Horrible Histories TV | Series 8 Episode 5

Series 8 Episode 5 Fearsome Families

Broadcast: Monday 1st July 2019 (CBBC 5:30pm / on iPlayer from 24th June)

Summary: Fred Sirieix is on hand as Queen Victoria makes several trips to the Historical First Dates restaurant, in a bid to marry off her children for love, and definitely not to consolidate her empire. Leopold Mozart retires his 18-year-old daughter aged 18, and the Brontë's sing about sisterhood.

Sketches: Written by Ben Ward, Madeline Brettingham, Lucy Clarke, Max Olesker and Danie Peake.

Historical First Dates: Queen Victoria insists on meeting Prince Alfred's date to see if she is the special one who will help her dominate European royalty.
Leopold Mozart is lovingly retiring his 18-year-old daughter Maria Anna from performing in public, in favour of bringing little Wolfgang into the spotlight.
Historical First Dates: Queen Victoria is back to marry off another of her children as Princess Louise is set up with the 'psychic' Marquess of Lorne.
Henry VIII's daughters engage in a regal game of "Your Mum".
Paulina Pepys is grateful to her brother Samuel when he offers a roof over her head, at least until she learns about the conditions.
Historical First Dates: Queen Victoria returns and lovingly forces Prince Arthur on his first date.
Made in Macedonia: For some reason, people standing in the way of Alexander the Great becoming king keep dying. His mum Olympias has no idea why that could be.
We see what happened back at home for Viking families when the male Vikings went away pillaging for months.
A Spartan family who has come to see the Olympic Games learn that married women are not allowed to watch the event.
We take a look at what Puritan children did for fun as they head down to "fun" theme park "Puritown" (advertisement)
Song: Brontë Sisterhood - Emily, Charlotte and Anne may be world famous for their written works now but back when they were writing, they had to hide the fact that they were women.