WRITTEN BY:
Dave Cohen, Gerard Foster, Giles Pilbrow, Laurence Rickard, Colin Swash and Ben Ward
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
2 June 2011
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Eccentric highwayman James Hind refuses to steal from Royalists
Charles II is less than impressed with his coronation gift
Historical Fashion Fix: A peasant’s transformation into a nobleman is so good it’s literally illegal
A leech collector inadvertently ends up demonstrating the job to a skeptical pal
DI Bones: Historical Crime Squad: The case of Caligula and the mystery assassins
Video game: Arena Fighter
Making sure gladiator casualties were really dead
Dominic Duckworth: HHTV Investigates: Cheating in the age of chivalry
Stupid Deaths: Knights Templar
Words We Get From The: Greeks
Historical Head Teachers: Spartan Mr Brasidas is pleased to learn a student’s been stealing
“George IV: Who on Earth Are You?”: The newly crowned King takes a genealogist on a most unusual tour of the family tombs (parody of Who Do You Think You Are?)
SONG:
Work, Terrible Work!