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# Woeful wars, ferocious fights Dingy castles, daring knights | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
# Horrors that defy description Cut-throat Celts, awful Egyptians | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
# Vicious Vikings, cruel crimes Punishment from ancient times | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
# Romans, rotten, rank and ruthless Cavemen, savage, fierce and toothless | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
# Groovy Greeks, brainy sages Mean and measly Middle Ages | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
# Gory stories, we do that And your host, a talking rat | 0:00:17 | 0:00:23 | |
# The past is no longer a mystery Welcome to... | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
# Horrible Histories. # | 0:00:27 | 0:00:32 | |
Hello, and welcome to the Horrible Histories Sports Special. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:39 | |
Hundreds of years of brutal historical sports | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
crammed into one bone-crunching half hour, | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
and I expect there'll be quite a few minutes of injury time. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
We ancient Greeks really loved our sports. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
We had javelin throwing, wrestling and archery, | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
and that was just in the war with the Persians. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
It was in those wars that a very famous sporting event | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
had it's origins. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
It's 490 BC, you join us in Ancient Greece, | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
for what should be a memorable long distance run. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
The course starts here at the Battle of Marathon. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
Sorry. Can you keep the noise down? This is live broadcast. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
Thanks guys. Cheers. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:26 | |
The course starts right here at the Battle of Marathon, | 0:01:26 | 0:01:30 | |
where the heavily outnumbered Athenian troops look set to win | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
an unexpected victory against the mass ranks of the Persian army. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:39 | |
Now, this is the first time a 25-mile distance has been run. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:43 | |
-We should give it a name. -Well, the course runs from Marathon to Athens, | 0:01:43 | 0:01:47 | |
so we should, obviously, call it an "Athens". | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
Although, this is the Battle of Marathon. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
You're absolutely right, John, let's call it an "Battle." | 0:01:54 | 0:01:59 | |
Unbelievable! I'm off to talk to the favourite to win. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
Hello, Pheidippides. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
What do you think your chances of winning are today? | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
Pretty good, given I am the only one running. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
That would stack the odds heavily in your favour. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
Can you remind us why you're running to Athens? | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
To take the message that we have beaten the Persians. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
The race hasn't begun and I notice you seem out of breath already. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:24 | |
Well, yeah, John, over the last couple of days, | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
I've done a 150-mile training run, | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
-to Sparta and back, to ask for their help when the Persians landed. -Wow! | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
Do you think you've got enough in the tank for another 25 miles? | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
Well, there's only one way to find out. Wish me luck. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
-And they're off. Pheidippides making a great... -Wish me luck. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
-Good luck. -Thank you. -And they're off! | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
Pheidippides in first and last place. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
Can't wait to see what happens at the finish line. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
This is the first time the course has been run. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
What a challenging course it is. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
Pheidippides has a mountain to climb, | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
a big hill, anyway, as the route ends with a steep climb into Athens. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:05 | |
That'll be a real challenge in the heat of the sun. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
Athenian athlete Pheidippides | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
is about to finish the first ever 25-mile Marathon run. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
Oh, Marathon! That's a great name for it. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
Really? | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
And here comes Pheidippides. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
I have to say he looks exhausted. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
People of Athens, we've won a great victory. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:28 | |
I think he's dead. That's going to make the post-race interview | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
very, very difficult, indeed. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
Ah, it's been such a great race, the crowd have been amazing. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:39 | |
Please save the rhino, just give everything. Is he all right? | 0:03:39 | 0:03:44 | |
-He's dead. -What?! | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
And that is the story of where we get marathons from. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
The modern marathon is just over a mile longer | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
than the original 25 miles. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
I completed last year's London Marathon in under three hours, | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
although I did do most of it in a fast flowing sewer. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
Hey, what do you want? It's a long way and I've only got little legs. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
Anyway, I'm not the first person to cheat. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
Welcome to our Rotten Rundown of the worst marathon cheats. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
At number three it's American Rosie Ruiz, | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
who finished first in the 1980 Boston Marathon in a record time. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
Here we are, half a mile from the finish, | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
and Rosie should be along any minute. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
Here she is now, jumping out of the crowd. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
Why run 26 miles when you can just run the last half mile | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
and still finish first? | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
I should probably look a bit sweatier. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
She was busted and disqualified. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
At number two, it's American Fred Lorz, | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
he finished first in the 1904 Olympics in St Louis, | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
completing the course in three hours, 13 minutes. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
I put my success down to diet, training, | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
and my manager who drove me half the race. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
I would have been even quicker if it hadn't broken down. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
-In fact, why am I telling you this? -You guessed it - disqualified. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:04 | |
At number one, its South Africa's Fika Motsoeneng, | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
who ran the country's gruelling 90-kilometre ultra-marathon in 1999. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:11 | |
I couldn't have done it without Sergio. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
No, literally! We swapped over halfway. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
The identical twin brothers | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
swapped over their shoes and timing chip in the toilet. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
We would have got away with it | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
if idiot, here, hadn't worn his watch on the wrong wrist. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
Oh, yeah. Different wrist. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
I can't believe we are related. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
Disqualified. Talk about out of order! | 0:05:34 | 0:05:39 | |
He caught a bus and then hid behind a tree | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
until the first two runners had gone past. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
He too was disqualified. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
Right, I'm just hearing details of a highly unusual boxing match | 0:06:03 | 0:06:07 | |
in Ancient Greece, | 0:06:07 | 0:06:08 | |
so, if you don't want to know how it all ended, look away now. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:12 | |
Oh, and cover your ears. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
# Stupid deaths, stupid deaths | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
# They're funny cos they're true | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
# Stupid deaths, stupid deaths | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
# Hope next time it's not you Hee hee! # | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
Next! | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
And who might you be? | 0:06:30 | 0:06:31 | |
I'm a boxer, yeah? From Ancient Greece. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
Are you the Greek boxer, Theagenes of Thasos? | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
Don't say that name! | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
Keep your beard on! | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
I promise I won't say that name again, the name Theagenes. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
-Stop it! -Sorry, did I say Theagenes? | 0:06:44 | 0:06:48 | |
I did say Theagenes, sorry. It turns out I did say Theagenes. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
-Will you stop it, yeah? -Let's get on with your stupid death. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:56 | |
Does it by any chance involve a certain you-know-who, | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
and by that I mean Theagenes? | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
Yeah, it does. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
Right, I hated Theagenes of Thasos, | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
I really hated him cos he was the champion boxer. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
I fought him loads of times, but he always beat me, | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
and he was famous in Greece, and guess what happens next? | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
He dies before I can beat him | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
-and then the people of Thasos build a huge statue of him. -Yes. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
So, every night, yeah? I creep down with a big stick | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
and I beat the statue of Theagenes of Thasos. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
Like, "Ha, I'm beating Theagenes." It made me feel so much better. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:34 | |
Any idea where he's going with this? I'm clueless. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
So, anyway, one night I crept down with my stick | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
and I beat the statue of Theagenes of Thasos | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
so hard that it fell down on top of me and it killed me. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:48 | |
I didn't see that coming. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
But then, neither did you. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
Was the boxer's statue a heavyweight? | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
Get it? A heavyweight boxer statue. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
Yeah, I don't get it. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
All right, off you go to the afterlife. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
-Nice one, yeah? I'll see ya later. -Yeah. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
Knockout. Next! | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
# Stupid deaths, stupid deaths | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
# Hope next time it's not you Hoo-hoo. # | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
The Greeks may have invented boxing, but it was us Georgians who, | 0:08:23 | 0:08:28 | |
in 1805, made some changes, which led to an incredible transformation. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:34 | |
Tonight is going to be a real cracker. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
Let's meet the fighters. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
First up we're got London's finest, the huge, | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
the undefeated, Jack "Tough Tom" Holmes. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
Let's look at Tough Tom in action. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
He's a real expert at classic Georgian bare knuckle boxing, | 0:08:51 | 0:08:55 | |
where two rivals stand stock still and slug it out. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
Yeah! | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
Next up it's the newcomer, | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
from New York in the USA, | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
it's the comparatively smaller Bill Richmond. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
Bill was born a slave in New York, USA, | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
and learned his trade boxing | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
at the Duke of Northumberland's dinner parties. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:14 | |
I have to say, he looks a lot smaller than Tough Tom. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
-This will be carnage. -Certainly looks that way, Steve. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
Seconds out, round one. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:23 | |
Tough Tom is really fired up for this one. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
Oh, I can't watch. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
Hold on, what was that? | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
Bill Richmond has got out of the way of one of Tough Tom's punches? | 0:09:30 | 0:09:35 | |
-Is that allowed? -I guess. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
He's got out of the way of another one. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
Nobody has ever done that in boxing history. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
Though, not letting your opponent hit you is not a bad idea. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:50 | |
He's invented a new technique. Why did nobody do it before? | 0:09:50 | 0:09:54 | |
Probably because their heads were mashed up by all the boxing. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
Oh! He's floored him! He has floored him. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
It looks like Jack "Tough Tom" Holmes is out for the count. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
You're out! | 0:10:06 | 0:10:07 | |
Bill "Get-out-of-the-way" Richmond is the winner. Back to the studio. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:12 | |
The boxing move Bill Richmond invented | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
isn't really called "the getting out of the way", | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
it's known as "the bob and weave". | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
I prefer the move known as "the scream and run away". | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
Sporting events have always been popular in Scotland, | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
but it wasn't until the Georgian era that the Highland Games | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
became an annual event, with some pretty extraordinary contests. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:40 | |
Today's programme features a number of traditional | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
Highland Game pursuits. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
There's the running race, the lifting a heavy stone competition, | 0:10:44 | 0:10:48 | |
and throwing a hammer, preferably in the direction of the bagpipe player. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
SCREAMING | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
Oops! I feel a bit bad about saying that now. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:58 | |
Anyhow, there's one particular event that caught my attention, | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
and I have the winner here with me now. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
-Jamie, congratulations. -Thanks, Andrea. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
So, you won for the bizarrely-named "Twisting the Cow" competition. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:11 | |
Can you tell us exactly what that involves? | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
Well Andrea, it involves twisting the four legs off a cow. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
A dead cow? | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
Aye, a dead cow - we're not animals! | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
And can you tell us exactly how you made it through to today's final? | 0:11:22 | 0:11:26 | |
Well, I put in a lot of hard work, but mostly I did it on the hoof. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:30 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
On the hoof! | 0:11:34 | 0:11:35 | |
I imagine twisting the leg off a cow is pretty difficult. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:39 | |
Do you get many injuries? | 0:11:39 | 0:11:40 | |
Aye, well I did tear a calf muscle during my warm-up, | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
but I've never been injured myself! | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
And what was your prize for winning? | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
A fattened sheep. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:54 | |
Great. And are you confident about winning next year's competition? | 0:11:55 | 0:12:00 | |
Aye, I'm quite bullish about it. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
Good luck with that, back to the studio. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
-Want some? -No, it's all right, I'm a vegan. -OK, fair enough. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:12 | |
In the Middle Ages, | 0:12:26 | 0:12:27 | |
people would slide down Heading Hill, in Stirling, | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
on a horse's skull. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:31 | |
They called the sport "Hurly Hacket". | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
All righty, that's half-time. Oranges, anyone? | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
They're fresh out of the dumpster. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
No? Good, that's all the more for me. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
We Victorians loved our football and founded lots of clubs, | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
like Sheffield United, famous for its badly-behaved | 0:12:52 | 0:12:56 | |
celebrity goalkeeper, "Fatty" Foulke. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
In this week's Two-Three-Five Magazine, | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
we interview the Victorian footballer they all talk about - | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
celebrity goalkeeper, William "Fatty" Foulke. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
Who ate all the pies? Who ate all the pies? | 0:13:07 | 0:13:10 | |
I did. I once ate my entire team's dinners. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
And I was still a bit peckish. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
We've got all the man-mountain stats. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:17 | |
He's nearly two metres tall, and 150 kilograms. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
Yes, that's right, a whopping 150 kilograms. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:24 | |
He recently moved to Chelsea for a record transfer fee of £50. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
He's the most expensive footballer ever. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
We've got Fatty's top tips on keeping goal. Tip one... | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
I find the best way to stop the opposition from scoring | 0:13:33 | 0:13:35 | |
is to fill the goal - literally! | 0:13:35 | 0:13:37 | |
Oh! A few more pies should do it! | 0:13:37 | 0:13:41 | |
Tip two... | 0:13:41 | 0:13:42 | |
Do try not to lean on the goalposts. I find you can easily break them. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:46 | |
-GOALPOSTS CREAK -Ooh. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:48 | |
Tip three... | 0:13:48 | 0:13:49 | |
Get angry. REALLY ANGRY! | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
The only thing I like to see in the back of my net | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
is an opposition striker! | 0:13:54 | 0:13:55 | |
Sometimes I like to throw them in! | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
Ah! | 0:13:57 | 0:13:58 | |
Yes, read the inside story on Fatty's famous temper, | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
as we meet the referee who was so scared of him he hid in a cupboard. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
Don't tell him I'm in here! | 0:14:05 | 0:14:06 | |
And that's not all! Enter our spot-the-ball competition, | 0:14:06 | 0:14:10 | |
and you could win a genuine pure leather Victorian football. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
Be warned, they get a bit heavy when it's been raining. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
Argh! Ah! | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
Two-Three-Five Magazine - | 0:14:18 | 0:14:19 | |
everything you need to know about Victorian football. Buy it now! | 0:14:19 | 0:14:23 | |
Or I'll get ANGRY! | 0:14:23 | 0:14:28 | |
Really angry. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:31 | |
Coming up next on this Horrible Histories Sport Special, | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
it's time for Tudor football. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
There's nothing like football, | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
and Tudor football is nothing like football. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:43 | |
Let's go over live to the 1500s to join our commentator pitch-side. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:48 | |
I'm here with Alan, captain of the Roxbridge Village Team, | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
who's here to tell me a little bit more about the sport. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
I understand it's a very important match here today. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:56 | |
It's nice to see the whole village has turned out... | 0:14:56 | 0:14:59 | |
Yeah, great to see so much support for the team. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
They're not support - the whole village plays for the team. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
It's our village versus the neighbouring village. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
I see, and what's the score? | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
Oh, it's still nil-nil, but we did come close to a goal. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
-Thrilling. How close exactly? -About two and a half miles. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
-Two and a half miles?! -Yeah, we play between two villages. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
The winners get the ball through the other village's cemetery gates. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
-Urgh! And this is your ball? -Yeah, it's made of pig's bladder. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:26 | |
It looks like a pig's... Oh! Argh! | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
Oh, now... | 0:15:29 | 0:15:30 | |
..that is inexcusable! | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
Where is the referee? | 0:15:34 | 0:15:35 | |
There's no referee, there's no rules. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
Oh, that does explain the black eye, the broken finger, | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
and what appears to be a bitten ear. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:43 | |
Yeah, well it's just a gentle game today, Gary. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
Last game, I dislocated my arm and broke my jaw. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
Nasty. Is it possible to have a word with the captain of the opposition? | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
-Yeah, go ahead. -Thank you! | 0:15:52 | 0:15:53 | |
So, how's the game going from your point of view? | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
Hi Gary. Yeah, pretty good. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
I think it'll be a long one, could go on for hours. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
I think some of the lads will end up flat on their backs by the end. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:04 | |
-Exhausted? -No, dead. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
This is how brutal the game can be, you know. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
-Do you want to be on our side, cos...? -I'll certainly give it a go! | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
Oh! | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
-Urgh! -Yep, still got it. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
Henry VIII needed lots of young, fit men for the English Army, | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
and so many people were getting injured playing Tudor football, | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
that in 1540, Henry made it illegal. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
In any case, you shouldn't play football with pigs' bladders - | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
you should eat them - they're delish! | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
Coming up later, it's Christians and lions | 0:16:41 | 0:16:43 | |
in our Maul of the Day competition. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
But first, we've got gladiator fights, | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
which as well as ending in death, also began with death, | 0:16:47 | 0:16:51 | |
since they had their origins in Roman funerals. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
And above all, Messinus was a wise and a noble man, | 0:16:54 | 0:16:58 | |
who only ever beat his slaves when it was absolutely necessary. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:02 | |
He will be sorely missed by us all. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
And now for the fight. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
ALL: Yeah! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
Go on! Kick his head in. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:17 | |
What on earth's going on? | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
Oh, it's the latest Roman thing. You get your two favourite slaves | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
to fight to the death in front of your graveside. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
-Whatever for? -Oh, it's very noble. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
The loser's like a sort of sacrifice to the dead man. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
You know, keep his soul company. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
But mostly, it's really good fun to watch. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
So this is catching on, then? | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
Oh yeah. A friend of mine died last month. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
Had three fights. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
That means three more funerals, and three fights at each one - | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
that makes nine funerals. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:49 | |
I tell you, it's been wall-to-wall funerals for weeks now. Brilliant. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
HE GROANS | 0:17:53 | 0:17:54 | |
Which one was that? | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
Erm, Marcus. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
We are gathered here today to mark the passing of Marcus. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:06 | |
He was a good slave. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
-I can't believe all this. -Ah, this is nothing. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
My uncle Centillus had it written into his will that he wanted | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
a fight to the death between two beautiful women. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
Seriously? | 0:18:17 | 0:18:18 | |
Yeah. His funeral's in ten minutes. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
It's disgu... Can I come? | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
Yeah, but you've got to pretend to be sad until the fight starts. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
Oh, yeah - no problem. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
ALL: Fight! Fight! | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
That's right! | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
Slaves were made to fight to the death at Roman funerals. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
Then someone had the bright idea of putting them in an arena, | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
and gladiator games were born. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
They really had guts, those gladiators - | 0:18:43 | 0:18:45 | |
you could usually see them on the arena floor! | 0:18:45 | 0:18:49 | |
And if gladiators weren't gory enough for your liking, | 0:18:49 | 0:18:52 | |
there was always Roman chariot-racing. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
Enjoy the thrills and spills, but chiefly the spills, | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
at chariot-racing at the Circus Maximus, | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
with celebrity charioteer, Scorpus, winner of over 2,000 races. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
2,000 and counting! | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
The most brutal and deadly race of all time. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
Good choice. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:35 | |
Choose team colour. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:36 | |
Yeah, green's good, | 0:19:41 | 0:19:42 | |
although red doesn't show up your opponent's blood so much. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:44 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
Let the race commence! | 0:19:48 | 0:19:49 | |
Oh-ho-ho! | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
Do you have what it takes to survive the seven laps? | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
-Oh yeah! -Well, he doesn't. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
Watch out for the fallen charioteer, you don't want to miss him. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
-Nearly missed you! -And watch out for the flying horse poo. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:03 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:20:03 | 0:20:04 | |
Avoid the broken chariots, known as "shipwrecks". | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
If you do crash, don't forget to let go of the reins. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
Oh, unlucky, you can't, they're wrapped around your waist. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
So long, sucker! | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
-Scorpus wins. -Yeah! | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
And I live to race another day, unlike my winning horse, | 0:20:17 | 0:20:21 | |
who is to be sacrificed to the gods. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
I shall miss you, Dobbinus. I'm not crying. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
Go away. I'm not crying. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:34 | |
I'm not! | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
The original Olympic Games were just for Greek competitors. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
It was one of us Victorians who dreamed up | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
the modern international sporting event. Good day. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
Ah, bonjour, gentlemen. My name is Baron de Coubertin. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:01 | |
Ah, Bonjour Monsieur. Ca va? | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
Ah, vous parlez francais? | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
No, don't ever do that. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
OK, so I would very much like to pitch the story | 0:21:07 | 0:21:11 | |
of the first Olympic Games. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
Ah, Greece, the Acropolis. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:14 | |
Clash of the Titans, this could be interesting. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
Get your sunblock, Greece is hot. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:18 | |
Apologies, I think there is some confusion. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:20 | |
I don't want to pitch the story of the Ancient Greece Olympics. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:24 | |
Whatever! So long as you're wearing togas. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
There won't be any togas. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:27 | |
It is not the Olympics from thousands of years ago. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
The games I started is the modern Olympics, from 1896. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:34 | |
-Is anyone else here like really confused? -Always. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
I think I get it. You created the modern Olympics? | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
-Yes! -The first Olympic Games since the original Ancient Greek ones. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
Well, no, because I have a friend, William Penny Brookes. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:47 | |
He created an Olympics in 1850, | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
in the small Shropshire village of Much Wenlock. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:53 | |
It is what I based my Olympics on. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
So what you set up was the third version of the Olympic Games? | 0:21:55 | 0:22:00 | |
Well, no, because I think there is another one - | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
the Cotswold Olympics, in the early 1600s. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
But you know, it was more traditional, | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
quirky English games, not a serious sporting event. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
-OK - quirky, English - I'm thinking Hugh Grant. -Hugh Grant! | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
What you're trying to pitch is the unique story of the founding | 0:22:14 | 0:22:18 | |
of the fourth different version of the Olympics. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
"Olympics four - the disappointment"! | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
My Olympics changed the world. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
It shows what mankind can achieve when pushed to his limits. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
-Think of erm... Usain Bolt. -Bolt! I love that movie! | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
-Is there a cartoon dog in the story? -No, it is a serious sporting event. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
Winning an Olympic gold medal | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
is one of the highest achievements you can make. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:40 | |
I know, because in the 1912 Olympics, I win one. Look at this. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:44 | |
-Bling! -Impressive. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:46 | |
-For what particular sporting event did you win that? -Literature. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
-OK, I think we're done here. -On your marks, get set, get out! | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
THEY HUM CHARIOTS OF FIRE | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
-# Da-da-da-da-da-na -# Doo-doo! | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
# Da-da-da-ni.. | 0:22:57 | 0:22:58 | |
# Da-da-da-da-da-na | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
-# Doo-doo! -# Da-da-da-da-da-na | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
-Oh, reservoir! -Nice guy. -Mm. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
Time now for some sporting action from Ancient Greece. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
Not from the Olympics, but from the Isthmian Games. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
There were lots of games in Ancient Greece | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
that were just as good as the Olympics. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
And you join us here in Isthmia, for this, | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
the final race in this year's thrilling Isthimian Games. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:27 | |
And, here about to cross the finish line in first place, | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
it looks like, yes, it's Armando of Kos. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
Armando, congratulations, that was a truly astonishing victory. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
Ah, thanks. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:37 | |
It was really hard work, | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
but it's worth it for such a fantastic prize. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
Of course, and here is your prize - the incredible crown of celery. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:47 | |
What? Celery? | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
The prize is celery? | 0:23:50 | 0:23:51 | |
Yes, didn't you know? | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
No, I thought it was salary - a yearly wage. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
Cash, dosh, wonga - I'm in it for the money. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
Ah, well, the bad news is your prize is, in fact, just a celery hat. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
And what's the good news? | 0:24:05 | 0:24:06 | |
The good news is I bought this delicious Greek dip. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
Mm, now that is rich! | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
Sorry. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
# In 776 BC Olympics were begun | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
# Greece was the only country So naturally we won | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
# Cheats built bronzes of god Zeus Were we honest winners? | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
# The answer's no - we had more statues than you've had hot dinners | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
# Our games meant truce was called in war a peace every four years | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
# But wrestling was so violent that bouts could end in tears | 0:24:45 | 0:24:49 | |
# No girls allowed to watch or run - that might sound rude | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
# But makes sense when I tell you we competed nude | 0:24:52 | 0:24:56 | |
# Flame! | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
# It's going to burn forever | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
# Love for Olympic heroes | 0:25:01 | 0:25:03 | |
# Flame! | 0:25:03 | 0:25:05 | |
# We'd like one next, however | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
# Sadly, it's Emperor Nero. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
Hey watch it, you two, all right? | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
# I went from Rome to Greece so I could play them at their games | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
# In 67 AD, you know I won Olympic fame | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
# I told them to include a contest based on poetry | 0:25:20 | 0:25:24 | |
# Not much good for sportsmen, no But brilliant for me. Ha-ha! | 0:25:24 | 0:25:28 | |
# Crashed my racing chariot But still awarded gold | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
# Hey, my Olympics, my rules To argue would be bold. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:35 | |
# I won every medal that was up for grabs | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
# The crowd loved it Well, they had to | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
# Or I would have had them stabbed, OK? | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
# Flame! | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
# Olympic champion, that's me My Games were Emperor's own brand | 0:25:44 | 0:25:50 | |
-# Flame! -Think I was bad? | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
# In 393 Christian Rome had them banned | 0:25:52 | 0:25:57 | |
# It's over, it's over, it's over It's over, it's over, it's over | 0:25:57 | 0:26:02 | |
# Shame! # | 0:26:02 | 0:26:03 | |
Wait! Not so fast! | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
# I'm Baron de Coubertin A famous French historian | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
# I read of the Olympic Games Thought I should try restoring them | 0:26:08 | 0:26:12 | |
# They'd be just like the old days I said, but did propose | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
# That unlike Greeks, Victorians should do them wearing clothes | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
# In 1896, re-launched the Games in dear old Greece | 0:26:19 | 0:26:23 | |
# Hoped it would make men more moral As well as less obese | 0:26:23 | 0:26:27 | |
# Rebuilt a stadium so we could start to play | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
# Games of the modern Olympics Which we still have today | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
# Flame! | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
# I'm owed my personal glory | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
# But no-one remembers my name | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
# Flame! | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
# So here to finish our story | 0:26:42 | 0:26:44 | |
# A man who has gold-plated fame | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
# I'm Jesse Owens Fastest man in 1936 | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
# I took home four gold medals, yeah But that's just the basics | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
# What you should know about the fact I was victorious | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
# Is it made Herr Hitler mad Ha, it made him "Fuhrer-ous" | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
# Hitler said Berlin should be the Games' Germanic base | 0:27:04 | 0:27:08 | |
# So he could show the world Aryans were the master race | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
# I won in four events He had to back pedal | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
# His evil theory destroyed with every medal | 0:27:15 | 0:27:19 | |
# Flame! It's going to burn forever | 0:27:19 | 0:27:23 | |
# Olympics are never in doubt | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
# Flame! A fire of sporting endeavour. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
You realise it's actually gone out? | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
# Olympic, Olympic | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
# Flame! # | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
Well, that's all we've got time for | 0:27:37 | 0:27:39 | |
in this Horrible Histories Sport Special. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
They think it's all over, it is. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:43 | |
No, it isn't. There's just time for me to say, | 0:27:43 | 0:27:46 | |
"They think it's all over, it is now", one more time. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
They think it's all over, it is now. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
See, told you. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
# Tall tales Atrocious acts | 0:27:54 | 0:27:55 | |
# We gave you all the fearsome facts... | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
If you enjoyed that, why not come and play? | 0:27:57 | 0:28:00 | |
Go to the CBBC website and click on Horrible Histories. See you there! | 0:28:00 | 0:28:05 | |
# The past is no longer a mystery | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
-# Hope you enjoyed -Horrible Histories. # | 0:28:07 | 0:28:10 | |
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