studioAT Getting kids interested in History or any other subject for that matter is hard. So if this show can help bring it to life for them in an engaging way then I'm all for it.Even for adults this is an entertaining show, with actually more laughs in it than some of the prime time sketch shows that litter the schedules.I can see why it's struck a chord with kids and adults a like because it's a well made and entertaining show. I hope schools have latched onto it and start using it as a resource. It would make a change to 'Blackadder'.Long may it continue.

gbooth-59351 This is an outstanding TV series. Informative fun. I teach European history and I use it often as a fun way to introduce topics or to reinforce information. I cannot wait until my daughter is old enough to watch, learn, and be entertained by this TV series. Not even historians can be 100% accurate in their interpretation and analysis of the past, but despite that this show has more hits than misses. I know they have just recently made a new series and I do hope they continue to do more. BBC America should show it or PBS - as American kids are missing out - unless they are in my history class lol Good job lads and ladies on an excellent show.

James I'm with the other reviewers here in being: a) adult and b) hugely admiring of the "Horrible Histories" concept in general, and the way these particular actors put it into effect, in particular. However, I am not sure if the other reviewers have fully cottoned on to the exquisite way in which the work can at times rise to being both funny and moving at the same time. Cases in point are the "We fighter pilots..." song (about the Battle of Britain), and now recently the Magna Carta song (produced in time for the 800th anniversary thereof). Both songs are attractive visually, catchy as musical creations, funny, informative and ... distinctly moving! That's a nice and clever and unusual trick if you can pull it off, and these guys certainly can! Much-deserved congratulations to them, therefore. Their world-beating work fusing education with entertainment offers us yet another reason to be "proud to be British".

Phone-Box Every once in a while I catch my sister watching this, I sit down to watch with her and it's always interesting! You learn a lot of useless, gruesome, interesting and comical details (some useful ones too) about what people did in the past. They also like to depict what happened in a modern day context, like Cleopatra asking Caesar to assassinate her enemies via instant messaging and a Roman "come dine with me", where the emperor Elagabalus gives the guests plastic food whilst he eats the real stuff.I especially enjoy listening to the songs they come up with, my favourite being the one about Vikings. Genius