Series 5 Episode 1

WRITTEN BY:

Dave Cohen, Gerard Foster, Giles Pilbrow, Steve Punt, Laurence Rickard and Ben Ward

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ORIGINAL AIRDATE:

27 May 2013

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Woden calls on select members of his pantheon to form  … part of a unit of time? in “Weekdays Assemble” (parody of Avengers Assemble)

A farmer shares his surefire–if ridiculously complex–secret for growing crops with his neighbour

Historical Grimefighters: The Historical Grimefighters arrive to clean up after Charles II’s courtiers (parody of Grimefighters)

Video game: Play as elderly Archimedes and outwit the brawny opposition in Ultimate City Defender

Alms-distributing Aesop ends up on the wrong end of the story of the pretentious fable-writer and the angry mob

“The Only Way is Hertfordshire”: Upper-class women share their most outrageous beauty secrets (parody of The Only Way is Essex)

The Beach Watch tries to remain modest and do their jobs at the same time

Neil Armstrong pitches his Apollo 11 Weight Loss Programme (advertisement)

SONG

A vow of love means a knight must head into battle with a serious handicap

Richard I Lionheart can barely wait for his coronation to be over before heading off to the Crusades

Hostile Environment Training: Escorting an unpopular nobleman through the streets of London

Jonathan Wild, Thief-Taker General, hits upon a novel method of keeping himself employed (parody of Sherlock)

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SONG:

“Rosa Parks: I Sat on a Bus” (Motown parody, feat. Aretha Franklin).

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