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Cast

Meet the talented team who appear on Horrible Histories!

ORIGINAL MAIN CAST

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Simon Farnaby
Series 1 - 6

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Jim Howick
Series 1 - 6

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Mathew Baynton
Series 1 - 5

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Martha Howe-Douglas
Series 1 - 5

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Laurence Rickard
Series 1 - 5

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Ben Willbond
Series 1 - 5

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Sarah Hadland
Series 1

Supporting series 2, 4 & 5

Guest series 6

REVIVAL MAIN CAST

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Jalaal Hartley
Series 6 - 8

Series 4 supporting

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Jessica Ransom
Series 6 - present

Series 4 supporting

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Tom Stourton
Series 6 - present

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Richard David-Caine
Series 7 - 9

Series 10 - present supporting

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Gemma Whelan
2016 specials, S07 & S09 specials

Series 8 supporting

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James McNicholas
Series 8 - present

Series 7 supporting

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Harrie Hayes
Series 8 - present

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Emily Lloyd-Saini

Series 8 - present 

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Paul G Raymond

Series 9 - present 

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Timmika Ramsay

Series 9 - present 

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Ethan Lawrence

Series 10 - present

Series 9 supporting 

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Inel Tomlinson

Series 10 - present

Series 9 supporting 

SUPPORTING CAST

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Giles Terera

Series 1 - 6

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Dominique Moore

Series 2 - 5

2016 & series 9 specials

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Lawry Lewin

Series 2 - 5

Series 6 guest

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Alice Lowe

Series 2, 3 & 5

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Javone Prince

Series 1, 8 & series 9 specials

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Katy Wix

Series 1 - 4

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Sophie Wu

Series 6, 7 & 9

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Steve Punt
Series 1, 2 & 5

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Katherine Jakeways
Series 4 - 6

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Sanjeev Bhaskar
Series 6 - 7

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Louise Ford
Series 6 - 7

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Dan Li
Series 6 - 7

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Natalie Walters
Series 6 - 2016 specials

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Ellie White
Series 7 - 8

GUESTS

Guests

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Terry Deary
Series 1 - 3, 5 & 8

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Fred Siriex
Series 7 - 8 & 10 - present

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David Baddiel
Series 2 - 3

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Robert Rinder
Series 9 - present

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Meera Syal
Series 1

ALSO CASTING

John Eccleston

Rattus Rattus


Series 1 - 8

Jon Culshaw

Additional voices


Series 1 - present

Jess Robinson

Additional voices


Series 1 - 6

Dave Chapman

Rattus Rattus


Series 9 - present

ONE-OFF MAIN CAST

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Naz Osmanoglu
Series 6

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Adam Riches
Series 6

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Ryan Sampson
Series 7

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Michael Abubakar
Series 8

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Richard Atwill
2016 specials

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Tom Tuck
2016 specials

ONE-OFF SUPPORTING CAST

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Lisa Devlin
Series 1

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George Sawyer
Series 1

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Nathaniel Martello-White
Series 2

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Rhashan Stone
Series 3

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Jason Lewis
Series 6 and S04E14

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Lolly Adefope
Series 7

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Samson Kayo
Series 7

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Tom Palmer
Series 7

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Danielle Vitalis
Series 8

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Mike Wozniak
Series 8

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Verona Rose
Series 9

GUEST STARS

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Rowan Atkinson

Series 6 Episode 6

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Kathryn Drysdale

Series 6 Episode 7

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Kevin Eldon

Series 6 Episode 3

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Ben Miller

Series 6 Episode 1

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Tom Rosenthal

Series 6 Episode 2

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Lorna Watson

Series 6 Episode 9

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Mel Giedroyc
Staggering Storytellers

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Miles Jupp

Sensational Shakespeare

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Robert Webb

Grisly Great Fire of London

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Alexei Sayle

Series 2 Episode 4

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Tanni Grey-Thompson

Series 3 Episode 10

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Chris Addison

Series 4 Episodes 4 & 8

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Jermain Defoe

Sports Relief 2012

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Amir Khan

Sports Relief 2012

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Al Murray

Series 5 Episodes 3 & 6

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Kayode Ewumi

Series 9 Episode 1

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Akmennji Ndifornyen

Series 9 Episode 1

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Bruno Tonioli

Series 9 Episode 5

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Robert Delaney

Series 9 Episodes 7 & 12

Rosie Jones

Series 10 Episode 6

GUEST HOSTS

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Bradley Simpson

Series 7 Episode 13

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Fred Sirieix

Series 8 Episode 4

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Dara Ó Briain

Series 8 Episode 7

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Dani Dyer

Series 8 Episode 8

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Alex Scott

Series 8 Episode 11

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Holly H

Series 8 Episode 13

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Dr. Xand & Dr. Chris Van Tulleken

Series 8 Episode 15

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Shirley Ballas

Series 9 Episode 5

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Rose Ayling-Ellis

Series 9 Episode 12

Jo Brand

Series 10 Episode 2

Jill Scott

Series 10 Episode 3

Rosie Jones

Series 10 Episode 10

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