Horrible Histories
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Sep 17, 2026
Jamie EastNARRATOR
One.
Jamie EastHOST
If you were a fan of Horrible Histories or the BBC sitcom Ghosts, there's good news.
Jamie EastHOST
The gang are back together, and they're heading to cinemas at the end of October.
Jamie EastHOST
The Them There collective of comedians and performers have turned Ghosts into a movie.
Alexa PolidoroHOST
But it's very interesting.
Alexa PolidoroHOST
So this series is all about fun facts, a bit like Horrible History of France.
Alexa PolidoroHOST
And I think you're going to learn a lot.
Alexa PolidoroHOST
I know that I'm learning a lot with my content creators that are helping me writing the subjects, you know, on this.
Kiell Smith-BynoeGUEST
Thank you.
Carys AldridgeHOST
It is a great concept, and it's the guys from Horrible Histories, isn't it, the creators?
Kiell Smith-BynoeGUEST
Yes, it is.
Kiell Smith-BynoeGUEST
Yeah, yeah.
SteveHOST
In 2018, it was announced that the theatre would reopen for a BBC Proms performance on 1 September, before officially reopening to the public on 1 December 2018, following the completion of the East Wing restoration project by the contractor Wilmot Dixon.
SteveHOST
The opening programme included a performance from Dylan Moran, Horrible Histories, Gilbert and George, Gareth Malone and an evening of jazz presented by Ronnie Scotts.
SteveHOST
So, I hope you've enjoyed our look at the history of Alexandra Palace and those of you that live in London and know North London will know that the view of the mast from Alexandra Palace is seen for absolute miles away.
SteveHOST
Plus, you can now climb on the roof and get amazing views from the top of the hill and the top of the palace all over London.
Tony CoganGUEST
so yeah like my background for this movie like i have this one more my blind spots for mel brooks is something i've seen a few movies other films have mainly been like stuff with jean wilder and some tv stuff as well but yeah this is one that i've always been wanting to see but I've never quite got round to it.
Tony CoganGUEST
It's one of my more feelings of being inspired by it, like growing up in the UK in the early to mid-2000s, a fan of the TV series Horrible Histories, which clearly took a lot of inspiration from this film.
Tony CoganGUEST
You can see a lot of the DNA of History World Part 1 in the Horrible Histories TV series, and they also talk about the original run of Horrible Histories with uh you're like matthew bain since i know that customer so and yeah yeah somewhere i've always wanted to watch this but i never quite got round to it so yeah doing this podcast has been good to actually finally get round to watching watching this film oh
Robert SmithHOST
so that's interesting you've you've never actually seen this before before now yeah no
Tony CoganGUEST
no this is uh this is my first time watching it
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Tony CoganGUEST
Yeah, I mean, it's also a case where actually getting...
Tony CoganGUEST
Well, obviously, I'm talking about History of the World Part 1, but actually thinking about History of the World Part 2, the Hulu series.
Tony CoganGUEST
And I mentioned earlier, right, I started talking about horrible histories.
PhilHOST
Then, of course, the Far-Mageddon, Vengeance Most Foul.
PhilHOST
And then alongside Giles Pilbrow, who did Horrible Histories and Flight Before Christmas.
PhilHOST
So we've got, as the rest of our cast, we've got Justin Fletcher as Sean and Timmy, John Sparks as Bitzer and the farmer, Kate Harbour as Timmy's mum.
PhilHOST
Additional voice talents include Nina Sosanya, Paul Whitehouse, Roman Kemp, and Daddy Dyer.
Lucy WorsleyGUEST
The toilets were emptied.
Lucy WorsleyGUEST
And in fact, a lot of people know quite a lot about that because there's been a song in Horrible Histories about Henry the Ape's clothes stool, which, as your daughter probably knows, was a padded stool with a hole cut in the top of it.
Lucy WorsleyGUEST
And it's a very high status piece of furniture.
Lucy WorsleyGUEST
It was covered with red velvet and decorated with gilt nails and stuffed with swans down to make it soft for the royal posterior.
LukeGUEST
I like the idea that we don't know what's going on because, again, one of the things that's funny about ghosts is the fact of every episode you didn't know what was it going to be about until you started watching it.
LukeGUEST
And again, these guys, I've been watching them since, you know, Horrible Histories, then Wonderland, Bill, which was another sort of Shakespearean sort of movie they did.
LukeGUEST
So I've always been a big fan of these guys.
LukeGUEST
So to know they're getting a movie, I was like, yeah, saw me off.
Sunny ShoemakerHOST
It became one of the biggest hits of 1981 in the UK, and it still polls well as one of the best-loved hits of the 80s.
Sunny ShoemakerHOST
The BBC Kids show Horrible Histories, a show I discovered when I would unwind after a long day in the dissertation mines, would have song parodies in most episodes.
Sunny ShoemakerHOST
And the Dick Turpin one did, in fact, draw heavily on Stand and Deliver.
Sunny ShoemakerHOST
It didn't make the Hot 100 here in the US, although it did chart on the dance singles chart.
Esme HiggsHOST
For the whole time I'm like, I'm like, "Oh, all those riders, you know, have been riding along." A little fun fact about Badminton House actually, that's where the, the sport badminton was invented, so that's why it's called Badminton, after the house Fun fact.
Esme HiggsHOST
Learned that from Horrible Histories.
Esme HiggsHOST
I don't know why I keep bringing up Horrible Histories on the podcast, but anyway, [laughs] I did that the other week, didn't I? Anyway, I've- this mini pod is not being so mini, it's like a, it's like a maxi pod [laughs] instead because I keep going off topic.
Esme HiggsHOST
But anyway, um, Burghley House.
Esme HiggsHOST
So anyway, while we were there, we were looking at the, I was looking at the big house and I felt like, oh, I feel like I'm in The Gentleman.
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