0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Gorgeous Georgians, Slimy Stuarts Vile Victorians
0:00:04 > 0:00:07# Woeful wars, ferocious fights Dingy castles, daring knights
0:00:07 > 0:00:09# Horrors that defy description Cut-throat Celts, awful Egyptians
0:00:09 > 0:00:12# Vicious Vikings, cruel crimes Punishment from ancient times
0:00:12 > 0:00:13# Romans, rotten, rank and ruthless
0:00:13 > 0:00:15# Cavemen, savage Fierce and toothless
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# Groovy Greeks, brainy sages Mean and measly Middle Ages
0:00:17 > 0:00:22# Gory stories, we do that And your host, a talking rat
0:00:22 > 0:00:27# The past is no longer a mystery Welcome to... #
0:00:36 > 0:00:40During the Georgian era, the British had a great Naval Commander,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43the legendary Lord Horatio Nelson.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Wow! The Victory!
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Me, serving under Lord Nelson on his own flagship.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55I can't wait to meet Britain's greatest ever Naval hero!
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- He's coming now. - Look out, I'm going to be sick!
0:00:58 > 0:01:00HE VOMITS
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Sorry, I suffer terribly from sea sickness.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12Ned Harris, Sir. It is a pleasure to serve aboard the Victory.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Would you do me the honour of shaking my hand?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Don't worry, happens all the time. Got a bullet in the arm,
0:01:18 > 0:01:22had it hacked off. Didn't see it coming, I had something in my eye.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26A piece of shrapnel. Can't see out of the blessed thing now.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- How did you lose your legs, Sir? - What?
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- Are your legs cut off at the knee? - No, he really is that short.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Oh dear, bit embarrassing.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I'm a great admirer of all your work,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41the Battle of the Nile, the Battle of Copenhagen.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43HE VOMITS
0:01:43 > 0:01:48This is ridiculous. He's meant to be Britain's greatest Naval hero!
0:01:48 > 0:01:51He's half-blind, one-armed, and he gets seasick.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- HE VOMITS - He may not be much to look at,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59but he's a genius at sea battles and very popular with the men,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01even though he's a stickler for discipline.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Sailor, have you seen the state of your shoes?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I expect my men to be well turned-out.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- But you just... - Clean them. They're a disgrace.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14You can't get the sailors nowadays. 'Scuse me.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17HE VOMITS
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Lord Nelson wasn't just a Lord, he was a Viscount, a Duke, a Baron,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25the Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's ships
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and a Knight of the Order of the Bath.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I was almost Knighted by the Queen once.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Well, she saw me in the kitchen and chucked her sword at me.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38There really were some unlikely Georgian heroes.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Hello and welcome to the News At When.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49When? 1724, when a third of London's population
0:02:49 > 0:02:52turned out to see Britain's most famous criminal.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56To find out more, let's go over live to Jessica Harvey Smyth,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58who is soaking up the atmosphere.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Thanks, Sam. As you can see, thousands of people have turned up
0:03:03 > 0:03:07just to catch a glimpse of their hero, Jack Sheppard,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09perhaps one of London's most glamorous criminals.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13He's escaped from prison not once, not twice, but four times.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15These people clearly love him for it.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- Jack Sheppard is well lush. - He's such a rebel and so daring!
0:03:19 > 0:03:22How long have you been a fan?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Since his first escape. He was held at St Giles' Roundhouse
0:03:25 > 0:03:27and he broke out through the roof.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31He lowered himself down using bed sheets tied together. It was wicked.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33And I liked it when he escaped Newgate prison
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- dressed in ladies' clothes. - That was awesome.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- CHEERING - Let's try to interview him.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Jack! Jack! HHTV News. Can we have a few words?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Of course you can. Nice to meet you.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Oh! 300,000 Georgians have turned up to catch a glimpse of you, Jack.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53That's a quarter of London's population.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Are you nervous?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58A few butterflies, it's not every day you're executed.
0:03:58 > 0:04:04When you say 'executed', I'm sure you're going to make an escape!
0:04:04 > 0:04:08You know me so well! I do have a trick up my sleeve, actually.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11It's a pen-knife. I'm going to...
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I'll have that. This way, sonny.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I'll think of something!
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Jack Sheppard, there. Can't wait to see how he'll get out of this one.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23The crowd are going to go absolutely wild.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Jack is getting onto the scaffold now.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27He's putting his head in the noose.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30I'm sure he's about to make his move any time now.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33The hangman is about to open the trapdoor.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35He should be escaping any second.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38BANG!
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Still, always nice to see a good public execution.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47A great day out for all the family.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Ouch!
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Leg still causing you pain?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11No, I make these noises when I'm happy(!)
0:05:11 > 0:05:16The doctors are on their way. Today they're from the Middle Ages.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Terrific(!) - I'm Doctor Usmar.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22He's an Arabian healer from the 1100s.
0:05:22 > 0:05:28- That's a nasty-looking abscess. - No, it's fine. I'm feeling better.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- It doesn't hurt? - Ow! Just a tiny bit.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38This dressing prepared from healing herbs will reduce the swelling.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Herbs? Leave it out. I don't... Actually, that feels soothing.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- Thank you, doctor. - My pleasure. Next patient.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- Just this way. - Wow! It really worked!
0:05:49 > 0:05:54Doctor Nutberg, here, Crusader doctor from the Middle Ages.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56What appears to be the problem?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I've been seen by the Arabian healer.
0:05:59 > 0:06:05That primitive fool? Eugh. You need European Crusader medicine.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- It feels a lot better. - We must cut off this leg.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- What?- Bite down on this.- Help!
0:06:12 > 0:06:17Amputation is a cure-all procedure for us European Crusaders.
0:06:17 > 0:06:23- What are you doing? Stop it! - Doesn't that feel better already?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Where's the next patient?
0:06:26 > 0:06:31- You are feeling light-headed? - I've tried every treatment going.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I don't think an Arabian cure from the Middle Ages will help.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40- We will see. Would you chew on this? - What's this? A magic leaf?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44No, it's healthy food. Arabian healers have known for a long time
0:06:44 > 0:06:49that a healthy balanced diet can be beneficial in cases such as yours.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Goodness, I feel better already!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Stay on the diet and soon you will be well.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58So, poor female lady woman, what seems to be the problem?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Don't worry, Doctor Nutberg, I have put her on a diet
0:07:01 > 0:07:03and she will be very well in no time at all.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06A diet? You crazy Arabian hippy!
0:07:06 > 0:07:11Us European doctors knows there is only one way to cure this condition.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Bite down on this. We must remove the top of the patient's head
0:07:15 > 0:07:17and wash out the brain with salt.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Get off her!- No!
0:07:19 > 0:07:22I banged my head.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I feel a little light-headed.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27So, you feel a little light-headed.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Well, then, perhaps we should apply one of your Crusader cures
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- and cut your head off. - No, zat won't be necessary.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- Perhaps we can try one of your nice Arabian herbal remedies.- No!
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Bite down on this.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44HE LAUGHS
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Yes. European doctors thought they were better
0:07:48 > 0:07:52than Arab doctors in the Middle Ages, but they were wrong.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56But even Arabian medicine couldn't have done much to save this fella.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03# Stupid deaths, stupid deaths They're funny cos they're true
0:08:03 > 0:08:08# Stupid deaths, stupid deaths Hope next time it's not you. #
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Next!
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- And you are?- Humphrey de Bohun, leader of the rebel army.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19How did you die? With great stupidity, I hope.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23I was leading a rebellion against King Edward II.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- It was at the Battle of Boroughbridge.- Not stupid enough.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I was leading my troops across the bridge.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- The enemy was defending it fiercely. - Almost sensible.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36I decided to charge them head-on. I was killing everything in my path.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Battling them to the right, fighting them to the left.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Aaaah! You're losing me, pal.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Suddenly, I felt a terrible agony in my, um, in my bottom.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Ha-ha-ha! Oh, joy! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:08:49 > 0:08:52An enemy soldier hid himself under the bridge
0:08:52 > 0:08:55and shoved a pike right in my bottom.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Ha-ha-ha! Look, there it is! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Ooo! Hey. That must have been a real pain in the neck!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Don't you mean pain in the backside?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- That's what I said. - No, you said pain in the neck.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- I said pain in the backside. - I think...- I said...
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- I said pain in the backside. - The moment is lost.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15- Whatever, pal!- Right.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- You're through to the Afterlife. Off you trot.- Thank you.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Hey. He got a real bum deal.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I should've said that when he was in the room.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Hey, you! You got a bum...! Oh, he's gone.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Why do you always think of things too late?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Never mind. Next!
0:09:33 > 0:09:37# Stupid deaths, stupid deaths Hope next time it's not you. #
0:10:00 > 0:10:03The answer is all three.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Dressed in a red shirt and earrings,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08a drunk white llama would be sent into a temple
0:10:08 > 0:10:10to kick over pots of beer.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14And that's not the only bizarre Incan custom.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19And remember, these authentic Incan drums
0:10:19 > 0:10:21are made from genuine human skin,
0:10:21 > 0:10:25so you can go on beating your enemy all day long.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27And annoying your neighbour all night.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29And it won't cost you any money.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32That's because we Incans swap goods.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Swapping what we don't need for what we do need.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39And now time for this hour's special item.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It's the very latest in Inca technology. And here it is.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47An all-in-one wool grower, jewellery maker, fortune teller and barbecue.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50And there was me thinking it was just an ordinary llama.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52It is an ordinary llama, silly!
0:10:52 > 0:10:55But you'll be amazed at the things you can do with it.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56I know you can eat it,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59and I know you can sacrifice it for special occasions.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Our priests get through hundreds of these at weddings.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Sacrifices really are just the tip of the llama.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09For a start, you could use its wool to make clothes.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12I suppose that's what you call a llama pyjama!
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Or why not wear a llama on your armour
0:11:17 > 0:11:19with these authentic Incan bracelets
0:11:19 > 0:11:21made from llama toenail clippings.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Your arm smells really cheesy. - Thank you.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27What else can you use a llama for?
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Believe it or not, llamas can help you tell the future.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- No.- Is there anything you'd like to know?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Yes, there is actually. Do I just ask the llama?
0:11:36 > 0:11:37No, silly.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42You have to kill the llama, remove its lungs, and blow them up.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Here's some I inflated earlier.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47The veins will help you reveal the answer to your question.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Yes. It says yes!
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Hang on. You didn't tell me what the question was.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Will you marry me?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56What? Give me those lungs.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- That can't be right. Is that a yes? - Definitely.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- I guess we'll have to sacrifice a few more llamas.- Shut up!
0:12:06 > 0:12:10We Incans really did use llamas for all those things,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12so we needed loads of them.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Hi. I'm an Incan priest.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19I dress well, I work hard and I get through a lot of llamas.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23I sacrifice 100 llamas at the beginning of every month.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I'm an Incan emperor and tomorrow,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32I go into battle with one of the jungle tribes.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35So I wondered if you'd do a sacrifice for me.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Oh, boy! There goes another 1,000 llamas!
0:12:43 > 0:12:44As you can imagine,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47getting through llamas this fast means I soon run out.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50That's why I buy my llamas from a llama farmer.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Honey, I think it's time we got married.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Oh, no! An emperor's wedding.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04There goes another couple of thousand llamas.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Shut up!
0:13:13 > 0:13:14SCARY MUSIC
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Greetings my groupies of gore.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I am Vincenzo Laughoff
0:13:23 > 0:13:27and this week's scary story is from the Victorian times.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31The Cabinet of Mystery.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37The year was 1871. A date that crackles with creepiness.
0:13:37 > 0:13:43Florence Cook, a girl of exactly your age, providing you are 15,
0:13:43 > 0:13:46began to communicate with people from another world.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49The World of the Dead!
0:13:53 > 0:13:54- THUNDERCLAP - Soon...
0:13:55 > 0:14:00The thunderclap needs to come when I say World of the Dead or not at all.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05Soon, her unique gift made Florence the toast of Victorian society
0:14:05 > 0:14:09and she would host creepy meetings in which she would summon up ghosts
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- and spirits. - (WOO-OO-OOH)
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Yes, very much "woo-oo-ooh"!
0:14:15 > 0:14:17In these meetings, known as seances,
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Florence, dressed in a sombre black dress, would step inside
0:14:21 > 0:14:24a mysterious cabinet, just like this one.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27But much, much bigger.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29And a different shape.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33But she'd step inside this cabinet and be tied to a chair within.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37The door would be shut, the lights would be dimmed
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- and the seance would begin. - THUNDERCLAP
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Much better.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45As Florence sat inside the cabinet, making contact with the spirit world
0:14:45 > 0:14:49a white ghostly figure would suddenly appear in the room.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53One day, in the middle of a seance, Sir George Sitwell,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56a noted aristocrat and politician, did the unthinkable.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Ignoring the rules of the spirit world and with no regard for safety,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03he reached to grab the ghostly figure as she floated past.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Would he find himself drawn back into the spirit world with her?
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Would the ghost turn and haunt her tormentor until his dying day?
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Neither! What he found in his hand was even more disturbing,
0:15:16 > 0:15:20an angry woman in her underwear...
0:15:22 > 0:15:23What?!
0:15:24 > 0:15:28The ghost was just a woman in her nightie,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30with a sheet on her head.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33When they opened the cabinet, Florence was missing.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37They turned the lights on and found the woman in her nightie
0:15:37 > 0:15:41was just Florence, so the ghost thing was a massive con.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Right, what does this say? Scary Stories!
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Scary, not Pointless Stories! Not Annoying Stories.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51I don't want to do a show called Boring Stories!
0:15:51 > 0:15:55I did that for the other channel and it sunk like a stone!
0:15:55 > 0:15:58When I come back, I want another ghost story with a ghost in it!
0:15:58 > 0:16:02I'm going to the canteen. There'd better be cake!
0:16:02 > 0:16:06There were plenty of charlatans and con artists in Victorian times,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09even in the field of medicine. Good day.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14R-r-r-roll up, roll up. Do you have tummy trouble?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Do you have a two-foot tapeworm in your stomach?
0:16:17 > 0:16:23What you need is this most excellent tapeworm trap.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26It's just like fishing, only the worms aren't the bait.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31They're the catch! I once caught a tapeworm this long!
0:16:31 > 0:16:37You simply load the food into the trap and hey presto, away we go.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39How about a demonstration?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- You, sir, you look like you have a tapeworm.- Well, yes. I does!
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Then simply open wide.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50In with the tapeworm trap, like so.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53CHOKING SOUNDS
0:16:58 > 0:17:03- He's dead!- He's choked on your stupid trap!
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Yes, but now he's dead, he can't eat
0:17:06 > 0:17:09and without food, the tapeworm will die.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- So the trap works.- He's cured! - Well, I'll take one.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Me, too!- Excellent. Come.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38The answer is A.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42The hot potato would be tied to your head with a scarf
0:17:42 > 0:17:44so it stayed next to your ear.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47In Victorian times, people had some odd ideas
0:17:47 > 0:17:49about how to stay healthy.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Greetings. Are you fed up with vile stinking Victorian water?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Does it make you feel really sick? Urgh!
0:17:56 > 0:18:02Then why not try the new healthy alternative? Victorian Beer! Mmm!
0:18:06 > 0:18:08There! I feel better already!
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Here's Doctor John Snow to tell us more.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Hello. I'm Doctor John Snow.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19I've proved that the Victorian water supply is full of germs
0:18:19 > 0:18:22and is spreading cholera throughout Britain.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27It's important nobody drinks the water until we clean up the supply.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31That's why Doctor John Snow drinks Victorian Beer.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34No, I don't touch the stuff.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- I don't agree with it, on religious grounds.- Really?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Victorian beer, made with natural ingredients
0:18:40 > 0:18:42like barley, yeast and hops.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44And it's packed with vitamins.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49It tastes much healthier than water.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53It's not infected with all those nasty diseasy thingies.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Can I have another one, please? SHE HICCUPS
0:18:57 > 0:19:03(SLURRING) Work hard, play hard, drink hard and fall over!
0:19:03 > 0:19:05'Warning, beer contains alcohol,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08'which will impair your ability to speak or even stand up.'
0:19:08 > 0:19:10That's not true...
0:19:10 > 0:19:14'And can also be fatal if you drink too much.'
0:19:14 > 0:19:16I love you, man.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18HE SNORES
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Welcome back to HHTV Sport,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33today bringing you exclusive live sporting events
0:19:33 > 0:19:35from the time of the Greek Legends.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38We're at the Trojan Wars for the Big Fight,
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Paris, Prince of Troy, versus Greek leader Menelaus.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Let's join our commentary team.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47You join me outside the Walls of Troy.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51I'm here with the challenger. You seem relaxed, Menelaus.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- Are you confident about today? - I is gonna reign supreme, innit!
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- How can you be so confident? - I ain't doin' the fightin'.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02My man Achilles 'ere, he's immortal! Wicked, innit!
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Don't you think there could be an upset?- You ain't listenin'.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Achilles was made immortal when his mum dunked him
0:20:09 > 0:20:13in the River of the Dead. he cannot be killed!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Boss, I'm not completely immortal. - Sshh!
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Mum was holding me by the heel when she dunked me.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23- That bit's not as immortal.- You just told the man from the telly!
0:20:23 > 0:20:26So there you have it. Enormous confidence from the Greeks.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Let's see how things are looking behind the Walls of Troy, Gary.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35- Cheers, John. So, Paris, looking forward?- No way. I is scared.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39He is immortal. You do it, man! I is so scared. You do it!
0:20:39 > 0:20:40For goodness' sake!
0:20:40 > 0:20:45So, looks like his warrior brother Hector will stand in for him.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48So it's Hector, the Boy from Troy,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52versus the gods' favourite, the Immortal Achilles, the Greek Hero.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57- Who do you think will win?- Achilles, he's immortal.- Fair enough.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58And the big fight is up.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Hector's running away with Achilles in pursuit.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08That's once round the city... Twice!
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Three times round the city, Gary!
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Great attack from Hector, but kind of pointless
0:21:13 > 0:21:16because Achilles is, of course, immortal.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Oh, and clearly Hector isn't. Yeah, it's game over.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26Menelaus clearly thrilled with the result. Ooh, but what's this?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Paris is up on the ramparts with a bow and arrow. He shoots, he scores!
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Oh, and that's a fantastic shot from Paris!
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Who'd have thought that Achilles' Achilles heel would be his heel?
0:21:38 > 0:21:42- Kind of obvious when you think about it.- Back to the studio.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45We get the expression your "Achilles heel"
0:21:45 > 0:21:47from the story of Troy.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51It means however strong you are, you've always got a weak spot.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56Even elephants have an Achilles heel, as the Greeks found out.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03In ancient times, King Pyrrhus of Greece
0:22:03 > 0:22:07went to battle with the Romans and brought with him a secret weapon,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09elephants.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Elephants, charge!
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Greek war elephants were brilliant.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Once they started charging, they didn't stop
0:22:18 > 0:22:22and trampled anything in their way, particularly enemy troops.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25It was brilliant
0:22:25 > 0:22:29but unfortunately, there was one small problem.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Elephants are scared of fire and pigs.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37So the Romans set fire to some pigs.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40And sent them charging at the charging elephants...
0:22:40 > 0:22:42PIG SQUEALS AND ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:22:47 > 0:22:49..making King Pyrrhus really wish
0:22:51 > 0:22:53he'd left his secret weapon at home.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05The Prime Minister during World War II was Winston Churchill.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09He was an inspirational leader who liked to work very hard indeed.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16So, that is the plan for the D Day landings.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21Grand in scale, audacious in nature.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- What say you, Gen...? - SNORING
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- General!- What?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Where? Man the guns!
0:23:27 > 0:23:32General, have you been listening to a word I've been saying?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I'm sorry, Prime Minister, no.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Well, at least Pamela would have gotten it down.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- SHE SNORES - Pamela!
0:23:40 > 0:23:45Sorry, Prime Minister. I must have dropped off for a minute.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47I was just telling the General...
0:23:47 > 0:23:50General!
0:23:50 > 0:23:54I'm sorry, PM. It's just we've been up gone four every night this week.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Some of us need to sleep. We can't all work the hours you do.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02How can we sleep when we need to plan the D Day landings,
0:24:02 > 0:24:06the greatest single day water borne invasion of all time?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08But you never stop, sir.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13You even take work with you into the toilet. How do you keep it up?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Cigars and champagne, my boy.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- Can I borrow a couple of matches? - Be my guest, Pamela.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Here, try some champers. Should wake you up a bit.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Thank you, sir. Cheers.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31So, D Day.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34A fleet of 5,000 vessels
0:24:34 > 0:24:37will transport 160,000 troops,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40landing across a 50-mile stretch
0:24:40 > 0:24:41of the Normandy coastline.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46There we will begin the long, hard push to Berlin,
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Hitler,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50and victory.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53SNORING
0:24:57 > 0:24:59BANG!
0:24:59 > 0:25:02With all due respect, sir, that's not funny. There's a war on.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Very well. Maybe it is time I went to bed.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Oh...- At last.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12But don't worry, I've had a desk specially made to fit over it,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16so we can continue this meeting in our jim-jams!
0:25:16 > 0:25:19General, bring the map.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Just 40 winks. I really must get my head down.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27I won't be long, just...
0:25:27 > 0:25:29SNORING
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I'm awake, I'm awake!
0:25:34 > 0:25:38It's true. Churchill really did have a desk built to fit over his bed,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41so he could carry on working at night.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Churchill inspired everyone to get behind the war effort
0:25:44 > 0:25:47and women's lives changed forever.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55# We're girlies from the '30s
0:25:55 > 0:25:57# Wash the dishes, scrub the floor
0:25:57 > 0:26:00# When all of a sudden
0:26:00 > 0:26:03# Our hubbies went to war
0:26:03 > 0:26:05# Did you think we'd shrink
0:26:05 > 0:26:07# In England's needy hour?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09# You what?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10# Course not!
0:26:10 > 0:26:13# Cos we got girl power
0:26:13 > 0:26:16# Our men are fighting World War II
0:26:16 > 0:26:18# We're not going to boo-hoo-hoo
0:26:18 > 0:26:20# It's our World War II, too, girls
0:26:20 > 0:26:23# Plenty we can do, girls
0:26:23 > 0:26:25# We're the World War II girls
0:26:25 > 0:26:27# Our war begins right here
0:26:31 > 0:26:34# I make weapons in the factory
0:26:34 > 0:26:36# Drill and bolt and screw
0:26:36 > 0:26:42# With rules so strict they even time me when you're on the loo
0:26:42 > 0:26:44# Making bombs and bullets
0:26:44 > 0:26:47# Means I'm always mucky
0:26:47 > 0:26:52# I put my name down for a bath I'll get one if I'm lucky!
0:26:52 > 0:26:54# There is no job that we can't do
0:26:54 > 0:26:57# It wasn't long till our roles grew
0:26:57 > 0:27:00# Your country needs you, girls
0:27:00 > 0:27:02# Army, Navy, too, girls
0:27:02 > 0:27:04# We're the World War II girls
0:27:04 > 0:27:07# This is our career
0:27:08 > 0:27:10# I'm a plane fixing, plain speaking
0:27:10 > 0:27:13# Photo taking, code breaking Air Force Miss
0:27:13 > 0:27:17# Radar manning, lorry driving, weather guessing, foreign spying
0:27:17 > 0:27:18# I do all this
0:27:18 > 0:27:21# I took the role of Land Girl
0:27:21 > 0:27:23# While our men fight far away
0:27:23 > 0:27:26# Farming on the home front
0:27:26 > 0:27:28# Helping save the day
0:27:28 > 0:27:31# Tending crops and animals
0:27:31 > 0:27:33# Manual labour hurts
0:27:33 > 0:27:38# In the field, my uniform's this scratchy tie and shirt
0:27:38 > 0:27:41# When World War II is over, though
0:27:41 > 0:27:44# We'll be proud cos we will know
0:27:44 > 0:27:46# Thanks to us, it's true, girls
0:27:46 > 0:27:49# Came to the rescue, girls
0:27:49 > 0:27:51# We're the World War II girls
0:27:51 > 0:27:53# Original girl power. #
0:27:54 > 0:27:58# Tall Tales, Atrocious Acts, We gave you the Fearsome Facts... #
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Want to travel through the time sewers with me?
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Then play Horrible Histories Terrible Treasures.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Go to the CBBC website and click on Horrible Histories.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09# Hope you enjoyed
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