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Horrible Histories Series 6: British Comedy Guide Award for Best Sketch Show Won [13] 2016 Horrible Histories Special: Crooked King John and Magna Carta: Kidscreen Award for Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series Won [14] 2016 Horrible Histories Special: Awesome Alfred the Great: Broadcast Award for Best Children's Programme Nominated [15] 2015
Horrible Histories is an educational entertainment franchise encompassing many media including books, magazines, audio books, stage shows, TV shows, and more.. In 2013, Lisa Edwards, UK publishing and commercial director of Scholastic Corporation, described Horrible Histories as one of the company's "crown jewels", and said it is at an "advanced stage of evolution".
Horrible Histories was a British sketch comedy and musical television series, based on the children's history books of the same name.The show was produced for CBBC by Lion Television with Citrus Television and ran from 2009 to 2013 for five series of thirteen half-hour episodes, with additional one-off seasonal and Olympic specials.
The first series reached a viewing peak of 50% of UK children aged 6–12, [4] while the second was watched by 34% of UK children aged 6–12, or 1.6 million total. [16] Throughout its run, the show routinely ranked at or near the top of the CBBC ratings, reaching a peak of 548,000 viewers for Episode 10 of Series 5.
"Horrible Hearts Club Band: The History of Music" (parody of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by the entire Series 7 cast, lead singing by Jessica Ransom) Sketches: "Neanderthal Choral Classics": The enchanting sounds of pre-history available on DVD from the golden age of rock(s).
Horrible Histories: Various roles 46 episodes 2010 The Stephen K. Amos Show: Whale Charity Fundraiser Episode #1.4 2010–2012 Peep Show: Simon 4 episodes 2011 Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry: Various roles Episode #1.1 BBC Proms: Various roles Episode: "Prom 20: Horrible Histories Big Prom Party" 2011–2012 Spy: Chris Pitt-Goddard 16 ...
L-R: Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond and Jim Howick at the 2011 Children's BAFTAs. Farnaby has worked extensively with the Them There collective of six writers and actors, who started as principal members of the cast of the CBBC live-action series Horrible Histories, where he played offbeat characters including Caligula and Death.