SUMMARY:
Horrible Histories returns for a special about King John and Magna Carta, starring Ben Miller. John annoys the barons and agrees Magna Carta at Runnymede, after a banging rap battle. Meanwhile, across the world, we meet the formidable Genghis Khan in Mongolia and catch up with the crafty Saladin during the Crusades. With, of course, our host Rattus to guide the way!
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
Monday 7th February 2015
STARRING:
Ben Miller
Jalaal Hartley
Tom Stourton
Jessica Ransom
Adam Riches
Naz Osmanoglu
Simon Farnaby
Jim Howick
Lawry Lewin
Louise Ford
Jason Lewis
Dan Li
WRITTEN BY:
Ben Ward
Lucy Clarke
Dave Cohen
Gerard Foster Benjamin Partridge
Daniel Peak
Steve Punt
George Sawyer
Daniel Maier
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
COMPOSER: Richie Webb HISTORICAL CONSULTANT: Greg Jenner
ADDITIONAL VOICES: Jon Culshaw
FULL DESCIPTION:
Horrible Histories returns for a special about King John and Magna Carta, starring Ben Miller. John annoys the barons and agrees Magna Carta at Runnymede, after a banging rap battle. Meanwhile, across the world, we meet the formidable Genghis Khan in Mongolia and catch up with the crafty Saladin during the Crusades. With, of course, our host Rattus to guide the way!
SKETCHES:
King John: The Story So Far
Quarrelling with his brother and being a joke to his family doesn’t leave John with a very good name
HHTV News: The Coronation of King John
Reporting live from the bizarre coronation of topless King John who struggles to keep his crown on!
King John’s X-Treme Survival
Trees, moss, leaves and rivers are not needed when you have servants carrying around a bed!
Saladin's plan for the Crusades
Saladin explains his cunningly cruel plan for the Crusades...eventually!
History’s Craziest Fools: Renauld de Chatillon
Mr. H introduces one mean medieval man.
Historical Restrooms: Medieval Toilet
A business man uses a medieval toilet, only to be accompanied by desperate peasants with desperate measures.
Battle of the Day: Genghis Khan
The mean Mongol, Genghis Khan, storms over the world with many gruesome victories, but in the studio Geoff and Jamie try to look at the positive impact he had on the Earth.
The Real Plantagenet Hustle: King John
John ‘Lackland’ shows off his best cons to get money and land off his people who can’t refuse!
The Barons V King John
A rap battle commences at Runnymede when the Barons tell King John to sign the Magna Carta
SONG: Magna Carta 800 Years Song
With 800 years since the document was signed, the occasion is marked with a special song, showing how the Magna Carta has gone from King John signing it in 1215, to its influences on the U.N. Human Rights in 1948.
Chatty Deaths: King John
Death displeases King John was the progress of the Magna Carta his brothers fame today.
SONG: Magna Carta 800 Years Song
Parody of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers
With 800 years since the document was signed, the occasion is marked with a special song, showing how the Magna Carta has gone from King John signing it in 1215, to its influences on the U.N. Human Rights in 1948.
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