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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:

Terrible Tudors

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)

Smashing Saxons

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)

Cut-Throat Celts

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)

Measly Middle Ages

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)

Terrible Tudors

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)

Awful Egyptians

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)

Slimy Stuarts

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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