Broadcast: Tuesday 28th May 2013 (CBBC 4.30pm)

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Summary: We meet a surprisingly charming Stuart highwayman, the Captain of the Titanic holds the world's worst safety briefing, famous writer Mary Shelley pitches the movie of her life, and those violent Vikings show their softer side in a song.

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

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Slimy Stuarts:

Highwayman Claude Duval unexpectedly charms his victims.
Woeful Second World War:

Dodgy War Inventions No. 92: Bat bombs.

The Allied cover story to hide their new radar tracking systems translates to an unusual new diet for German pilots.
Groovy Greeks:

CD set: "Now That's What I Call Greek Battle Music!" (advertisement).

A bride must transform herself into not only her warrior groom's dream but his double in "Don't Tell the Spartan Bride".
Troublesome 20th Century:

The officers of the RMS Titanic run through a highly dubious safety measures check.

Stupid Deaths: Arthur John Priest.
Vicious Vikings:

The traditional warrior method of settling a dispute: peaceful negotiation.

Song: Vikings & Garfunkel
Terrible Tudors:

Time to get ready for the Religious Switchover (parody of the Digital Switchover).

Botched executions are caught on the candid cameras of "Thou Hast Been Framed!"
Gorgeous Georgians:

HH Movie Pitch: Mary Shelley tries for a Frankenstein reboot in which the monster is correctly named... Adam?

Brooding Lord Byron is forced to disillusion a breathless groupie in "Twit Light" (parody of the Twilight movie series).

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Cast & crew: See Series 5 page

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