- HD 1080
- Runtime: 92m.
- Status: Returning Series
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- keywords: anthology, based on children's book, educational, sketch comedy, british history, anarchic comedy, edutainment
- Production_studio: Lion Television, Citrus Television
- Slogan: The history they don't teach you in school.
- Seasons: 10
- Episodes: 139
- First air date: 2009-04-16
- Last air date: 2024-06-14
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, BBC Select Apple Tv channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The Horrible Histories is featured in the top rankings of 2009
- #9 in Top Comedy Series of 2009
- #1 in Top Family Series of 2009
Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.