Horrible Histories: Series 9 [DVD]

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Wightman, Catriona (3 February 2011). "In Full: Broadcast Awards 2011 Winners – TV News". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011 . Retrieved 18 June 2013. a b " 'Horrible Histories' in the press". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013 . Retrieved 12 December 2013. Stars of Horrible Histories to make Shakespeare film". BBC Media Centre. 22 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019 . Retrieved 26 July 2013.

Tate, Gabriel (6 November 2013). "Yonderland: Horribly ever after". Time Out. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013 . Retrieved 10 December 2013.a b c d e McLean, Gareth (9 April 2012). "Why did the League of Gentlemen choose to reform on Horrible Histories?". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013 . Retrieved 31 July 2013. Paton, Graeme (30 December 2013). "Michael Gove criticises 'disconnected' history lessons". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014 . Retrieved 3 January 2014. a b c "And the Kidscreen Awards go to..." Kidscreen. 18 February 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018 . Retrieved 2 November 2012. Most criticism of the show revolves around the accuracy and presentation of its factual content. The TV series, like the books, has been used by educators as a classroom aid [29] and was endorsed by UK Education Secretary Michael Gove as useful for spotlighting "neglected periods of history." [61] However, writing after the final episode, Simon Hoggart in The Spectator noted that "There has been some whipped-up controversy about Horrible Histories", adding that "where the books make a rudimentary attempt to teach history as a series of interconnected events, the television show is basically gags, chiefly about defecation, gluttony, murder and torture. It's quite amusing, though whether it will pique an interest in the subject, or—as some say—merely encourage children to learn more about defecation, gluttony, murder and torture, we cannot know." [62] RTS Programme Awards 2010". Royal Television Society. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013 . Retrieved 18 June 2013.

In autumn 2011, the BBC edited footage from the show's summer Prom concert into an hour-long TV special ("Horrible Histories' Big Prom Party"), featuring specially shot linking sketches. [40] In addition, standalone sketches hosted by Stephen Fry, as well as a special "Bob Hale Report", were produced as part of the 2012 Sport Relief benefit programme. [41] [42] In the same year, several sketches were commissioned as part of the BBC's live television coverage of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, to be performed on Tower Bridge, but due to time constraints only one was aired. [21] Horrible Histories is a British children's live-action historical and musical sketch comedy television series, based on the bestselling book series of the same name by Terry Deary. The show was produced for CBBC by Lion Television with Citrus Television and ran from 2009 to 2014 for five series of thirteen half-hour episodes, with additional one-off seasonal and Olympic specials. a b c "Three children's BAFTAs for Horrible Histories". BBC News Online. 29 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013 . Retrieved 9 February 2014. The divisions by historical era or civilisation in the book series are carried over in the TV show, focusing on events in or directly affecting Great Britain and (to a lesser extent) the larger Western world. The Inca and Aztec empires are also featured in later series. [11] Sketches are grouped under these divisions, named as in the books, beginning with the Savage Stone Age and including among others the Cut-throat Celts, Awful Egyptians, Groovy Greeks, Rotten Romans, Smashing Saxons, Vicious Vikings, Measly Middle Ages, Terrible Tudors, Slimy Stuarts, Gorgeous Georgians, Vile Victorians and Frightful First World War. The timeline for the most part ended at the Woeful Second World War. [2] [12] During the fifth and final series the show featured a handful of significant post-World War II (or "Troublesome Twentieth Century") events, including the civil rights movement and the Space Race between the US and the USSR. The most recent event referenced was the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing. [13] Typical examples of the title cards with animated characters, based on the art style of the books, that introduced sketchesanimator / character designer / lead character rigger / animation art director (76 episodes, 2009-2021)