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Drunk History

7.5(13)
First Aired:January 12, 2015
Seasons:3 seasons
Episodes:26
Status:Ended

Top UK comedians relate their favourite historical stories while getting absolutely bladdered on a mixture of beers, wines and spirits. Their slurred versions of history are then acted out, word for word, by a host of well-known actors, celebrities and comedians including Johnny Vegas, Russell Kane, Joe Lycett, Rob Beckett, Alex Horne and James Acaster. Luckily, Jimmy Carr is on voice-over duties to restore some order if the drinking sessions get out of hand.

Cast

Jimmy Carr

Jimmy Carr

Narrator

Seasons

King Henry VIII/Queen Victoria & Prince Albert/The Black Death

E1King Henry VIII/Queen Victoria & Prince Albert/The Black Death

21m4.0

Jan 12, 2015

Rob Beckett on Henry VIII, Kerry Howard talks Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, and James Acaster on The Black Death.

The Great Fire of London/Burke & Hare/Queen Victoria's Unwanted Cheese

E2The Great Fire of London/Burke & Hare/Queen Victoria's Unwanted Cheese

22m1.0

Jan 19, 2015

Tom Rosenthal talks The Great Fire of London, Andrew Maxwell on graverobbers Burke & Hare, and Rob Beckett on Queen Victoria's unwanted cheese.

Tutankhamen/Dick Turpin/Byron's Pet Bear

E3Tutankhamen/Dick Turpin/Byron's Pet Bear

22m

Jan 26, 2015

Romesh Ranganathan talks Tutankhamen, Joe Lycett on highway man Dick Turpin, and Tom Rosenthal explains how Byron had a pet bear!

The Krays/Guy Fawkes

E4The Krays/Guy Fawkes

21m

Feb 2, 2015

Russell Kane regales us with the story of Guy Fawkes & the gunpowder plot and Joe Lycett tells us all about the Krays.

King Charles II/1966 World Cup Trophy Theft/Lady Godiva

E5King Charles II/1966 World Cup Trophy Theft/Lady Godiva

22m

Feb 9, 2015

Russell Kane talks King Charles II, Alex Horne on the 1966 World Cup trophy theft, and Diane Morgan chats Lady Godiva.

Blackbeard/Colonel Blood/Henry VIII

E6Blackbeard/Colonel Blood/Henry VIII

22m

Feb 16, 2015

Kerry Howard on the pirate Blackbeard, Joel Dommett yaks Colonel Blood stealing the crown jewels, and Tiff Stevenson talks Henry VIII starting a war.

Henry II and Thomas Beckett/Discovery of DNA/William the Conqueror

E7Henry II and Thomas Beckett/Discovery of DNA/William the Conqueror

22m5.0

Feb 23, 2015

Tiff Stevenson on the discovery of DNA, James Acaster talks Henry II and Thomas Beckett, and Romesh Ranganathan chats William the Conqueror.

Baden Powell/Florence Nightingale/Worst Zoo Ever

E8Baden Powell/Florence Nightingale/Worst Zoo Ever

22m

Mar 2, 2015

Joel Dommett yaks Baden Powell and the boy scouts, Diane Morgan talks Florence Nightingale, and Andrew Maxwell on the worst zoo ever.

E1Sir Walter Raleigh/Robin Hood & Maid Marian

21m

Feb 3, 2016

Tom Craine tells the story of Sir Walter Raleigh (Jack Whitehall) and Queen Elizabeth I (Michelle Keegan) and Tom Davis tells the tale of Robin Hood (Mathew Baynton) and Maid Marian (Emma Bunton).

E2Scott of the Antarctic/Sinking of the Titanic

22m

Feb 12, 2016

Iain Stirling slurs his way through Scott of the Antarctic (featuring Mathew Horne and Catherine Tate), whilst Chris Ramsey talks the sinking of the Titanic (featuring Phill Jupitus).

E3Prince Edward & Mrs Simpson/The Great Escape

21m

Feb 18, 2016

Isy Suttie relays the story of Prince Edward and Mrs Wallis Simpson (featuring Greg James and Sophie McShera); Ed Gamble stumbles through a version of The Great Escape (featuring Jamie Laing).

E4Richard III/Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

22m

Mar 2, 2016

Tom Rosenthal talks about Richard III (featuring Hugh Dennis), while a sloshed Jessica Knappett tells the story of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (featuring Vicky Pattison and Mathew Baynton).

E5The Cottingley Fairies/Invention of the Telephone

21m

Mar 9, 2016

Charlotte Ritchie reveals the truth behind The Cottingley Fairies (stars Catherine Tate and Mathew Horne), and Nish Kumar talks about the Invention of the Telephone (featuring Anthony Head).

E6Battle of Trafalgar/The Virgin Queen

21m

Mar 16, 2016

Joe Lycett and Ellie Taylor get drunk before telling the stories of the Battle of Trafalgar (starring Anthony Head and Alex Macqueen) and the Virgin Queen (starring Sarah Alexander). (S2, E06)

E7World War II/Dr Crippen

22m

Mar 23, 2016

Matt Richardson takes us back to World War II (stars Simon Bird and Dustin Demri Burns), whilst an inebriated Josie Long narrates the tale of Dr Crippen (stars Olivia Colman).

E8Battle of Waterloo/Arthur Conan Doyle

22m

Mar 30, 2016

Elis James and John Robins discuss the Battle of Waterloo, and Tom Parry tells us about Arthur Conan Doyle becoming a real-life Sherlock.

E9Battle of Hastings/Catherine Parr

21m

Apr 6, 2016

Nick Helm talks about the Battle of Hastings, and Sara Pascoe discusses Catherine Parr.

E1Q & Sal and Joel Dommett

22m

Mar 8, 2017

Brian 'Q' Quinn & Sal Vulcano's tipsy take on a presidential disaster, and Chris O'Dommett's drunken Dambusters. Joe Wilkinson, Joe Thomas & Brett Goldstein also feature.

E2Murr and Jessica Knappett & Lydia Rose Bewley

22m

Mar 15, 2017

James 'Murr' Murray blasts through Billy the Kid with Matt Horne and Mat Baynton.

E3Russell Kane and Iain Stirling

22m

Mar 22, 2017

Russell Kane's legend of King Arthur features Stephanie Pratt as a unique Lady of the Lake, and Iain Stirling's sloshed take on Chariots of Fire sprinter Eric Liddell stars Tom Rosenthal.

E4Kerry Howard and Joe Lycett

22m

Mar 29, 2017

Emma Brunton and Blake Harrison forge a unique bond in Kerry Howard's sozzled story of Beatrix Potter. Joe Lycett slurs through the Great Train Robbery starring Simon Bird and Joel Fry.

E5Luisa Omielan and Tom Rosenthal

22m

Apr 5, 2017

Jessica Hynes stars as Emmeline Pankhurst in Luisa Omielan's hammered history of the suffragettes, while Stephen Mangan is Henry V in Tom Rosenthal's trollied tale of Agincourt.

E6Phil Wang and Adam Buxton

22m

Apr 12, 2017

Charlotte Crosby and Matthew Lewis star in Phil Wang's take on Isaac Newton's rise to fame. Adam Buxton's story of King Alfred and the Vikings features Blake Harrison & Alexander Armstrong.

E7Tom Parry and Rick Edwards

22m

Apr 19, 2017

Jamie Laing and Paul Kaye star in Tom Parry's trollied take on John Logie Baird's big invention, while Stephan Mangan is in the trenches for Rick Edwards' story of the Christmas Truce.

E8Judi Love and Miles Jupp

22m

Apr 26, 2017

Ashley Walters and Mark Benton star in Judi Love's mortal tale of Charles I's downfall. Miles Jupp takes on Operation Mincemeat with Jack Howard and Dean Dobbs as the WW2 heroes.

E9Daniel Sloss and Tom Davis

22m

May 3, 2017

Keith Allen is William Wallace as a sloshed Daniel Sloss remembers the Battle of Sterling Bridge, while Tommy Davis tells how Shakespeare went gangster starring Mark Heap as the bard.

Videos

Storyline

Top UK comedians relate their favourite historical stories while getting absolutely bladdered on a mixture of beers, wines and spirits. Their slurred versions of history are then acted out, word for word, by a host of well-known actors, celebrities and comedians including Johnny Vegas, Russell Kane, Joe Lycett, Rob Beckett, Alex Horne and James Acaster. Luckily, Jimmy Carr is on voice-over duties to restore some order if the drinking sessions get out of hand.

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