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Horrible Histories (2009-) is the hit live-action Sketch Comedy adaptation of Terry Deary's eponymous books. Now on its fourth series, the half-hour show airs on CBBC in the UK and the BBC Kids cable channel overseas. As a result a six-part version was made for main adult channel BBC 1, which featured the best sketches as introduced by Stephen Fry. More recently, Chris Addison, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss have made special guest appearances. Not to be confused with the 2001-2002 animated series also based on the books; please see the main article.

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  • Horrible Histories (2009-) is the hit live-action Sketch Comedy adaptation of Terry Deary's eponymous books. Now on its fourth series, the half-hour show airs on CBBC in the UK and the BBC Kids cable channel overseas. As a result a six-part version was made for main adult channel BBC 1, which featured the best sketches as introduced by Stephen Fry. More recently, Chris Addison, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss have made special guest appearances. Not to be confused with the 2001-2002 animated series also based on the books; please see the main article.
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  • Horrible Histories (2009-) is the hit live-action Sketch Comedy adaptation of Terry Deary's eponymous books. Now on its fourth series, the half-hour show airs on CBBC in the UK and the BBC Kids cable channel overseas. Lifting its premise, content and general Black Comedy sensibilities directly from the books, HH the series is hosted by a puppet sewer rat and romps irreverently (but always with conscious accuracy) through all the strangest, silliest and most bodily-fluid-intensive moments on the road to Western Civilization. Live-action sketches -- which frequently parody current UK TV programs and personalities -- are intercut with quizzes, short animations, and at least one music video per episode, likewise usually a parody of a classic pop/rock genre or song. Despite all the goofiness, the show has picked up a sizeable Periphery Demographic, thanks both to increasingly sophisticated writing -- riffing largely off adult comedy classics like Monty Python and Blackadder -- and a core troupe of talented character comedians who also happen to be some of the most attractive Parental Bonuses on television today: Mathew Baynton, Jim Howick, Ben Willbond, Simon Farnaby, Laurence Rickard & Martha Howe-Douglas. According to Word of God it has in fact been deliberately designed from the outset as a 'family show'. In 2010, this became more obvious when the second series won three children's BAFTAs for writing, performing and Best Comedy, plus a surprise British Comedy Award for Best Sketch Comedy. Followed in 2011 by a successful BBC Prom concert, another Best Comedy BAFTA and a (less surprising) Best Sketch Comedy BCA. As a result a six-part version was made for main adult channel BBC 1, which featured the best sketches as introduced by Stephen Fry. More recently, Chris Addison, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss have made special guest appearances. Not to be confused with the 2001-2002 animated series also based on the books; please see the main article.
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