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''Stuff they don't teach you at school''
''The past is no longer a mystery''
''Hope you enjoyed'' Horrible Histories!
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''Horrible Histories'' (2009-2013) is the hit live-action [[Sketch Comedy]] adaptation of Terry Deary's [[Horrible Histories (literature)|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 [[Educational Song|music video]] per episode, likewise usually a parody of a classic pop/rock genre or song.
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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, [[Mock the Week|Chris Addison]], [[The League of Gentlemen|Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton]] and [[Mark Gatiss]] have made special guest appearances.
Not to be confused with the [[Horrible Histories (2001 TV series)|2001-2002 animated]] series [[Horrible Histories (literature)|also based on the books]].
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* [[Action Girl]]: You do ''not'' want to mess with Boudicca. Or for that matter several of the other female characters. The show actually makes something of a point of celebrating this trope, as a way of compensating for the fact that most of their subject matter is male-oriented.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Of the show itself, as per above.
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