Broadcast: Thursday 16th May 2009 (BBC One 4.35pm)

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Summary: A pirate captain worries about early bedtime, a soldier from the First World War struggles to cook with fake food and the four King Georges form a boy band and sing Born To Rule - a musical journey through 18th-century British History, sung in the style of a Westlife ballad.

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Sketches: Written by Mark Blakewill, Lucy Clarke, James Harris, George Poles, Steve Punt, George Sawyer and Ben Ward

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Rotten Romans:

The pre-gladiatorial custom of staging fights at funerals.

Imagine spot: High school for aspiring gladiators.
Frightful First World War:

Lice wars (partly animated).

Ready Steady Feast: German wartime food substitutes
Putrid Pirates:

The Black Spot.

Captain Black Bart lists off his rules to the new recruits.
Savage Stone Age:

Stone Age Tool Set (advertisement).

The (not-so-)carefully reconstructed funeral of a tribal chief.
Vicious Vikings:

Video game: Warrior! Viking vs Monk.

Historical hairdressers: Ear spoons.
Gorgeous Georgians:

Twisted Fairytales: "The Three Little Pigs" (window tax).

How to vote in Georgian elections.

Song: The 4 Georges: Born 2 Rule

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Cast & crew: See Series 1 page

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