WRITTEN BY:
Dave Cohen, Greg Jenner, Giles Pilbrow, Steve Punt, Laurence Rickard, Fay Rusling
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
15 June 2010
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A marauding knight can’t get into a lord’s castle, so attacks the lord’s serfs instead
Imagine spot: Peasant Joan of Arc is confused when an angel announces she’s destined for great things
(Reluctantly) dressing in women’s clothing and other tricks to lure ships close enough for attack
Ready Steady Feast: Captain Ned Low displays a decided taste for cruelty–if not actual human flesh
Victorian Dragon’s Den: The proposed inventions have an unusual power source in common (parody of Dragon’s Den)
SONG: Victorian Inventions: The Victorians invented a lot more things than you may think they have!
Words We Get From: The Saxons
New! Saxon Sign of the Cross (advertisement)
Two peasants discuss ergotism in-between the wild flailing
HHTV News: Civil War
Bob Hale gives the Civil War Report, while Mike Peabody reports live from the Battle of Marston Moor
Dodgy War Inventions No. 79: Romans try using stilts to cross marshland (animated)
Historical Wife Swap: An upscale Roman couple moves into newly conquered Britain and swaps with a traditional Celtic family
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Victorian Inventions
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