WRITTEN BY:
Susie Donkin, Steve Punt, Mark Shillabeer, Ben Ward and Arnold Widdowson
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
18 June 2009
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Sponge on a Stick (advertisement)
Viper Deodorant (advertisement)
An upper-class couple are conned by a thief using street slang
Great Victorian Inventions: The Car (animated)
Ready Steady Feast: Comparing the diets of rich and poor
Historical Hairdressers: The latest skin treatments
Home decorating with severed heads
Video game: Warrior! Romans vs Celts
Twisted Fairytales: “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” (plague spreading)
This Is Your Reign: Napoleon Bonaparte is reunited with his rather unexpectedly accented family
Spartan warriors suit up at the weapons store pre-battle
HHTV News: Mike Peabody live from the Battle of Thermopylae
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SONG:
“The Plague Song”, Musical theatre parody. Lyrics by Terry Deary.
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