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Title Horrible Histories: Series 5 - Ep 4 of 13 / Director: Brigstocke, Dominic
Published Australia : ABC3, 2013
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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 min. 33 sec.) ; 171860572 bytes
Series Horrible Histories ; Series 5, Episode 4
Summary Slimy Stuarts: Dominc Duckworth: HHTV Investigates: Charles II's supposed ability to cure scrofula with a touch.Woeful Second World War: German attempts to train canine spies get a bit over-optimistic. The story of very furry Polish Corporal Wojtek (animated).Vicious Vikings: 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).Rotten Romans: "Thou Hast Been Framed!" features the best of royal bloopers.Gorgeous Georgians: A noble patron is bewildered by a visit to Jeremy Bentham's office. Words We Get From: Jeremy Bentham. Stupid Deaths: Madame Blanchard.Measly Middle Ages: 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.Vile Victorians: 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
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2015-08-11 at 19:00:00
Notes Classification: PG
Subject Children's stories.
Comedy sketches.
World history.
Children's television programs.
Wojtek (Bear)
United Kingdom.
Form Streaming video
Author Brigstocke, Dominic, director
Connelly, Steve, director
Baynton, Mathew, cast
Farnaby, Simon, cast
Howe-Douglas, Martha, cast
Howick, Jim, cast
Rickard, Laurence, cast
Willbond, Ben, cast