SUMMARY:
A special episode of the historical sketch show, featuring all your favourite songs from the series! Sing along with King Alfred about his burnt cakes, or with Henry VIII about his love of reformation – or get down Norman-style with William the Conqueror. With of course, our host Rattus to guide the way!
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
Monday 24th August 2015
STARRING:
Jalaal Hartley
Tom Stourton
Jessica Ransom
Adam Riches
Naz Osmanoglu
Simon Farnaby
Jim Howick
Rowan Atkinson
Kathryn Drysdale
Kevin Eldon
Ben Miller
Tom Rosenthal
Lorna Watson
Louise Ford
Jason Lewis
EDITORS: Adam Windmill, Will Peverett
PRODUCERS: Tom Miller, Joshua Grant, Kelly Li, Henri Ward
DIRECTORS: Simon Gibney, Ian Curtis
PUPPETEER: John Eccleston ANIMATION: Tim Searle, Studio 43
COMPOSER: Richie Webb HISTORICAL CONSULTANT: Greg Jenner
ADDITIONAL VOICES: Jon Culshaw
WRITTEN BY:
Ben Ward
Dave Cohen
Greg Jenner
George Sawyer
FULL DESCIPTION:
A special episode of the historical sketch show, featuring all your favourite songs from the series! Sing along with King Alfred about his burnt cakes, or with Henry VIII about his love of reformation – or get down Norman-style with William the Conqueror. With of course, our host Rattus to guide the way, as he goes on a mission to be a musical mega star, taking advice from several historical hits!
SKETCHES:
SONG: A Little More Reformation
Henry VIII sings about what he did in the English Reformation, selling monasteries, chucking out monks and using the money for war with France
(Series 6 Episode 6)
SONG: I'm Out of Town
Alfred fought the Vikings and grew up to be a great warrior and King; but of all the great things he did, he never burnt the cakes!
(Series 6 Episode 2)
SONG: Wreck ‘Em All
Raging against the Romans, Celtic Queen Boudica sets of the destroy the Romans, taking back London, St. Albans and Colchester, starting a war against them-but did she intend too?
(Series 6 Episode 9)
SONG: Norman Style
William and his Normans invaded England in 1066, bringing a nasty Norman rule to the country, building castles, riding horses… and a lot of fighting too!
(Series 6 Episode 3)
SONG: Mary’s Rhapsody
Mary Queen of Scots stands on trial, accused on treason, and tries to sing about her side of the story – but in a court with Walsingham and other English men, proving her innocence proves difficult, and although she doesn’t want too, Queen Elizabeth I feels she must sign Mary’s death warrant. (Series 6 Episode 4)
SONG: I Can’t go on!
Defeated by Octavian, Cleopatra sings about her story as she can’t go on any more, but her plot ends up fooling her helpless husband Mark Anthony and eventually Octavian tries to capture her because he can’t go on if Cleopatra dies (Series 6 Episode 7)
SONG: The Cruel Necessities
After the cruel necessity of be-heading the King, Cromwell runs the country through many different parliaments-and in the end realises there’s not much point trying to tame the arguing politicians, disloyal supporters and overall a rowdy country worse than the King in his eyes! (Series 6 Episode 12)
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