From 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.
To 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!
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.
Thank you Liz, My son will be thrilled.
Thanks to everyone who took part in this competition – some fantastic answers. The winners will be announced shortly.
My daughter has been learning about Florence Nightingale so she is her favourite person in history at the moment 🙂
Henry VIII
lady jane gray
Ben says Lady Jane Grey.
And for Josh it’s Grace Darling for being so brave!
Henry III
Henry VIII
Henry VIII
Cleopatra!
Thanks to Horrible Histories – Charles II, the party king!
Queen Victoria!
My daughters llove the Tudors & Henry VIII is their favourite historical person.
henry VIII
henry VIII
Henry VII
Boudicca!
Hard to choose – possibly Boudicca.
Guy Fawkes
Mary Queen of Scots for my daughter – William Wallace for my son
My son says Guy Fawkes or Dick Turpin
My daughter loves Henry VIII
Henry Vlll
Henry VIII
William the conqueror
My son loves Horrible Histories, he loves Henry VIII
Henry VIII
Boudica
Henry VIII
Mother Theresa
Joan Of Arc
Favourite is Winston Churchill
Got to be the possibly 6 foot 7 William Wallace for my girl!
boudica
my son loves reading the horrible histories books he’s always bringing them back from the library
My sons is Henry VIII
Our favourite is Mary Queen of Scots. So many interesting stories about her!
Boudica
Lady Jane Grey , poor woman
Henry VIII – so much drama
Elizabeth I – I was named after her!
King Henry
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 😛
Joan of Arc
Henry VIII
Queen Victoria
Boudica
Queen Victoria
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
Galileo
Mother Teresa
WInston Churchill
Henry VIII
Churchill
Queen Victoria!
Christopher Columbus as he done so much for this country through exploring.
Winston Churchill because he was a part of the grandparents lives.
dick turpin
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!
We love Caligula as portrayed by the wonderful Horrible Histories team. “Bigger than me?” is now one of our catchphrases!
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!
My children have voted William Wallace as their favourite
Henry VIII
Julius Caesar
We love Richard III in this house – my 9 year old is obsessed with him!
Julius Caesar
my daughter is doing a project at school and Florence Nightingale is her favourite character
Henry VIII
Mary Queen of Scots
Queen Victoria
Henry VIII
grandaughter lily loves florence nightingale
(her mum is a nurse)
King George V
Henry VIII says my daughter, because he had a very net resting life
Huge horrible histories fans in this house …adults And children ! My son loves Charles Darwin , he hopes one day to find his own species 🙂
My daughter loves Christopher Colombus as she wants to be an explorer one day.
my son aaron like vlad the impaler
love this we all love henry VIII
Lady Jane Grey – used by others and forced to pay a terrible price.
Henry VIII
Achilles
I like Henry VIII
Florence Nightingale
Henry VIII
Mine is Henry VIII too, always got the order of his wives wrong in school.
Henry III
Elizabeth 1
My daughters favourite character is Henry VIII, shes learning about tudor times at school at the moment so everything is about him!!!
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!
Tutankhamen – after a holiday to Egypt where we went to the museum in Cairo!
my son loves horrible histories
My daughter loves Queen Victoria
My son like Julius Ceasar!
Henry VIII – a fascinating king. Did so much good and so much bad.
Queen Victoria @MummyFever
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.
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.
My daughter loves Horrible Histories. Her favourite is Dick Turpin & Charles II.
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).