Horrible Histories

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children's television series educational entertainment program media franchise sketch comedy series

Horrible Histories is a British children's sketch-comedy franchise that uses humor and songs to present quirky and gruesome facts from history.

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Horrible Histories canonical 1
Horrible Histories (TV series) 1
Horrible Histories live shows 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's television series ⓘ
educational entertainment program ⓘ
media franchise ⓘ
sketch comedy series ⓘ
awardReceived BAFTA Children's Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Comedy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Horrible Histories book series NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Neil Tonge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Hepplewhite NERFINISHED ⓘ
Terry Deary NERFINISHED ⓘ
developer Caroline Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
educationalFocus history ⓘ
firstTelevisionSeriesDebut 2009 ⓘ
genre children's comedy ⓘ
educational television ⓘ
sketch comedy ⓘ
hasSpinOff Horrible Histories stage shows NERFINISHED ⓘ
Horrible Histories: Gory Games NERFINISHED ⓘ
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ
intendedEffect make history engaging for children ⓘ
medium books ⓘ
film ⓘ
stage ⓘ
television ⓘ
notableElement recurring historical characters ⓘ
running gags about historical figures ⓘ
notableFeature focus on gruesome and quirky historical facts ⓘ
use of comedy sketches to teach history ⓘ
use of parody songs based on popular music ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
CBBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Lion Television NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Lion Television NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting various historical periods ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
families ⓘ
teachesAbout Tudor period ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
World Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient civilizations ⓘ
medieval history ⓘ
tone humorous ⓘ
irreverent ⓘ

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Simon Farnaby → notableWork → Horrible Histories ⓘ
Simon Farnaby → participatedIn → Horrible Histories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Horrible Histories (TV series)
Garrick Theatre → hasProduction → Horrible Histories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Horrible Histories live shows