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The team dive into another selection of themes, including episodes to mark the Mayflower's voyage, WWII and the moon landings. With Rattus and a handful of guest hosts to lead.

Episodes

Series 8 aired 12 half-hour episodes and 3 highlights specials on CBBC, each exploring the history of a particular topic.

The series began in June 2019 and showed 8 episodes up to July. The remaining 4 episodes were aired on special dates to match the episode theme, with the highlights specials shown from July to August 2020. The Outrageous Olympics episode was postponed with the Olympic games themselves to July 2021.

This is the first series to premiere new episodes on BBC iPlayer a week before TV broadcast (episodes 1-8). It is also the first series where Rattus is joined by celebrity hosts in a selection of episodes.

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Cast & crew

ALSO

GUESTS

SUPPORTING CAST

MAIN CAST

Dani Dyer

Holly H

Dara Ó Briain

Alex Scott

Fred Siriex

Chris van Tulleken

Dr Xand van Tulleken 

Rachel Cash

Danielle Vitalis

Phil Wang

Gemma Whelan

Ellie White

Mike Wozniak

Michael Abubakar

Richard David-Caine

Jalaal Hartley

Harrie Hayes

Emily Lloyd Saini

James McNicholas

Jessica Ransom

Tom Stourton

PUPPETEER

John Eccleston

ADDITIONAL VOICES

Jon Culshaw

GUEST VOICING FROM

Ian Stirling

WRITING TEAM

PRODUCTION TEAM

Lucy Clarke

Dave Cohen

Jane McCutcheon

Daniel Peak

Steve Punt

Howard Read

Vivienne Riddoch

George Sawyer

Ben Ward

SCRIPT EDITORS

Howard Read

Claire Wetton

DIRECTORS

Steve Connelly

SERIES EDITOR

Jack Chesire

SERIES PRODUCER

Lisa Mitchell

PRODUCER

Matt Lamont

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

Richard Bradley

Melissa Hardinge

Simon Welton

EDITORS

Will Pevertt

Will Porter

Adam Windmill

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Jo Sutherland

COMPOSER

Richie Webb

ANIMATION

Studio43

DVD

Series 8 is available on DVD here.

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