Horrible Christmas
WRITTEN BY:
Lucy Clarke, Gerard Foster, Jon Holmes, Giles Pilbrow and Laurence Rickard
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
17th December 2010
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Henry II’s unique jester, Roland the Farter, and his tradition of breaking wind on Christmas Day
Scary Stories: “The Night Before Childermass” (a poem)
HHTV News: William the Conqueror’s Christmas Crowning Riot
A group of peasants are delighted to receive useful gifts of various types of animal dung (from S01E08)
Mr. Tudor advertises his Exceedingly Nice Mince Pies. Meat, meat and more meat are on the menu on “Historical Masterchef”
Elizabeth I’s Christmas present is an innovation fit for a Queen–a teeny clock on a strap
Oliver Cromwell has his visiting relatives arrested for wishing him a Merry Christmas (from S02E02)
Charles II delivers a characteristic Royal Christmas Message for 1666
A prison Christmas
Odd Christmas cards
HHTV Sport: Opposing sides play a friendly game of football during the Christmas truce of 1914
Horrible Histories TV 