Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain - The Best Bits

This comic history show races through some of the bloodiest, oddest and most embarrassing episodes in Britain's past. Monarchs, soldiers, criminals and ordinary people appear in sketches that turn gruesome facts, political blunders and unpleasant daily habits into an introduction to history that keeps the messier details intact.

Short sketches, songs, wordplay and rapid character changes create a variety-show structure, with historical information delivered through jokes rather than a single continuous plot.