Broadcast: Monday 3rd June 2019 (CBBC 5:30pm)

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Summary: A special episode making 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria. Featuring Victorian fake news, paparazzi, and camera men strapped to the front of moving trains, Queen Victoria shows you how her subjects invented and became obsessed with films!

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Sketches: Written by Daniel Peak, Lucy Clarke, Susie Donkin and Ben Ward

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• Queen Victoria herself becomes one of the world's first movie stars when her Royal Photographer films her in various situations.

• Two Victorian ladies go out to see a movie, but the experience isn't quite as lengthy as today.

• William Kennedy Dickson wants to film Herbert Beerbohm Tree enacting the death of King John, but the actor proves difficult.

• A man takes a job as a cameraman for a phantom ride film, but regrets his decision when he learns what exactly the job entails.

• A group of cameramen all want to film Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, but there are only so many spots to film from.

• HHTV News reports on Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

• Wilhelm II makes a video rant about how annoyed he is about not being invited to the Diamond Jubilee, even if he concedes he may have made a few faux pas.

• A film about the war in South Africa is filmed in Yorkshire, but one of the actresses has trouble wrapping her head around the concept.

• SpeedyVictorianTravel.com advertises a not-so-quick trip to Pompeii, Italy.

• Prince Ranjitsinhji gives an interview about his time on the Cambridge cricket team, but a nearby upper-class couple finds the idea laughable.

• Song: The Moving Picture Show: Watch the journey of film from Victorian travel guides and theatre right up to the big screen blockbusters we know and love today. Including footage courtesy of the BFI.

Cast & crew: See Series 8 page

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Q & A on making the episode: With the BFI, series producer Lisa Mitchell, historical consultant Greg Jenner and cast members Jessica Ransom, Tom Stourton, James McNicholas and Jalaal Hartley join Bryony Dixon, BFI Archive Silent Film Curator, to talk about how the episode was made.