Horrible Histories

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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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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