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− | '''''Horrible Histories''''' is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholastic_%28publisher%29 Scholastic]. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the trivial, unusual, gory, or unpleasant. The series has proved exceptionally successful in commercial terms. The books are written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Deary Terry Deary], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hepplewhite Peter Hepplewhite] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neil_Tonge&action=edit&redlink=1 Neil Tonge] and illustrated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Brown_%28artist%29 Martin Brown], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Phillips Mike Phillips] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Reeve Philip Reeve]. |
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+ | '''''Horrible Histories: Gory Games''''' is a television game show co-produced by Citrus Television & Lion Television |
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− | The first books in the series, ''The Terrible Tudors'' and ''The Awesome Egyptians'', were published in June 1993. |
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− | In May 2007, eight of the original series were relaunched with new covers and additional content. The remainder have been republished in the new format, which was completed on January 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-diary_0-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-diary-0 [1]]</sup> See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#Book_makeover Book makeover]. With approximately 70 books in the series, ''Horrible Histories'' have had 10 million copies sold in the UK, 20 million worldwide, translations to 31 languages, and are offered in 37 countries. |
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− | The books have tie-ins with newspapers such as ''The Telegraph''<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google1_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google1-1 [2]]</sup>, as well as audio-book tie-ins with Kellogs breakfast cereals Cocopops, Frosties and Corn Flakes. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-2 [3]]</sup> |
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− | ==Book categories== |
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− | Though all of the Horrible History books are part of the same series, they are split up into many sub-series. Here are some of them: |
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− | ===Original books=== |
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− | These are the original books that pioneered the Horrible phenomenon: |
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− | *''The Angry Aztecs'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztecs Aztecs]) |
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− | *''The Awesome Egyptians'' (1993) - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Ancient Egypt]) |
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− | *''The Awful Egyptians'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Ancient Egypt]) |
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− | *''The Barmy British Empire'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire British Empire]) |
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− | *''The Blitzed Brits'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz The Blitz]) |
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− | *''The Cut Throat Celts'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts Celts]) |
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− | *''The Frightful First World War'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I World War I]) |
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− | *''The Gorgeous Georgians'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_era Georgian era]) |
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− | *''The Groovy Greeks'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece]) |
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− | *''The Incredible Incas'' - (2000) ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahuantinsuyu Tahuantinsuyu] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Empire The Inca Empire]) |
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− | *''The Measly Middle Ages'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages]) |
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− | *''The Rotten Romans'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Ancient Rome]) |
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− | *''The Ruthless Romans'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Ancient Rome]) |
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− | *''The Savage Stone Age'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_age Stone age]) |
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− | *''The Slimy Stuarts'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Stuart House of Stuart]) |
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− | *''The Smashing Saxons'' (2000) - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxons Saxons]) |
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− | *''The Stormin' Normans'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans Normans]) |
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− | *''The Terrible Tudors'' (1993) - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_dynasty Tudor dynasty]) |
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− | *''Terrifying Tudors'' (formerly ''Even More Terrible Tudors'') - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_dynasty Tudor dynasty]) |
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− | *''The Vicious Vikings'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings Vikings]) |
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− | *''The Vile Victorians'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era Victorian era]) |
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− | *''The Villainous Victorians'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era Victorian era]) |
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− | *''The Woeful Second World War'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II]) |
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− | ===Horrible Histories Two in One=== |
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− | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aztects_and_incas_HH_old.jpg ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aztects_and_incas_HH_old.jpg ]Former cover of ''Two in One'' book ''The Angry Aztecs and The Incredible Incas''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aztects_and_incas_HH_new.jpg ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aztects_and_incas_HH_new.jpg ]Current cover of ''Two in One'' book ''Angry Aztecs and Incredible Incas''There are also the 'Two Horrible Books in One' versions |
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− | *''The Frightful First World War and The Woeful Second World War'' |
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− | *''The Groovy Greeks and the Rotten Romans'' |
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− | *''Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians'' |
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− | *''Smashing Saxons and Stormin' Normans'' |
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− | *''The Terrible Tudors and The Slimy Stuarts'' |
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− | *''Vicious Vikings and Measly Middle Ages'' |
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− | *''The Barmy British Empire and The Blitzed Brits'' |
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− | *''Angry Aztecs and Incredible Incas'' |
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− | *''Horribly Huge Book of Awful Egyptians and Ruthless Romans'' |
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− | There has also been a book package released entitled the ''Blood Curdling Box Set''. It includes the books: Savage Stone Age, Awesome Egyptians, Groovy Greeks, Rotten Romans, Cut-Throat Celts, Smashing Saxons, Vicious Vikings, Stormin Normans, Angry Aztecs, Incredible Incas, Measly Middle Ages, Slimy Stuarts, Terrible Tudors, Gorgeous Georgians, Vile Victorians, Villainous Victorians, Barmy British Empire, Frightful First World War, Woeful Second World War, Blitzed Brits.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-6 [7]]</sup> |
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− | ===Novelty books=== |
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− | According to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholastics Scholastics]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup> website, |
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− | *''The Horrible (Wicked) History of the World'' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Earth Earth's History]) |
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− | *''Awesome Annual 2007'' - (various periods) |
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− | *''Annual 2008'' - (various periods) |
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− | *''Annual 2009'' - (various periods) |
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− | *''Annual 2010'' - (various periods) |
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− | *''The Mad Miscellany'' - ([http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/miscellaneous Miscellaneous]) |
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− | *''Cruel Crime and Painful Punishment'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime Crime] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punishment Punishment]) |
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− | *''Horrible Christmas'' (2000) - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas Christmas]) |
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− | *''The Big Fat Father Christmas Book'' |
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− | *''Action Packs: Awful Egyptians'' |
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− | *''Terrible Tomb of Tutankhamun Pop-up Adventure'' |
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− | are considered ''Novelty Books'', and are not classified with the ordinary books. |
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− | ===Specials=== |
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− | There are a few books in the Horrible Histories series that have a special sign on the front cover stating that they are part of the ''Special'' sub-series of Horrible Histories. They are: |
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− | *''Bloody Scotland'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Scotland History of Scotland]) |
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− | *''Cruel Kings and Mean Queens'' - (The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_monarchs Kings and Queens] of England, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain Britain], and the United Kingdom) |
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− | *''Dark Knights and Dingy Castles'' - (The history of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight Knights] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle Castles]) |
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− | *''England'' - (England) |
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− | *''France'' - (France) |
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− | *''Ireland'' (2000) - (Ireland) |
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− | *''Rotten Rulers'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rulers Rulers]) |
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− | *''Rowdy Revolutions'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions Revolutions]) |
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− | *''The Twentieth (20th) Century'' - (20th century) |
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− | *''The USA'' - (The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America United States of America]) |
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− | *''Wales'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales Wales]) |
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− | *''Wicked Words'' - (The History of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics Linguistics]) |
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− | *''Horrible Christmas'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas Christmas]) |
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− | ===Horrible Histories Cities=== |
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− | Some Horrible Histories books have been based around a particular city, rather than a nation or a specific time period. They also have a map when the front cover is folded out, and explain some structures in the city when the back cover is folded out. Therefore, many people consider them to be a sub-series as well. (Even though Loathsome London doesn't have these qualities, it is still based on a city.[http://www.amazon.com/London-Horrible-Histories-Gruesome-Guides/dp/1407104233/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271103073&sr=1-6 [9]]<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2009">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup>) They consist of: |
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− | *''Oxford'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford Oxford]) |
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− | *''Stratford-upon-Avon'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon]) |
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− | *''Dublin'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin Dublin]) |
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− | *''Edinburgh'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh Edinburgh]) |
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− | *''York'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York York]) |
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− | *''London''(previously ''Loathsome London'') - (2005) ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London]) [http://www.amazon.com/London-Horrible-Histories-Gruesome-Guides/dp/1407104233/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271103073&sr=1-6 [10]] |
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− | ===Handbooks=== |
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− | The Horrible Histories Handbooks also differ from the original books. They have colour and are shaped differently. They consist of: |
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− | *''Spies'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spies Spies]) |
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− | *''Blitz'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz The Blitz]) |
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− | *''Warriors'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior Warriors]) |
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− | *''Knights'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights Knights]) |
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− | *''Pirates'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates Pirates]) |
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− | *''Witches'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches Witches]) |
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− | *''Villains'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villains Villains]) |
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− | *''Trenches'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenches Trenches]) |
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− | *''The Horrible History of the World'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_History World History]) |
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− | ===Quiz books=== |
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− | Sometimes, as well as the ordinary books, there is a quiz book that comes with it, testing your knowledge of that particular subject. They are: |
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− | *''The Awesome Ancient Quiz Book'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_history Ancient Civilizations]) |
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− | *''The Horribly Huge (Massive Millennium) Quiz Book'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium Millennium]) |
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− | ===Sticker and Activity Books=== |
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− | There are quite a number of Horrible Histories sticker and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_book activity books]. These include. |
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− | *Horrible Christmas Sticker Book |
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− | *Angry Aztecs Sticker Book |
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− | *Dark Knights and Dingy Castles Sticker-Activity Book |
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− | *Cut-throat Celts Sticker-Activity Book |
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− | *Incredible Incas Activity Book |
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− | *Gorgeous Georgians Activity Book |
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− | *Savage Stone Age Sticker Book |
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− | *Measly Middle Ages Activity Book |
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− | *Slimy Stuarts Sticker Book |
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− | *The Groovy Greeks Activity Book |
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− | *The Vicious Vikings Sticker Book |
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− | *Vile Victorians Activity Book |
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− | *Terrible Tudors Sticker Book |
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− | *Rotten Romans Sticker Book |
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− | *Awesome Egyptians Activity Book |
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− | *Awesome Activity Book |
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− | *Savage Sticker Book |
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− | *Grisly Quiz Book and Gruesome Games Pack |
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− | ===Gory Stories=== |
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− | A new fiction-type of Horrible Histories series has recently sprouted, called Gory Stories. The first set of books to be published in July 2008 were: |
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− | *Gory Stories - Tower of Terror (Tudors) |
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− | *Gory Stories - Tomb of Treasure (Egyptians) |
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− | *Gory Stories - Wall of Woe - (Romans) |
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− | *Gory Stories - Shadow of the Gallows (Victorians) |
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− | *Gory Stories - Raiders and Ruins (Vikings) - March 2009 |
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− | *Gory Stories - Blackout in the Blitz (World War II) - May 2009 |
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− | Further titles to be published in 2009 include: |
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− | *Gory Stories - Plague and Peril (Middle Ages) |
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− | *Gory Stories - Pirates and Plunder (Pirates) |
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− | Blackout in the Blitz is listed on Terry Deary's website as Bombs on Britain[1], but on Amazon.co.uk it is listed as Blackout in the Blitz, along with a cover. |
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− | ===High-speed History=== |
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− | Beginning in 2010, a new sub-series called "High-speed History" was published. These books are written by Terry Deary and illustrated by Dave Smith. The books in the sub-series are: |
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− | *''Egypt - A High-Speed History'' - 3 May 2010 |
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− | *''Tudors - A High-Speed History'' - 2 Aug 2010 |
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− | *''Knights - A High-Speed History'' - 3 Mar 2011 |
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− | *''Rome - A High-Speed History'' - July 2011 |
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− | ===Others=== |
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− | These are the books that don't fit into the other categories. They are: |
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− | *''Dreadful Diary'' - (An 'on this day' style [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary diary]) |
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− | *''The Mad Millennium'' |
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− | *''Poisonous Postcards'' - (a Card Book) |
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− | ==Titles In Progress== |
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− | ====2010 plans==== |
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− | *''Republishing of all city, country, handbook and original series titles'' |
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− | *''Gory Stories: Pirates - February'' |
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− | *''Keyring Book 2 - April'' |
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− | *''High speed history: Egyptians'' - All new Horrible Histories sub-series that features historical tales in a comic-strip format. Published May 3, 2010.[http://www.bbcshop.com/Horrible-Histories/Horrible-Histories-Egypt-High-Speed-History/invt/9781407111865 [2]] |
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− | *''High speed history: Tudors'' - Published August 2, 2010.[http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9781407111797&in_merch=1&in_merch_title=You+may+also+like&in_merch_name= [3]] |
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− | ====2011 plans==== |
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− | *''Horrible Histories - Special'' - August |
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− | *Huge Book 2 - June |
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− | *Horrible Histories Huge Book II published - June |
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− | *HH Britain bind-up – June |
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− | *HH Colouring book - June |
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− | *New Horrible Histories Handbook - July |
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− | *Annual 2012 - August |
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− | *High speed history: Knights - August |
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− | *Horrible Histories High speed history 4 - August |
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− | *Horrible Histories Xmas flexi new edition republishing - September |
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− | *Horrible History of Britain and Ireland - September |
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− | *Who's Horrible in History - September |
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− | *Wicked History of Britain - September |
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− | *4 TV Tie-ins - October |
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− | *Vile Villains - March 2011 |
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− | *Spies - March 2011 |
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− | *Terrible Tranches - March 2011 |
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− | *Blitz (non-handbook version) |
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− | ====2012 plans==== |
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− | ''Horrible Histories - Special'' - August |
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− | ==Development== |
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− | Terry Deary's background is "very much in theatre". He studied at a drama college and worked as an actor-teacher at the TIE company in Wales. He then became a theatre director and began to write plays for children. Many of his TIE plays were eventually rewritten and adapted into the Horrible Histories book series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google2_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google2-3 [4]]</sup> |
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− | The fifth book in the series was Blitzed Brits. This book was published in 1995, and by chance the date of publication coincided with the 50th anniversary of VE day, which is cited at being responsible for the book reaching no. 1 on the bestseller list. A couple of years later, Deary decided that the book only gave the British viewpoint during World War II, and recognised that this was a bias way of writing such a book. Therefore, Deary wrote Woeful Second World War, because he thought he owed it to his fans to give them an accurate and unbiased account of the war, by writing about it from the European viewpoint as a whole. As the British viewpoint had already been extensively described in the previous book, and as "publishers don't like you covering the same information in new books", this new book focused on the roles of France, Poland, Germany and Russia during the war. The book was published in September 1999, which coincided with the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google2_3-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google2-3 [4]]</sup> |
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− | Deary eventually returned to the stage. Mad Millennium was commissioned by director Phillip Clark, who was a fellow TIE participant 25 years before. He said "your [Horrible Histories] books are very successful. Can we turn them into a large-scale theatre production?” Deary was happy to return to writing plays.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google2_3-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google2-3 [4]]</sup> |
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− | ==Philosophy== |
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− | Terry Deary gave the following testimony to The Guardian in 2003: "Everything I leant [at school] after 11 was a waste of time...it was boring, badly taoguth and not related to the real world...schools are nothing but a Victorian idea to get people off the street..who decided that that putting 30 kids with only their age in common in a classroom wiht one teacher was the best way of educating?" This outlook on the education system served as the inspiration for the Horrible Histories series, as a possible alternative.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-4 [5]]</sup> Deary has also said in an interview, "If I had it my way, I wouldn't have schools at all. They don't educate, they just keep kids off the streets. But my books educate, because they prepare kids for life."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BFP_5-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-BFP-5 [6]]</sup> |
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− | Deary has said, "It's outrageous - why don't we start telling children the truth about history? I hope my books do just that."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BFP_5-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-BFP-5 [6]]</sup> |
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− | According to ''Consuming history: historians and heritage in contemporary popular culture'' by Jerome De Groot, Horrible Histories books are designed to engage and enthuse the reader about a subject while appearing subversive. QAccording to him, the books are primarily entertainment with educative purpose.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google1_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google1-1 [2]]</sup> |
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− | Groot also suggests that Horrible Histories has a sceptical view on the accuracy and validity of history. In an introduction to one of the books in series, it states <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google1_1-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google1-1 [2]]</sup> |
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− | Deary has many research methods when he is writing his books. He uses researchers for all Horrible Histories books, and sometimes uses researchers in specialised fields, such as a military historian for The Woeful Second War. Deary always "read[s] the most up-to-date books on the period [he's] writing about", although he also uses the internet more and more as time goes by. He also "completely absorb[s] [him]self into a period so [he]'ll know the whole historical context as well as all the events of that time". In cases when he "end[s] up with far more information than [he] need[s]", he tends to exclude all the "boring facts" such as dates because according to Deary himself, "dates don't matter. Human experience matters". <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google2_3-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google2-3 [4]]</sup> |
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− | Deary does not want his books to come over as preachy, saying "I'm an adult, I know this and I'm going to tell you". Instead, in his opinion the author's voice is an ignorant person exclaiming "you'll never believe what I found out when I read this book". He thinks that this series is essentially about discovering the wonders of human nature, and questioning whether we could possibly behave how those before us behaved. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google2_3-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google2-3 [4]]</sup> |
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− | Deary does not consider himself "an academic...a teacher...[or] even an adult". Instead, he views himself as kid who wants to share facts with other kids. He thinks that the writer of a non-fiction series such as Horrible Histories has to "entertain first and inform second". Deary does not respect authors who follow each extreme. He believes that "readers are more important than writers and their needs have to come first". He believes that if you engage the reader, and if they are entertained by the substance, they will retain more knowledge from the work. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google2_3-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google2-3 [4]]</sup> |
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− | Deary uses many generic conventions of literature to make his books more accessible to his readers. He will deliberately write his books in a prose style so they follow natural speech cadences, and are therefore more natural to speak. He also uses alliteration and assonance quite frequently. Deary considered poetry to be "just another weapon in the writer's armoury" rather than a specialised form of prose that may only be used in specific circumstances, and is "very comfortable with [using] it" in his non-fiction works. Deary thinks that the impersonal language used in textbooks alienates the reader, and feels that this is a huge drawback in engaging the reader in the work. He therefore uses the second person to talk directly to the reader, the grammatical person he would use if he were talking to the reader in real life. He views Horrible Histories as one of the few non-fiction or fiction series which utilise this "underused style of writing".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google2_3-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google2-3 [4]]</sup> |
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− | Deary uses the medium of a newspaper to make serious material more accessible to the reader so they approach the piece in "a more relaxed frame of mind than they would a school text", for example in an article about the Massacre at Lidice. Newspapers can also be used to illustrate "mysterious and quite lighthearted" stories, such as those which might appear in a "Sun newspaper". In these circumstances, this medium is used as its subject matter is reminiscent of the other, more recognisable medium. Newspapers extracts, along with letters and diaries are used to tell stories from the perspectives of individual people, to engage the reader into the story. he "[tries] to get away from the objective, and to get [his] readers to view history subjectively".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google2_3-7">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google2-3 [4]]</sup> |
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− | When writing about events and historical periods that are still in living memory, such as the Second World War, a degree of "sensitivity [needs to be] involved". While the story about an executioner that requires ten hacks to chop someone's head off in Even More Terrible Tudors is comical as contemporary society is so far removed from the event, relatively recent events are controversial to write about as readers may personally know people who died in the war, or may not want to discuss the Holocaust with their children. However, Deary believes that it is important for children to know about these events, and that they cannot be deemed taboo and never spoken of.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google2_3-8">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google2-3 [4]]</sup> |
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− | The majority of the demographic of Horrible Histories readers are "reluctant readers", who like Deary's series as they can "pick one up, read a small section, and then put it down again". Deary attributes this to the use of short chapters, the fact that one may read the book in a non-linear order, and the varying uses of media in each book, such as quizzes and comic strips.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google2_3-9">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google2-3 [4]]</sup> Nikki Gamble writes in her book ''ICT and literacy'' that two Year 5 twins appreciated the book's non-linear structure as "you don't have to read [the books] from beginning to end..one of us can, um, read the first chapter and the other one can be reading the last bit...it doesn't really matter about the order, does it?" |
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− | | style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top"|With Horrible Histories I want children to think about how people in certain moments of history felt and also for them to consider what these people were experiencing...in Horrible Histories I'm asking, 'Why do people do what they do?' And, ultimately, 'Why do I behave the way I do?' |
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+ | | class="attendee" style=""|Dominic Brigstocke |
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+ | ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Starring |
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+ | | class="attendee" style=""|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Lamb Dave Lamb] as himself |
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+ | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eccleston John Eccleston] |
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+ | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brooker_%28puppeteer%29 Scott Brooker] as Rattus Rattus |
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+ | | style=""|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Webb Richie Webb] |
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+ | | style=""|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom] |
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+ | | style=""|Candida Julian-Jones Giles Pilbrow Caroline Norris |
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+ | ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Editor(s) |
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+ | | style=""|Adam De Wolf |
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+ | ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Original airing |
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+ | | style=""|30 May 2011 |
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+ | for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC BBC]. It is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin-off_%28media%29 spin-off] of the main [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories Horrible Histories] show. The first series began on 30 May 2011, the same day on which the first episode of Horrible Histories series three first aired. It is broadcast after ''Horrible Histories'' on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBBC CBBC], it also broadcasts on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_HD BBC HD]. |
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− | The information in the books is presented in an informal way, and the tone of the books is conversational. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-google1_1-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-google1-1 [2]]</sup> |
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− | | style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top"|you would be disgusted by [Ivan the Terrible's] life story. So I won't tell you. What? You still want to read it? Oh, very well. I'll tell you the story but I'll leave out the gruesome bits. |
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− | ==Book makeover== |
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− | On 7 May 2007, the original series of the Horrible Histories books began to be republished with a new look and new content. The new books have altered information on the back cover, an index and a brighter, redesigned front cover. |
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− | ==Magazines== |
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− | See [http://horriblehistories.wikia.com/wiki/The_Horrible_Histories_Collection The Horrible Histories Collection] |
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− | ==Horrible Histories' Brainiest Boffin Contest== |
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− | In 2003, to celebrate Horrible Histories' 10th anniversary, Scholastic held a contest to find Horrible Histories' Brainiest Boffin. Terry Deary played Quizmaster and through a series of rounds, gradually eliminated five of the six finalists to be invited to the London vaults from 500 applicants. After the sudden death final, Iain Gibbons was crowned the winner. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-2 [3]]</sup> |
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− | ==Tours and Exhibitions== |
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− | See Horrible Histories:Tours and Exhibitions |
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− | ==Critical Response== |
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− | The book series has been generally well received. Some reviews from CaptainD [http://www.darscom.net/horrible_histories_reviews.html [1]] gives positive feedback towards the books. |
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− | *A review by Tammy McQuoid at [http://www.abasiccurriculum.com/reviews/horrible.html [2]] states that "While the book is quite irreverent at times, it does have plenty of historical information in it." citing an example as "the fact that they say the Normans brought the feudal system to England and that Henry II of England said that he wished he could be rid of Thomas a Becket. And then some of Henry's knights took it upon themselves to kill Thomas a Becket, an archbishop." She however does state some positive remarks including "There's plenty more of good, factual history included...I think it's a good idea to mix up unit studies a bit with some educational fun and games." |
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− | *Carole Green of the BBC did a review on the Terrible Tudors play at the Grand Opera House, 2006 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2006/06/07/caroles_horrible_histories_review_feature.shtml [3]].She gave a very positive review stating "It was a wonderful evening, very funny and educational without realising it." |
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− | *The Guardian gave a review about the series as a whole [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/may/10/booksforchildrenandteenagers [4]], also stating comments from a variety of distinguished people. Angela Marks, the history co-ordinator and teacher at St Luke's Church of England Primary School said that the books "...are very cleverly done...children feel that they shouldn't be reading them, that there is something slightly naughty about them. That immediately engages them." Julian Pooley, an archivist said "I wish there had been books like this around when I was at school, when history was all facts and no life. I made do with Ladybird guides." |
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− | *yummy87 at [http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/magazines-newspapers/horrible-histories/426313/ [5]] stated that the series "...is interesting, and is written in such an amusing way, that it will keep children and adults enthralled for hours. I believe that the magazine represents wonderful value for money, as the magazines will be used continually." |
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− | *Joseph Allen McCullough Of Suite101 offered a review on the city-themed book ''Oxford'': Not only is this new little book a great read for anyone (child or adult) with a passing interest in history, it is also a necessary book for any tourist to the city of Dreaming Spires. Any tourist guide will likely tell you who got killed where in Oxford, but Deary's book will do the same thing and entertain you at the same time." ([http://britishhistory.suite101.co/ http://britishhistory.suite101.co] m/article.cfm/horrible_histories_oxford_review) |
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− | *However, the series causes trouble in some parts of the world. |
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− | ==Awards== |
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− | *Best Book with Facts in the Blue Peter Book Awards 2000 |
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− | *Best Book for Knowledge Award at the Blue Peter Book Awards 2001 |
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− | *Terry Deary tops the list of most-borrowed non-fiction children’s authors every year. (Figures based on the Library Survey) |
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− | *Terry Deary was voted the fifth most popular living children’s author in a 2005 Guardian survey. Narins [http://www.horrible-histories.co.uk/index.tao?PageId=news [16]] |
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− | *Winner of British Comedy Awards 2011(TV series) |
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− | ==Controversy== |
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− | The book ''Bloody Scotland'' drew the ire of the tiny [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Separatist_Group Scottish Separatist Group], who claimed it promoted a "UK centric, anti-Scottish viewpoint of Scottish history", using comments like "Cook the haggis until it looks like a hedgehog after the fifteenth lorry has run over it". They reported the book to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_for_Racial_Equality Commission for Racial Equality], who rejected their claim.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-houseofbooks_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-houseofbooks-3 [4]]</sup> |
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− | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty National Trust] was unhappy with ''Cruel Kings and Mean Queens'' because it made jokes about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Charles Prince Charles]'s ears (the prince is the trust's patron) and Queen Elizabeth II.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-houseofbooks_3-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-houseofbooks-3 [4]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-4 [5]]</sup> |
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+ | It is hosted by Come Dine With Me’s Dave Lamb and Rattus Rattus. |
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− | The book "Slimy Stuarts" has been accused of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Catholic Anti-Catholic] views. |
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+ | The series was first annouced on the Horrible Histories website on Feburary 18, 2011. |
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− | According to Terry Deary's homepage, "Several of the books have been banned in some places."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-houseofbooks_3-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-houseofbooks-3 [4]]</sup> |
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+ | ==Game play== |
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+ | The game involves three child contestants trying to obtain "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Balls Year Spheres]" to get the biggest over-all score to win the game. Each Year Sphere contains a year which is either [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD AD] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini BC]. If the sphere contains an AD year then the year is '''''ADded''''' to the player's score at the end of the show, but if it contains a BC year then it is '''''suBtraCted''''' (unfortunate if you get a Stone Age date, possibly worth a million minus points). The spheres are obtained by the player when they win a challenge or a quiz round. |
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+ | The randomly selected histories used for the quiz rounds are |
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− | In the Horrible Histories series, there are two books titled ''The Horrible History of the World'' and ''The Wicked History of the World''; however, they are the same book, only with different headings. To confuse things further, compact and mini editions are planned for release at the end of 2007. The same incident occurred with ''The Horribly Huge Quiz Book'' and ''Massive Millennium Quiz Book'', and ''The Mad Millennium'' and ''Mad Millennium Play''. Also, there are two different covers for ''Horrible Christmas'', as well as new paperback, compact and mini editions soon to be published. |
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+ | *Awful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptians Egyptians] (common) (Appearances : 7) |
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+ | *Gorgeous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgians Georgians] (uncommon) (Appearances : 6) |
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+ | *Vile [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorians Victorians] (common) (Appearances : 9) |
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+ | *Rotten [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Romans] (rare)(Appearances : 3) |
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+ | *Putrid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates Pirates] (uncommon)(Appearances : 5) |
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+ | *Measly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] (common)(Appearances : 9) |
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+ | *Terrible [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudors Tudors] (common)(Appearances : 7) |
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+ | *Vicious [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings Vikings] (uncommon) (Appearances : 6) |
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+ | Though Frightful First World War can be seen amongst the Gory Grid, it was never used. |
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+ | ==The Gory Games== |
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+ | The games were divided into 5 catagories; "Brainy" (challenges that tested mental ability), "Messy" (challenges that involve gunge), "Scary" (the scariest challenges created), "Silly" (challenges supposed to make audience laugh), and the eponymous "Gory" (like scary games yet more disgusting): |
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+ | ===Awful Egyptians=== |
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+ | *'''Mummify Me''': A single-play "Scary" game. Whoever made that mummy forgot to take the organs out. The Horrible historian must simply yank the brain and put it in the bin then Take the Stomach, liver, Instestines, and lungs and place them in the correct Jars but the heart must be kept in if he/she do it in 30 seconds that person wins. |
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+ | *'''Pyramid Puzzle''': An all-play "Brainy" game. The Horrible historians must make the Pyramid by solving the Pyramid puzzzle to help them out they made the base for them |
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+ | *'''Honey Slaves''': King Pepi the second has a real pest problem with flies by them he invented by Getting a slave Covered in honey and then the flys will stick, the horrbile historians must try and collect the fies that are flying out of the Pyramid who ever has the most wins. Only played once, as it was replaced with Flea Fling. |
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+ | ===Gorgeous Georgians=== |
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+ | *'''The Battle of Trafalgar''': Lord nelson famous battle in Trafalgar was his last ever victory, The horrible historian must fire the cannon and fire at the enemy they get a point for knocking the enamy but lose a point if they hit the British ally get 10 and they win |
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+ | *'''Flea Fling''': Woman wear wigs for the hight of Georgain fashion but it has fleas, The Horrible historian must try and catch many |
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+ | flea's as they can. |
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+ | ===Vile Victorians=== |
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+ | *'''Barmy Brunel''': Brunel was a Gennius of Victorian invention but on of his time he made a magic act where his coin was in his throat the Horrible histoain must place the Cogs in the correct place then turn the handle to make Brunel upside down then you can get the coin out of his throat. |
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+ | *'''Foul Food''': William Buckland eat Weird food such as Mouse on toast, the Horrible historian must find five things that William Buckland Eaten onto the real board then Press the mouse on toast to see how |
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+ | many he/she got right. |
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+ | *'''Name Shame Game''': Victorain people has weird names like Princess cheese or Farting clack, The horrible histoian must place five real names on the board then press the princess chease |
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+ | and see how many they got right. |
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+ | *'''Grave Robbers''': An all-play "Scary" endgame in which the Horrible Historians have to get three corpses from a graveyard to the surgeons table at the other side. Midway through the game, a police whistle will sound and the contestants will have to hide in the graveyard whilst the policeman has a look around (since graverobbing was punishable by life imprisonment back in Victorian times.) Once he's gone, the game resumes. The first contestant to get all three bodies on their table, grab their dodgy money and get back to the graveyard wins. |
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+ | ===Rotten Romans=== |
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+ | *'''Savage Siege''': Their where Rocks hives and seatherd heard's the Horrible historians must use the Catapults to hit the wall and score points. |
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+ | *'''Odd Gods''': The Romans have God's for many things like the God of sheeps, the Horrilbe historian Must place five Real gods into the real and then touch the brush to see how many your right. |
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+ | ===Putrid Pirates=== |
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+ | *'''Pirate Treasure''': A simple Treasture hunt game where they have to follow the clues to Find the keys open the chest and find the map. |
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+ | *'''Whack A Rat''': Ratus Ratus dont like his family get Whacked by a pirate, But the Horrible historian must whack 15 Rats in the time aloud sometimes Ratus whacks the commetator |
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+ | ===Measly Middle Ages=== |
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+ | *'''Yuckaroo!''': William the Conquar's Funeal was on fire and his Body burst, The Horrible historians must simpaly steal the treasure and place it in their coloured chest but careful his body will explode and will catch fire |
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+ | *'''Pig Piano''': Louis the XI of France tells the Abort of pain to create a musical Instument and he did calling it the pig piano, The horrible historian have to remember a sequal of squeals, for each correct note it will add another note, but get one wrong then their will be a surprise. |
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+ | *'''Gong Farming''': In the middle ages their was job called Gong Farming which is cleaning Poo of the streets, The horrible historians must take their bag Run to the other side of the ally scoop up the poop then reutn back to fill the bucket, but becareful some middle ages people will poo directly on your head who ever has the most poop in their tank wins. (also its fake poo) |
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+ | ===Terrible Tudors=== |
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+ | *'''Puzzling Portraits''': |
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+ | *'''The Axe Factor''': |
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+ | *'''Who Ate All The Pies''': |
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+ | ===Vicious Vikings=== |
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+ | *'''The Viking Name Game''': |
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+ | *'''Woeful Words''': |
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+ | *'''Viking Attack''': |
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+ | ==Annoucing Post== |
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+ | ===[http://horrible-histories.co.uk/news/624/gear-up-for-the-gory-games/#lead-story Gear up for the Gory Games!]=== |
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+ | Published: Friday February 18, 2011 |
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+ | Gory Games, a Horrible Histories game show, is coming soon to CBBC – and of course, it’ll be the grisliest contest since the cut-throat Celts played ball games with their enemies’ heads. Three horrible historians will take part in four rotten rounds to win a putrid prize – a hanged man’s tooth, perhaps, or a maggoty sea biscuit. There will be physical challenges, hilarious sketches, and questions posed by some of the best-loved characters from the Horrible Histories series. The programme will be presented by Come Dine With Me’s Dave Lamb and, of course, talking rat Rattus Rattus. Let the games commence! |
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− | In an article called "Scholastic's Horrible Histories Book Series: Promoting Hate", posted on October 10, 2006 on [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Literanista&action=edit&redlink=1 Literanista],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories#cite_note-5 [6]]</sup> a comment was made on the use of violent imagery in the book Angry Aztecs: "Now I understand trying to promote reading through the use of gross graphics and cartoonish depictions in an attempt to engage kids, but honestly do Latinos and other foreign groups really need children having these depictions encrypted into their little heads at school." A user named Anonymous rebutted this comment by stating the book/s historical accuracy, and hence the images being justified: "The Aztecs DID engage in human sacrifice in the manner depicted on the front cover of The Angry Aztecs. There is nothing inaccurate there. If you read the book you will see it covers other aspects of Aztec culture, not just the brutal parts, although the Horrible Histories series does tend to focus on the sensational." |
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− | ==Other languages== |
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− | ===Poland=== |
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− | This is a sub-series of Horrible Histories books describing various aspects of Polish history and society (written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ma%C5%82gorzata_Fabianowska&action=edit&redlink=1 Małgorzata Fabianowska] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ma%C5%82gorzata_Nesteruk&action=edit&redlink=1 Małgorzata Nesteruk], illustrated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J%C4%99drzej_%C5%81aniecki&action=edit&redlink=1 Jędrzej Łaniecki]) |
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− | *Ci Sprytni Słowianie ''(The Clever Slavs)'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavs Slavs]) |
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− | *Pokrętni Piastowie ''(Piast Dynasty)'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piast_Dynasty Piast Dynasty]) |
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− | *Dynamiczna Dynastia Jagiellonów ''(Dynamic Jagiellon Dynasty)'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagiellon_Dynasty Jagiellon Dynasty]) |
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− | *Sakramencki Sarmatyzm ''(Bloody Samatism)'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarmatism Sarmatism]) |
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− | *Atrakcyjni królowie Elekcyjni ''(Sovereign Election Appeal)'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_elections Polish Elections] and Polish Elective Monarchy) |
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− | *Zagmatwane zabory - ''(Invasive Embroilment)'' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitions_of_Poland Partitions of Poland]) |
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− | *Nieznośna niepodległość ''(Vexing Independence)'' - ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland_%281918-1939%29 History of Poland (1918-1939)]) |
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− | These books have not yet been published in English. |
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− | ===Czech=== |
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− | The Czech translations of the Pollish sub-series are: |
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− | *''Mazaní Slované'' (The Clever Slavs) ''- ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavs Slavs])'' |
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− | ===Germany=== |
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− | The first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories_%28other_media%29 Horrible Histories Videogame] has also been published in Germany, translating the series' title as ''Schauderhafte Geschichten''. |
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− | ===Dutch=== |
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− | The Dutch series ''Waanzinnig om te weten'' is a translation and an adaptation of the English series Horrible Histories, Horrible Science and Horrible Geography, but not all parts are in the Dutch translation. |
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Horrible Histories: Gory Games is a television game show co-produced by Citrus Television & Lion Television
Horrible Histories: Gory Games | |
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Title logo | |
Genre | Gameshow/Comedy |
Format | Gameshow |
Directed by | Dominic Brigstocke |
Starring | Dave Lamb as himself
John Eccleston Scott Brooker as Rattus Rattus |
Theme music composer | Richie Webb |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Candida Julian-Jones Giles Pilbrow Caroline Norris |
Editor(s) | Adam De Wolf |
Running time | 30 Minutes |
Production company(s) | Citrus Television/Lion Television |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | CBBC/BBC HD |
Original airing | 30 May 2011 |
External links | |
Website |
for the BBC. It is a spin-off of the main Horrible Histories show. The first series began on 30 May 2011, the same day on which the first episode of Horrible Histories series three first aired. It is broadcast after Horrible Histories on CBBC, it also broadcasts on BBC HD.
It is hosted by Come Dine With Me’s Dave Lamb and Rattus Rattus.
The series was first annouced on the Horrible Histories website on Feburary 18, 2011.
Game play
The game involves three child contestants trying to obtain "Year Spheres" to get the biggest over-all score to win the game. Each Year Sphere contains a year which is either AD or BC. If the sphere contains an AD year then the year is ADded to the player's score at the end of the show, but if it contains a BC year then it is suBtraCted (unfortunate if you get a Stone Age date, possibly worth a million minus points). The spheres are obtained by the player when they win a challenge or a quiz round.
The randomly selected histories used for the quiz rounds are
- Awful Egyptians (common) (Appearances : 7)
- Gorgeous Georgians (uncommon) (Appearances : 6)
- Vile Victorians (common) (Appearances : 9)
- Rotten Romans (rare)(Appearances : 3)
- Putrid Pirates (uncommon)(Appearances : 5)
- Measly Middle Ages (common)(Appearances : 9)
- Terrible Tudors (common)(Appearances : 7)
- Vicious Vikings (uncommon) (Appearances : 6)
Though Frightful First World War can be seen amongst the Gory Grid, it was never used.
The Gory Games
The games were divided into 5 catagories; "Brainy" (challenges that tested mental ability), "Messy" (challenges that involve gunge), "Scary" (the scariest challenges created), "Silly" (challenges supposed to make audience laugh), and the eponymous "Gory" (like scary games yet more disgusting):
Awful Egyptians
- Mummify Me: A single-play "Scary" game. Whoever made that mummy forgot to take the organs out. The Horrible historian must simply yank the brain and put it in the bin then Take the Stomach, liver, Instestines, and lungs and place them in the correct Jars but the heart must be kept in if he/she do it in 30 seconds that person wins.
- Pyramid Puzzle: An all-play "Brainy" game. The Horrible historians must make the Pyramid by solving the Pyramid puzzzle to help them out they made the base for them
- Honey Slaves: King Pepi the second has a real pest problem with flies by them he invented by Getting a slave Covered in honey and then the flys will stick, the horrbile historians must try and collect the fies that are flying out of the Pyramid who ever has the most wins. Only played once, as it was replaced with Flea Fling.
Gorgeous Georgians
- The Battle of Trafalgar: Lord nelson famous battle in Trafalgar was his last ever victory, The horrible historian must fire the cannon and fire at the enemy they get a point for knocking the enamy but lose a point if they hit the British ally get 10 and they win
- Flea Fling: Woman wear wigs for the hight of Georgain fashion but it has fleas, The Horrible historian must try and catch many
flea's as they can.
Vile Victorians
- Barmy Brunel: Brunel was a Gennius of Victorian invention but on of his time he made a magic act where his coin was in his throat the Horrible histoain must place the Cogs in the correct place then turn the handle to make Brunel upside down then you can get the coin out of his throat.
- Foul Food: William Buckland eat Weird food such as Mouse on toast, the Horrible historian must find five things that William Buckland Eaten onto the real board then Press the mouse on toast to see how
many he/she got right.
- Name Shame Game: Victorain people has weird names like Princess cheese or Farting clack, The horrible histoian must place five real names on the board then press the princess chease
and see how many they got right.
- Grave Robbers: An all-play "Scary" endgame in which the Horrible Historians have to get three corpses from a graveyard to the surgeons table at the other side. Midway through the game, a police whistle will sound and the contestants will have to hide in the graveyard whilst the policeman has a look around (since graverobbing was punishable by life imprisonment back in Victorian times.) Once he's gone, the game resumes. The first contestant to get all three bodies on their table, grab their dodgy money and get back to the graveyard wins.
Rotten Romans
- Savage Siege: Their where Rocks hives and seatherd heard's the Horrible historians must use the Catapults to hit the wall and score points.
- Odd Gods: The Romans have God's for many things like the God of sheeps, the Horrilbe historian Must place five Real gods into the real and then touch the brush to see how many your right.
Putrid Pirates
- Pirate Treasure: A simple Treasture hunt game where they have to follow the clues to Find the keys open the chest and find the map.
- Whack A Rat: Ratus Ratus dont like his family get Whacked by a pirate, But the Horrible historian must whack 15 Rats in the time aloud sometimes Ratus whacks the commetator
Measly Middle Ages
- Yuckaroo!: William the Conquar's Funeal was on fire and his Body burst, The Horrible historians must simpaly steal the treasure and place it in their coloured chest but careful his body will explode and will catch fire
- Pig Piano: Louis the XI of France tells the Abort of pain to create a musical Instument and he did calling it the pig piano, The horrible historian have to remember a sequal of squeals, for each correct note it will add another note, but get one wrong then their will be a surprise.
- Gong Farming: In the middle ages their was job called Gong Farming which is cleaning Poo of the streets, The horrible historians must take their bag Run to the other side of the ally scoop up the poop then reutn back to fill the bucket, but becareful some middle ages people will poo directly on your head who ever has the most poop in their tank wins. (also its fake poo)
Terrible Tudors
- Puzzling Portraits:
- The Axe Factor:
- Who Ate All The Pies:
Vicious Vikings
- The Viking Name Game:
- Woeful Words:
- Viking Attack:
Annoucing Post
Gear up for the Gory Games!
Published: Friday February 18, 2011
Gory Games, a Horrible Histories game show, is coming soon to CBBC – and of course, it’ll be the grisliest contest since the cut-throat Celts played ball games with their enemies’ heads. Three horrible historians will take part in four rotten rounds to win a putrid prize – a hanged man’s tooth, perhaps, or a maggoty sea biscuit. There will be physical challenges, hilarious sketches, and questions posed by some of the best-loved characters from the Horrible Histories series. The programme will be presented by Come Dine With Me’s Dave Lamb and, of course, talking rat Rattus Rattus. Let the games commence!