Win Horrible Histories Series Four on DVD

May 24, 2013

Horrible HistoriesFrom the moment he discovered the Horrible Histories books by Terry Deary, No 1 Son was completely hooked. Rotten Romans, Terrible Tudors, and the rest, he read them all, cover to cover, and I firmly believe they’re responsible not only for his interest in history but in part, at least, the fact he passed all his exams in the subject with flying colours. And of course when the TV series started, our whole family were instantly hooked. Not only does it have plenty to entertain kids, but there are lots of ‘grown-up’ jokes too.

Horrible Histories season 4To help celebrate Horrible Histories 20th Anniversary BBC Worldwide are releasing Horrible Histories Series Four on DVD. Tune into Charles Darwin as David Bowie, a boy band of pilots from the Battle of Britain, nursing pioneer Mary Seacole in the style of Beyoncé, a big love ballad from Victoria and Albert, and the Pilgrim Fathers in Jay-Z and Alicia Keys-style. Watch the Historical Apprentice, a team of Neanderthals against a team of Homo Sapiens in a Stone Age hunting challenge while a team of pirates compete with sea merchants to avoid being fired.

Join the Historical MasterChefs who will be cooking up Saxon, Tudor, Crusader and Stone Age fayre and the intrepid Bob Hale is back to give high-octane whistle-stop reports on Human Evolution, Roman Britain, the Renaissance, and Napoleon.

This hilarious look at historical events is released on DVD on 27 May priced at £10.20, but I’m giving five lucky readers the chance to win a copy.

All you have to do to enter is tell me the name of your offspring’s (or your) favourite historical character. The winners of the DVDs will be chosen at random and entries close at midday on Friday May 31st. Usual The Mum Blog competition rules apply.

Good luck!

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  • Liz Jarvis June 4, 2013 at 9:01 pm

    Thank you to everyone who entered – the winners chosen at random are Erica, Laura Harris, Luisa Lauren, Claire and Liz. Please send me your details via the contact form and I’ll arrange for your prizes to be sent to you.

    • Luisa Lauren June 11, 2013 at 11:55 am

      Thank you Liz, My son will be thrilled.

  • Liz Jarvis June 2, 2013 at 10:37 am

    Thanks to everyone who took part in this competition – some fantastic answers. The winners will be announced shortly.

  • Lynn Doe May 31, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    My daughter has been learning about Florence Nightingale so she is her favourite person in history at the moment 🙂

  • Elisa Wright May 31, 2013 at 9:42 am

    Henry VIII

  • David Jackson May 31, 2013 at 9:08 am

    lady jane gray

  • claire May 31, 2013 at 7:40 am

    Ben says Lady Jane Grey.
    And for Josh it’s Grace Darling for being so brave!

  • Olivia Lara Cumberbatch May 30, 2013 at 11:45 pm

    Henry III

  • Lesley Walsh May 30, 2013 at 11:03 pm

    Henry VIII

  • Amanda Rose May 30, 2013 at 10:26 pm

    Henry VIII

  • Charlotte Clark May 30, 2013 at 10:10 pm

    Cleopatra!

  • Janina Hunt May 30, 2013 at 10:07 pm

    Thanks to Horrible Histories – Charles II, the party king!

  • Karen R May 30, 2013 at 9:38 pm

    Queen Victoria!

  • Caroline James May 30, 2013 at 9:13 pm

    My daughters llove the Tudors & Henry VIII is their favourite historical person.

  • mi_shmash May 30, 2013 at 9:05 pm

    henry VIII

  • claire wilkinson May 30, 2013 at 8:41 pm

    henry VIII

  • Lani Nash May 30, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    Henry VII

  • Sue Jackson May 30, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    Boudicca!

  • Jenny Rogers May 30, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    Hard to choose – possibly Boudicca.

  • Robyn Logan Clarke May 30, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    Guy Fawkes

  • kristy brown May 30, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    Mary Queen of Scots for my daughter – William Wallace for my son

  • Luisa Lauren May 30, 2013 at 3:26 pm

    My son says Guy Fawkes or Dick Turpin

  • Joanne May 30, 2013 at 3:25 pm

    My daughter loves Henry VIII

  • Rebecca Mercer May 30, 2013 at 1:20 pm

    Henry Vlll

  • Rachel Blackburn May 30, 2013 at 11:53 am

    Henry VIII

  • kate knight May 30, 2013 at 8:29 am

    William the conqueror

  • Alison May 30, 2013 at 8:01 am

    My son loves Horrible Histories, he loves Henry VIII

  • Joanne Griffiths May 30, 2013 at 2:24 am

    Henry VIII

  • Mickie Bull May 29, 2013 at 9:10 pm

    Boudica

  • Stuart Dunlop May 29, 2013 at 8:59 pm

    Henry VIII

  • Carol De Brikasaan May 29, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    Mother Theresa

  • Lindsey Jones May 29, 2013 at 7:55 pm

    Joan Of Arc

  • matthew collins May 29, 2013 at 7:46 pm

    Favourite is Winston Churchill

  • joanne harrison May 29, 2013 at 7:03 pm

    Got to be the possibly 6 foot 7 William Wallace for my girl!

  • leanne williams May 29, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    boudica

  • HAYLEY WYNN May 29, 2013 at 5:40 pm

    my son loves reading the horrible histories books he’s always bringing them back from the library

  • jennie jackson May 29, 2013 at 4:04 pm

    My sons is Henry VIII

  • Helen May 29, 2013 at 10:44 am

    Our favourite is Mary Queen of Scots. So many interesting stories about her!

  • Peter Gilby May 29, 2013 at 9:50 am

    Boudica

  • Mark Whittaker May 29, 2013 at 4:29 am

    Lady Jane Grey , poor woman

  • Celia West May 28, 2013 at 11:14 pm

    Henry VIII – so much drama

  • Liz May 28, 2013 at 10:55 pm

    Elizabeth I – I was named after her!

  • Tammy Tudor May 28, 2013 at 7:47 pm

    King Henry

  • rjtmisti May 28, 2013 at 5:25 pm

    This is an odd one, but I’ve always had a soft spot for Jane Seymour. I think it’s a combination of the Tudors being my favourite era, playing her in Henry the Tudor Dude, and my middle name being Jane 😛

  • Jane Paddey May 28, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    Joan of Arc

  • leanne newsome May 28, 2013 at 1:14 pm

    Henry VIII

  • Solange May 28, 2013 at 11:06 am

    Queen Victoria

  • Karen Barrett May 28, 2013 at 9:33 am

    Boudica

  • Deborah Munn May 28, 2013 at 9:27 am

    Queen Victoria

  • Sarah Louise Bootland May 27, 2013 at 11:23 pm

    My daughter Faith loves Cleopatra – I think its mainly the outfit and the song she loves though! She also really likes the terrible tudors! Xxx

  • C Parkin May 27, 2013 at 7:46 pm

    Galileo

  • Jane English May 27, 2013 at 1:22 pm

    Mother Teresa

  • Tim Marchant-Jones May 27, 2013 at 1:02 pm

    WInston Churchill

  • sarah fleck May 27, 2013 at 12:34 am

    Henry VIII

  • Mark Palmer May 26, 2013 at 9:17 pm

    Churchill

  • Kim Carberry May 26, 2013 at 3:37 pm

    Queen Victoria!

  • Gary Topley May 26, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    Christopher Columbus as he done so much for this country through exploring.

  • Alice Matthews May 26, 2013 at 9:57 am

    Winston Churchill because he was a part of the grandparents lives.

  • andy harris May 25, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    dick turpin

  • Bali May 25, 2013 at 7:21 pm

    Elagabalus–fabulous name, quite the gory character, and I get more fascinated by him the more I look him up–married 5 women, sort of married 2 men, all before he was killed at 18!

  • FionaLynne Edwards May 25, 2013 at 6:27 pm

    We love Caligula as portrayed by the wonderful Horrible Histories team. “Bigger than me?” is now one of our catchphrases!

  • Ilana Pearce May 25, 2013 at 5:21 pm

    Robert Artois- You’ve Been Artois’d!
    One of my favourite sketches! <3 Sooooooo excited for the new Horrible Histories series, i have exams coming up and HH Series 5 is all i can think about! It's going to be an amazing break from revision! Thank you!

  • Tracy Hodgkins May 25, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    My children have voted William Wallace as their favourite

  • James Spicer May 25, 2013 at 3:07 pm

    Henry VIII

  • enrico savorelli May 25, 2013 at 11:29 am

    Julius Caesar

  • Kate O'Neill May 25, 2013 at 10:38 am

    We love Richard III in this house – my 9 year old is obsessed with him!

  • Penny Lee May 25, 2013 at 12:49 am

    Julius Caesar

  • Alison Campbell May 24, 2013 at 11:30 pm

    my daughter is doing a project at school and Florence Nightingale is her favourite character

  • Julie Davies May 24, 2013 at 11:12 pm

    Henry VIII

  • Lynsey Buchanan May 24, 2013 at 10:49 pm

    Mary Queen of Scots

  • Victoria Boland May 24, 2013 at 10:49 pm

    Queen Victoria

  • Kieran May 24, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    Henry VIII

  • janet e May 24, 2013 at 7:20 pm

    grandaughter lily loves florence nightingale
    (her mum is a nurse)

  • anthony harrington May 24, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    King George V

  • Sarah Knott May 24, 2013 at 6:15 pm

    Henry VIII says my daughter, because he had a very net resting life

  • Jennifer Murphy May 24, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    Huge horrible histories fans in this house …adults And children ! My son loves Charles Darwin , he hopes one day to find his own species 🙂

  • Joanne Baldwin May 24, 2013 at 5:34 pm

    My daughter loves Christopher Colombus as she wants to be an explorer one day.

  • laura banks May 24, 2013 at 5:32 pm

    my son aaron like vlad the impaler

  • kirsty lowde May 24, 2013 at 5:26 pm

    love this we all love henry VIII

  • Jane Ainscow May 24, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    Lady Jane Grey – used by others and forced to pay a terrible price.

  • Louise May 24, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    Henry VIII

  • Fiona Collins May 24, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    Achilles

  • Vivien Baird May 24, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    I like Henry VIII

  • Jill Osborne May 24, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    Florence Nightingale

  • Karis May 24, 2013 at 3:10 pm

    Henry VIII

  • Danielle Hicks May 24, 2013 at 3:05 pm

    Mine is Henry VIII too, always got the order of his wives wrong in school.

  • rebecca maddocks May 24, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    Henry III

  • suzanna gentle May 24, 2013 at 2:56 pm

    Elizabeth 1

  • caroline roberts May 24, 2013 at 2:52 pm

    My daughters favourite character is Henry VIII, shes learning about tudor times at school at the moment so everything is about him!!!

  • Beky Austerberry May 24, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    I am a history freak and like so many it is hard to choose – Anne Frank, Winston Churchill, Victoria and Albert are the top faves though!

  • Laura Harris May 24, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    Tutankhamen – after a holiday to Egypt where we went to the museum in Cairo!

  • robert smith May 24, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    my son loves horrible histories

  • Elaine Jones May 24, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    My daughter loves Queen Victoria

  • Tracy Nixon May 24, 2013 at 1:36 pm

    My son like Julius Ceasar!

  • Andy W May 24, 2013 at 1:35 pm

    Henry VIII – a fascinating king. Did so much good and so much bad.

  • Mummy Fever May 24, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    Queen Victoria @MummyFever

  • Erica Price May 24, 2013 at 9:26 am

    No sure it’s strictly historic, but my son is really into his Greek myths & legends – he’s very keen on Hercules at the moment.

  • Katherine Rigby May 24, 2013 at 8:42 am

    We love Horrible Histories in this house! My kids especially love the songs. My favourite historical characters are probably the wives of Henry VIII or Mary Queen of Scots as they have such dramatic stories.

  • Jayne P May 24, 2013 at 8:02 am

    My daughter loves Horrible Histories. Her favourite is Dick Turpin & Charles II.

  • Erica May 24, 2013 at 7:39 am

    Erin’s got really into Horrible Histories recently, she’s been using my laptop to look up their videos so she’d love this.

    My favourite character from history is Henry VIII (and his wives).