WRITTEN BY:
Gerard Foster, Giles Pilbrow, Laurence Rickard and Ben Ward
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
30 May 2013
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HHTV Investigates: Dominc Duckworth investigates Charles II’s supposed ability to cure scrofula with a touch
German attempts to train canine spies get a bit over-optimistic
The story of very furry Polish Corporal Wojtek (animated)
I Can’t Believe You Fed Me Seal Blubber! (parody of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! advertisements)
Erik the Red makes a commercial (and gets frostbite) in an attempt to lure settlers to the ‘sun-drenched paradise’ of Greenland (parody of Iceland advertisements)
“Thou Hast Been Framed!” features the best of royal bloopers
A noble patron is bewildered by a visit to Jeremy Bentham’s office
Words We Get From: Jeremy Bentham
Stupid Deaths: Madame Blanchard
Keeping up with tumultuous medieval times just got easier thanks to Anglo-Saxon Chronicle magazine (newsmagazine parody)
“Historical Apprentice”: Team Johannes Gutenberg and Team Monk vie to demonstrate the most efficient printing technology
Grace Darling discovers a unique peril of pre-Internet celebrity
HHTV Sport: Live–if disbelieving–with Emma Sharp, the woman who walked a thousand miles in as many hours
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“Crassus: Minted” (parody of Bonkers by Dizzee Rascal).
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