Horrible Histories TV | Series 7 Episode 10

Series 7 Episode 10 Horrid Health

Broadcast: Monday 18th September 2017 (CBBC 5:25pm)

Summary: A look at the hideous history of health, from the invention of toilet paper to the healthy origins of the cornflake. Along the way we discover that the Mayans believe that drinking wee could cure all ills, that the Tudors had to teach themselves how to swim again (everyone had forgotten), and we take an in-depth look at Louis XIV's bottom problems.

Sketches: Written by Ben Ward, Lucy Clarke, Dave Cohen, Howard Davidson, Gerard Foster, Sarah Morgan, Danny Peak, Ben Ward, Daniel Maier, Christine Rose, Martin Trenaman

Introducing the new 14th century Chinese hygiene revolution: toilet paper (advertisement)
A caveman goes to see a medicine woman in hopes that she can cure his headache.
A group of pregnant ancient Egyptian women discuss how they know if their baby will be a boy or a girl.
A Mayan doctor has a simple cure-all that he recommends to all his patients.
Fitness First: Chat with your friends and stay up-to-date on the latest news in the Roman steam rooms - naked! (parody of Fitness First).
Historical Educating: Hippocrates - The Father of Medicine has some rather disgusting methods of determining someone's health, to his students' dismay.
Song: The Grime Master St. Jermone - Your old mucker St. Jerome has some funky ideas about cleanliness.
A sailor gives his fellows a safety briefing with the help of a brand new book: The Art of Swimming.
Historical Embarrassing Bodies: Hairdresser and surgeon Charles-François Félix needs to perform a surgery on King Louis XIV in a rather delicate location (parody of Embarrassing Bodies).
Horrible Histories Health Direct: The Tudor and medieval doctors provide advice on how to deal with the Black Death while their Mayan colleague has a one-track mind.
A Georgian man takes his sweetheart to buy an unusual fashion accessory: a set of false teeth.
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg advertises the Battle Creek Sanitarium, a place where you can relax, exercise, and above all else, eat his new corn flakes.
Queen Victoria Shopping Channel: advertising the latest in electric healing products from the Great Exhibition.
Song: Good Vaccinations - Forget the Beach Boys, the Medicine Men are Edward Jenner, Louis Pastuer and Alexander Fleming! Follow the story of Jenner's vaccination through to the discovery of penicillin and how these three men saved more lives than anyone else.