WRITTEN BY:
Dave Cohen, Ali Crockatt, Gerard Foster, Oriane Messina, Giles Pilbrow, Laurence Rickard, David Scott and Ben Ward
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
4 June 2013
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Queen Victoria’s solemn coronation hits some less-than-dignified snags
Prince Albert’s moustaches are ridiculous–until they become the fashion
Shouty Man: New! Roman Dog, the cuddly multi-‘furpose’ companion
Cato the Elder and his equally universal cabbage cures
“Georgian Come Dine With Me”: A round of dinner parties with George III, George IV, Beau Brummell and Sake Dean Mahomed includes a trip to the first curry house in London
Alexander the Great’s Conquest of Greece board game comes with mandatory multiple expansion packs
“Historical Grimefighters”: are there to witness–if not be impressed by–medical history in the making at Alexander Fleming’s laboratory
HH Movie Pitch: Ernest Shackleton tries to pitch a thrilling adventure story about not actually reaching the South Pole
CD set: Now That’s What Me Call Music!–featuring the first-ever musical notes played on the first-ever instrument (advertisement)
Historical Springwatch: Exploring the hidden lives of Pleistocene wildlife (parody of Springwatch)
A nobleman needs pirate slang translated
HHTV Sport: Live from the Pirate Races, riding on captured monks
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SONG:
“Alexander the Great” (Stadium rock parody)
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