WRITTEN BY:
Chris Chantler, Dave Cohen, Gerard Foster, Giles Pilbrow, Howard Read, Laurence Rickard and Ben Ward
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
29 May 2013
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The Persian army comes up with an inspired–and very cute–variant on a human shield at the Battle of Pelusium
I Love Cats magazine: Everything the ancient cat-lover needs to know
HH Movie Pitch: Robert the Bruce tries to avoid starring in ‘Spider-Guy II’
Invention no. 28: Wearing clothes
Testing a radical new innovation in horse riding on “Historical Top Gear” (parody of Top Gear)
Victorian Word Battles: Charles Dickens vs. Lewis Carroll over their quixotic contributions to the English language
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“Greek Come Dine With Me”: Great classical thinkers approach dinner with varying degrees of philosophy
Francis Walsingham’s postal service advert bloopers
HHTV News: Bob Hale’s Mary, Queen of Scots Report
Gross Designs: Vlad the Impaler takes landscaping to deliberately insane extremes (parody of Grand Designs)
Stupid Deaths: Ivan the Terrible
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“Charles Dickens” (The Smiths parody, feat. This Charming Man and Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now).
Horrible Histories TV 