WRITTEN BY:
Dave Cohen, Gerard Foster, Giles Pilbrow, Howard Read, Laurence Rickard, Joe Tucker and Ben Ward
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
9 July 2013
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Historical Crime Squad: DI Bones: The case of the baffling velocipede accident
My Little Pit Pony dolls fit perfectly in their accompanying Coal Mine playset (advertisement, parody of My Little Pony)
Planning a funeral means it’s all in the many, many details for a hapless husband on “Don’t Tell the Corpse”
It’s fun for the whole literate priesthood only with Hieroglabble (Scrabble parody)
Stupid Deaths: Pliny the Elder
Historical Apprentice: Team Maximus and Team Minimus vie to create and exploit a celebrity gladiator
Salvation is close at hand for the beleaguered settlers of Port Jackson–or is it?
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Historical Desktops: Neville Chamberlain gauges the reaction to his new European peace settlement
Winston Churchill, Britain’s Wittiest Man, releases his first comedy special on DVD
Great Historical Country Walks: The ‘harrowing of the countryside’ wasn’t as pleasant as it sounds
The fad for French words causes confusion at a dinner party
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“Australia” (parody of Kylie Minogue, feat. I Should Be So Lucky and Can’t Get You Out of My Head)
Horrible Histories TV 