Broadcast: Monday 27th May 2013 (CBBC 4.30pm)

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Summary: The Saxon gods form an unlikely team of superheroes, famous astronaut Neil Armstrong reveals his new weight loss programme, we meet Georgian London's crime-fighting genius, and Rosa Parks sings about her struggle for equality.

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Sketches: Written by Dave Cohen, Gerard Foster, Giles Pilbrow, Steve Punt, Laurence Rickard and Ben Ward

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Smashing Saxons:

Woden calls on select members of his pantheon to form... part of a unit of time? in "Weekdays Assemble" (parody of Avengers Assemble).

A farmer shares his surefire - if ridiculously complex - secret for growing crops with his neighbour.

Slimy Stuarts:

The "Historical Grimefighters" from the Great Plague of London in 1665 arrive to clean up after Charles II's courtiers.
Groovy Greeks:

Video game: Play as elderly Archimedes and outwit the brawny opposition in Ultimate City Defender.

Alms-distributing Aesop ends up on the wrong end of the story of the pretentious fable-writer and the angry mob.

Vile Victorians:

"The Only Way is Hertfordshire": Upper-class women share their most outrageous beauty secrets (parody of The Only Way is Essex).

The Beach Watch tries to remain modest and do their jobs at the same time.
Troublesome 20th Century:

Neil Armstrong pitches his Apollo 11 Weight Loss Programme (advertisement).

Song: Rosa Parks: I Sat on a Bus: Rosa Parks sparks the start of the Civil Rights movement in America... by sitting on a bus.
Measly Middle Ages:

A vow of love means a knight must head into battle with a serious handicap. Richard the Lionheart can barely wait for his coronation to be over before heading off to the Crusades.
Gorgeous Georgians:

Hostile Environment Training: Escorting an unpopular nobleman through the streets of London. Jonathan Wild, Thief-Taker General, hits upon a novel method of keeping himself employed (parody of Sherlock).

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Cast & crew: See Series 5 page

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