Broadcast: Monday 10th June 2019 (CBBC 5:30pm / on iPlayer from 3rd June)

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Summary: The Horrible History of (often literally) dressing to kill. From ancient Egyptian perfume made of fat to Coco Chanel turning fashion for women on its head, this show brings you the Horrible History of looking good.

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Sketches: Written by Lucy Clarke, Dave Cohen, Howard Davidson, Susie Donkin, Max Olesker

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• Song: King Tut's Haul: Fashion Pharaoh Tutankhamen shows you round his tomb and how to look good in the afterlife.

• Emporio Anubis presents Fat-Head, the Egyptian perfumed wax cone that's placed on your head and melts throughout the day (advertisement).

• The Roman Emperor has made it law to wear the unfortunately rather cumbersome toga.

• Viking Eye for a Saxon Guy: Two Vikings glam up a Saxon peasant (parody of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy).

• We get a look at three medieval upper-class women as they trade beauty tips.

• Henry VIII and Maximilian I have an online feud over who's the best armour maker.

• There's a new trend at the court of Elizabeth I: looking exactly like the queen.

• Louis XV of France meets his future mistress Madame de Pompadour at a fancy dress party, but his costume makes the flirting somewhat confusing.

• Two Macaronis compare outfits before finding out their third compatriot has changed his style.

• The fashion of rebellious young women through the ages, from the 1890s to Victorian women gets compared to its counterpart one generation later.

• Two Victorian women on GloomTube give advice on how to look fashionable while in mourning.

• The fashion comparisons continue as a young woman from the 1950s scandalises her parents with her t-shirt and jeans.

• Song: Coco Chanel - Meet the original influencer. Born in an orphanage, died in the Ritz, this is the story of Coco Chanel and how she revolutionised fashion.

Cast & crew: See Series 8 page

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