutainment, and anarchic comedy. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Criterion Channel. It scores 8.0 out of 10 from 70 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-PG rating.

Goosebumps, Sesame Street, and Arthur make useful companions to Horrible Histories, all filed under anthology and educational.