Top UK comedians relate their favourite historical stories while getting absolutely bladdered on a mixture of beers, wines and spirits. Their slurred versions of history are then acted out, word for word, by a host of well-known actors, celebrities and comedians including Johnny Vegas, Russell Kane, Joe Lycett, Rob Beckett, Alex Horne and James Acaster. Luckily, Jimmy Carr is on voice-over duties to restore some order if the drinking sessions get out of hand.
King henry viii/queen victoria & prince albert/the black death
The great fire of london/burke & hare/queen victoria's unwanted cheese
Tutankhamen/dick turpin/byron's pet bear
The krays/guy fawkes
King charles ii/1966 world cup trophy theft/lady godiva
Blackbeard/colonel blood/henry viii
Henry ii and thomas beckett/discovery of dna/william the conqueror
Baden powell/florence nightingale/worst zoo ever
Sir walter raleigh/robin hood & maid marian
Scott of the antarctic/sinking of the titanic
Prince edward & mrs simpson/the great escape
Richard iii/mary shelley's frankenstein
The cottingley fairies/invention of the telephone
Battle of trafalgar/the virgin queen
World war ii/dr crippen
Battle of waterloo/arthur conan doyle
Battle of hastings/catherine parr
Q & sal and joel dommett
Murr and jessica knappett & lydia rose bewley
Russell kane and iain stirling
Kerry howard and joe lycett
Luisa omielan and tom rosenthal
Phil wang and adam buxton
Tom parry and rick edwards
Judi love and miles jupp
Daniel sloss and tom davis
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