S1 E1

"I took the throne of England Just 'cause I was Protestant A German prince whose English stank King George number one

I like to argue, now that's clear Especially with my father here And when he died of diarrhoea I fought with my son

I broke records with my sixty year reign,

And I broke the scales with my giant frame..."

- Georges I, II, III & IV

"" is the 1st-produced and 1st-aired episode of the first season and the series premiere of Horrible Histories. It first premiered on 16 April 2009, on BBC iPlayer (CBBC) and Netflix.

BBC iPlayer
Historical sketch show. A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime, a soldier from World War I struggles with fake food and the four King Georges form a boy band.

Netflix
A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime, a soldier from World War I struggles with fake food and the four King Georges form a boy band.

Sketches
"Rotten Romans": The pre-gladiatorial custom of staging fights at funerals. Imagine spot: High school for aspiring gladiators.

"Frightful First World War": Lice wars (partly animated). "Ready Steady Feast": German wartime food substitutes (parody of Ready Steady Cook).

"Putrid Pirates": The Black Spot. Captain Black Bart lists off his rules to the new recruits.

"Savage Stone Age": Stone Age Tool Set (advertisement). The (not-so-)carefully reconstructed funeral of a tribal chief.

"Vicious Vikings": Video game: Warrior! Viking vs Monk. "Historical hairdressers" Ear spoons.

"Gorgeous Georgians": Special guest Meera Syal is the storyteller of Twisted Fairytales: "The Three Little Pigs" (window tax). How to vote in Georgian elections.

Characters
TBA

Trivia

 * This was the first series 1 episode of Horrible Histories episode to air on television.
 * The first reoccurring sketches to appear were Imagine Spot, Ready Steady Feast, advertisements, Video Games, Historical Hairdressers and Twisted Fairytales.

Errors

 * During the song The 4 Georges: Born 2 Rule, George I says that he died on the loo, however, this is not true as it was his successor George II who died on the toilet due to him having diarrhoea. George ii also indicates that George iii is his son which is again inaccurate as George the iii was in fact his grandson. These errors were fixed when the cast performed the song at the Horrible Histories prom.
 * The idea of pirates receiving the "Black Spot" to tell another pirate that they have been marked for death comes from Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' and has no factual basis.
 * This was later corrected in the Horrible Histories Prom.

Song(s)

 * The 4 Georges: Born 2 Rule