Season 1 (2015)
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Episodes 8
King Henry VIII/Queen Victoria & Prince Albert/The Black Death
Rob Beckett on Henry VIII, Kerry Howard talks Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, and James Acaster on The Black Death.
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The Great Fire of London/Burke & Hare/Queen Victoria's Unwanted Cheese
Tom Rosenthal talks The Great Fire of London, Andrew Maxwell on graverobbers Burke & Hare, and Rob Beckett on Queen Victoria's unwanted cheese.
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Tutankhamen/Dick Turpin/Byron's Pet Bear
Romesh Ranganathan talks Tutankhamen, Joe Lycett on highway man Dick Turpin, and Tom Rosenthal explains how Byron had a pet bear!
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The Krays/Guy Fawkes
Russell Kane regales us with the story of Guy Fawkes & the gunpowder plot and Joe Lycett tells us all about the Krays.
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King Charles II/1966 World Cup Trophy Theft/Lady Godiva
Russell Kane talks King Charles II, Alex Horne on the 1966 World Cup trophy theft, and Diane Morgan chats Lady Godiva.
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Blackbeard/Colonel Blood/Henry VIII
Kerry Howard on the pirate Blackbeard, Joel Dommett yaks Colonel Blood stealing the crown jewels, and Tiff Stevenson talks Henry VIII starting a war.
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Henry II and Thomas Beckett/Discovery of DNA/William the Conqueror
Tiff Stevenson on the discovery of DNA, James Acaster talks Henry II and Thomas Beckett, and Romesh Ranganathan chats William the Conqueror.
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Baden Powell/Florence Nightingale/Worst Zoo Ever
Joel Dommett yaks Baden Powell and the boy scouts, Diane Morgan talks Florence Nightingale, and Andrew Maxwell on the worst zoo ever.
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