0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Terrible Tudors, 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 Punishments 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 > 0:00:18# Groovy Greeks, brainy sages Mean and Measly Middle Ages
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# Gory stories, we do that
0:00:20 > 0:00:23# And your host - a talking rat
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# The past is no longer a mystery
0:00:26 > 0:00:27# Welcome to...
0:00:27 > 0:00:31GREGORIAN CHANTING: # Horrible Histories. #
0:00:36 > 0:00:42'We Saxons believed our Gods were really tough, just like superheroes.'
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Uhhh...
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Ahhh!
0:00:47 > 0:00:50- DRAMATIC VOICEOVER: - 'In an age of darkness...'
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Uhhh. Ha-ha-ha!
0:00:52 > 0:00:54'..a time of Saxon gods...'
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Give me one good reason
0:00:55 > 0:00:58why I shouldn't take you prisoner right now?
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Uhh. Good reason.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03'..only one could unite them to save the day.'
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I am Woden, chief of all the gods.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Oh, OK.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09I'm putting a team together.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10You'll only mess it up.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Probably.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13You need someone to save the day.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Definitely.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16I'm putting a team together
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and I'd hate to do it without my pretty wife.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Let's go.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22'Starring...
0:01:27 > 0:01:31'Apart, they were worshipped - together, they became Legend.'
0:01:31 > 0:01:35So, what's this superhero team called, Woden?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37We are...
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Sorry, what? We're going to be "Days of the Week?"
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Yeah, you know like, Tiw's Day, Woden's Day, Thunor's Day,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- Frige's day. - And what are we meant to do exactly?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Nothing really, just look butch for the posters.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57And Saturn's Day.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Sorry! Do you mind? You're a Roman god,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02this is Saxon God Week, only for Saxons.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Yeah, well what about Moon Day and Sun Day?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Yeah we're a four-day-week team.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11'Witness the incredible story of how the greatest gods of the Saxon age
0:02:11 > 0:02:14'came together to become almost one week.'
0:02:15 > 0:02:16"Some of..."
0:02:21 > 0:02:23It's true.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Some Saxon gods had a day of the week named after them.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27But that's nothing!
0:02:27 > 0:02:32In China, we have a whole year named after us, yeah.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34The year of the rat. Ha-ha-ha!
0:02:34 > 0:02:36The Saxons had lots of unusual gods,
0:02:36 > 0:02:40in fact, they believed in all sorts of weird stuff.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Morning, Graham.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Oh, hello, Keith, how's tricks?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Oh, fantastic. Bumper crop this year.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Going to be my best harvest ever, I reckon. Yours?
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Well, it's a little bit sparse if I'm honest, not a patch on yours.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Well, you know what they say, the grass is always greener
0:02:59 > 0:03:03on the other side of the fence, unless you're me, cos that's not!
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I just don't understand it, you know -
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- I've ploughed it, I've watered it, nothing!- You tried charming it?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11What, you mean like paying it a compliment?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Taking it out for a drink?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14No, no. Actually charming it -
0:03:14 > 0:03:17performing a land ceremonies charm, yeah?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21A blessing to make the ground fertile. Turned my farm around.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- Really?- Oh, yeah, it's dead simple.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26All you do is, dig a hole in every corner of your field.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Well, that does sound very simple.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Then you take a sample of every grass, herb and leaf that's growing
0:03:31 > 0:03:35within the field, and mix it with milk from every cow in your herd.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Right, and that's supposed to make the...
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Then add honey from every bee in your hive,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42mix that with holy water and pour the mixture into the holes
0:03:42 > 0:03:45whilst singing an incantation, and then the Lord's Prayer.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Our Father who art in heaven...
0:03:47 > 0:03:50And then take the dug up clumps of earth to the church
0:03:50 > 0:03:52and get the priest to sing Mass to each one of them.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54And then take four crucifixes,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56write Matthew, Mark, Luke and John on 'em,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00place them in the holes, shout, "Grow!", nine times.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Grow! Grow! Grow! Grow...
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Say the Lord's Prayer again.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Who art in heaven...
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Turn east, bow, say another prayer.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Hallowed be thy name...
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Turn around three times, lie on the ground, do a chant...
0:04:12 > 0:04:13stand up...
0:04:13 > 0:04:17bless the plough, bless the seeds, dig a furrow, bake a cake,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21bless the cake, bury the cake and then bingo, your field's fertile.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Now you do that next time before you sow your seeds.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Seeds! Of course! Oh!
0:04:28 > 0:04:32No wonder my crops weren't growing, I forgot to sow my seeds.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- What a muppet! - You're such a numb brain.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38All right. Right, I'm going to finish this cake, then get sowing.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Don't suppose you got a spare slice, have you?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Can't remember where I buried mine.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53The Great Plague of London in 1665 killed about 100,000 people.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56The grimy, unsanitary conditions people lived in
0:04:56 > 0:04:58meant the plague spread very quickly.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02To avoid catching the disease, many rich Londoners fled the city.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06'It's 1665 and Historical Grimefighters,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09'Lou and Dave, have been called to a property in Oxford.'
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Apparently there's a bit of a smell coming from this property,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16so Dave and I thought we'd try and track the problem down.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Whoa! Ho-ho!
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Don't tell me - students?
0:05:20 > 0:05:24No, Stuarts. Charles II. Hi.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Er, normally I live down in London,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29but there's this dreadful plague business going on there.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Ruining my parties, so I moved the royal court up here to Oxford.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Come on in. Loving the outfits, by the way.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Oh, thanks very much.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Oh, don't bring that in, mate.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Leave it out there.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Oh, would you look at this, Dave?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Absolutely disgusting.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54They're dropping food all over the place.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Talk about the stinking rich, this lot haven't had a bath in weeks.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Well, baths are actually very bad for you, so...
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Says who?- Says my doctor.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Hello, I'm the senior physician to the King
0:06:07 > 0:06:10and I can confirm it's a well-known scientific fact.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Bathing relaxes the muscles and, er...it makes you dizzy
0:06:14 > 0:06:16and THAT is how you catch the plague.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- No, it isn't, that's nonsense. - Well, I'm not taking any risks,
0:06:19 > 0:06:21that's why I've stopped having baths. I've...
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- HE COUGHS - ..taken up smoking.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26And I'm wearing a dead toad around my neck.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Disgusting.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Round here, Dave. Look at this! That's human.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Right, seriously, who's been dumping in the chimney place?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Well, it certainly wasn't me, I use that corner.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Urgh, that's rank, at least I use the coal house.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- The coal house?!- Well, it beats queuing up for the study,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- that's where everyone else goes. - Right, that's it, everybody out.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Oh, come on, don't be such a party pooper.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53It's you who's the party pooper, mate, leaving your little presents
0:06:53 > 0:06:56all over the place. I mean, honestly, don't you know anything?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Being this unhygienic will only help spread the plague.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00It doesn't matter anyway.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- What do you mean, it doesn't matter? - We're moving back to London soon.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Come on everyone, party back at the Palace, yo!
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Oh, not you, Dave. Oh, right, er... you're just going to walk out
0:07:11 > 0:07:14and leave all your little piles of poo for everyone else to clean up,
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- are you?- Yeah. - You're an animal, mate.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18A party animal. Ha-ha-ha!
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Come on, then, Dave, you best stop your nattering.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Get your pooper scooper out and get going.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Dirty rotten Stuarts.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39'The Greek world faces a new threat.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43'Your mission is to save the ancient Greek colony of Syracuse
0:07:43 > 0:07:47'from the up-and-coming power in the region known as...'
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Remember the name - we're going to be big.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- AUTOMATED VOICE: - 'Select defender. Old man selected.'
0:07:53 > 0:07:58Good choice, I'm not just any old man, I'm Archimedes.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Greek mathematician and inventor.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03"Brains not brawn", I always say.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04HE SNORTS WITH LAUGHTER
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Let's see what you've got, old man. Ha-ha!
0:08:07 > 0:08:09'Select weapon.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10'Giant mirror selected.'
0:08:10 > 0:08:13A mirror? What are you going to do with that?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Scare me with my own reflection?
0:08:17 > 0:08:21It's my new invention. The Burning Mirrors of Archimedes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24They reflect the rays of the hot Mediterranean sun
0:08:24 > 0:08:27and focus them onto the sails of the Roman ships.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Oh, right. That's what you're going to do with it.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Brains one, brawn nil.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33HE SNORTS
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Let's see what else you've got, old man.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44A giant crane! How bad can that be? Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I've come up with a sort of huge crane device
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- to deal with enemy ships.- Argh!
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I don't like to make a big deal about inventing it,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56so I've just called it, The Claw of Archimedes!
0:08:56 > 0:08:58HE SNORTS
0:08:59 > 0:09:01'City defended.'
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Yeah? Well, we'll be back again.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Whatever.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Have I told you about a device for moving water
0:09:08 > 0:09:11up into irrigation ditches?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13It's called The Archimedes Screw.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15'No, really - game over!'
0:09:15 > 0:09:18I'll give you three guesses who invented it?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20HE SNORTS
0:09:20 > 0:09:21(It was me!)
0:09:21 > 0:09:25'The Romans did eventually manage to get into Syracuse,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28'and Archimedes was killed whilst working on a maths problem.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31'Roman plus sword equals death.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34'And here's the story of another famous Greek
0:09:34 > 0:09:36'who came to a sticky end.'
0:09:39 > 0:09:42People of Delphi, I am Aesop.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Who?- I'm Aesop, famous fables writer.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46No, never heard of you.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48You've not heard the story of the hare and tortoise?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50The race where the tortoise ends up beating the hare?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53It's a moral tale about how speed is not always best?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Not interested.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57All right, anyway - I, Aesop, famous fables writer,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00have been tasked by King Croesus with distributing money to you,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03the people of Delphi. Oh, interested now, ain't ya?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05All right, OK, no need to rush.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Remember the story of the hare and the tortoise.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- That's snatching and you've had some.- No, I haven't.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Liar! You obviously don't know my story about the boy who cried wolf.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Never heard of it. - Well, it's a moral tale about
0:10:15 > 0:10:18how liars get their just desserts. Now, come on, form an orderly queue.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- No, you've definitely had some. - No, I'm my identical twin brother.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Really?- Yeah, yeah, I'm a big fan of all your work, Ee-fop,
0:10:26 > 0:10:31loved that one about the boy and the tortoise with the fish
0:10:31 > 0:10:32and I want to say grasshopper?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Nice try. You obviously haven't heard my story
0:10:35 > 0:10:39about the fox and the crow - a moral tale about not trusting flatterers.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41- Oh!- Now, honestly, behave, you lot!
0:10:41 > 0:10:44You've obviously not heard my story of the goose with a golden egg -
0:10:44 > 0:10:46a moral tale about greed.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50That's it, no more money, you don't deserve it, you're all too greedy.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Have you ever heard the story about the fable writer and the cliff?
0:10:53 > 0:10:54No, doesn't sound like one of mine.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Mine usually feature creatures of some sort.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59It's a story about a highly annoying fable writer
0:10:59 > 0:11:02who gets thrown off a cliff by an angry mob.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04It's a moral tale about not annoying an angry mob.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08No, oi! Don't...!
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Don't you remember my story about the goose with the golden egg?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15According to Greek historian, Herodotus, the people of Delphi
0:11:15 > 0:11:21threw Aesop off a cliff - but soon afterwards a plague hit Delphi.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24So, the moral of this tale actually turned out to be,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27"Don't throw a fable writer off a cliff." Ha-ha!
0:11:31 > 0:11:33'In Victorian times, we had some odd ideas
0:11:33 > 0:11:35'about how to look your best. Good day!'
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Oh, my gosh, Alexandra!
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- You look really nice.- Shut up.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50No, you do, you look really pale and pasty, is it natural?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Lillian, you're bang out of order.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- Admit it, you must use fake-no-tan? - Well, to be totally honest with you,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00from time-to-time, I do top up my whiteness with some zinc oxide.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- Shut up.- And I'll let you into another secret.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- These veins on my forehead...- Yeah? - Painted on with a brush.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10- Shut up.- I know babe, amazing, isn't it? They make my skin even paler.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- Almost see-through.- Yeah, babe.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Oh, don't look now - Gertie's on her way.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18That is well awkward. You know she's been courting that Lord Pelborough.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21I know, babe, it's bang out of order. She knows I'm after him, he gets me.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24They even went on a walk at the weekend without a chaperone.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- Shut up.- I'm told she was showing an ankle.- Oh, shut up.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Oh, watch out. Here she comes.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Hello, babe, you all right?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34BOTH: Ohhhh! Oh, my gosh!
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- Gertie, what happened to your face? - You look well orange.- 100%.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41It's so embarrassing. I went for a walk in the sun
0:12:41 > 0:12:43and forgot my parasol. Now just look at me.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Suntan. So vulgar.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47You look well common, babe.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Like you've been working outdoors or something.- I know. Sobs!
0:12:50 > 0:12:53You better shut yourself in a dark room until that tan goes away.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Oh!
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Oh, my gosh, so funny.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- So funny.- Right, let's have a drink to celebrate.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Cheers.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Oh! Urgh, that tastes like vinegar!
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Oh, that's because it is vinegar. It makes your skin even paler.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15So random.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20It's true - posh Victorians used to frown on anyone with a suntan.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24It was a sign of being a poor person who had to work outdoors.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Hm. I've got a great sunblock. It's called fur.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Yes, in Victorian times people liked to be properly covered,
0:13:33 > 0:13:35even when on the beach.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41'It's 9am and the gentleman of the Victorian Beach Patrol
0:13:41 > 0:13:43'are ready for action. And they won't have to wait long
0:13:43 > 0:13:46'as Victorian bathing costumes are extremely cumbersome
0:13:46 > 0:13:48'and difficult to swim in. Uh-oh, what's this?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50'Someone's in trouble.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52'A cry for help and the men of the Victorian Beach Patrol
0:13:52 > 0:13:53'spring into action.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56'A quick change into their streamlined rescue clothes
0:13:56 > 0:13:59'is the first stage of the rescue. The amazing Victorian Beach Patrol
0:13:59 > 0:14:01'can get changed in a matter of minutes...
0:14:01 > 0:14:03'25 minutes, that is!
0:14:03 > 0:14:06'Now, appropriately dressed in their woolly Victorian swimwear,
0:14:06 > 0:14:08'the Victorian Beach Patrol are ready to roll.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11'Roll their bathing box into the water, of course.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13'It wouldn't be seemly just to walk into the sea.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16'What's this? It looks like the struggling swimmer
0:14:16 > 0:14:17'has managed to make it to the shore!
0:14:17 > 0:14:20'And the good news is he looks healthy and full of life.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22'It looks like another success
0:14:22 > 0:14:24'for the men of the Victorian Beach Patrol.'
0:14:29 > 0:14:32'The 1960s were groovy, baby,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36'and one of the grooviest things to happen was in 1969,
0:14:36 > 0:14:37'when man landed on the Moon.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40'It was far out - really far out!'
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Hi. I'm Neil Armstrong
0:14:46 > 0:14:49and I am here to tell you the secret behind my remarkable weight loss.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51It's being on the Moon!
0:14:51 > 0:14:53I went from being the weight of a normal man,
0:14:53 > 0:14:55to weighing virtually nothing.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57And now you can, too. All you need to do
0:14:57 > 0:15:00is follow my unique Apollo 11 Weight-Loss Programme.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Here's me before landing on the Moon and here's me after.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06An amazing 83% lighter. Here's how it works.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09The gravity on the Moon is much less than gravity on the Earth.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Which means that when you walk on the Moon, you feel far, far lighter!
0:15:13 > 0:15:18You'll be able to bound around like an overexcited kangaroo. Whoo!
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Here's what you'll need - a rocket just like mine. The Saturn Five.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24It needs to be taller than a 36-storey building
0:15:24 > 0:15:27and weigh about the same as 400 elephants.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29When you first arrive on the surface of the Moon,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31make sure you're the first person out of the lunar module.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35If you're the first man on the Moon, everyone will remember your name.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Take this guy - he came out second and his name is....
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- I... It's gone.- Buzz. Buzz Aldrin.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- His name is Baz Alldrains. - Buzz Aldrin.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48You see what I mean?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51You also need something cool to say when you first walk on the Moon.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53I'd recommend something like this...
0:15:53 > 0:15:58'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.'
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Shouldn't that be, "That's one small step for A man,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03"one giant leap for mankind"?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Well, when you're the first man to walk on the Moon,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07maybe you could try that!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Oh, sorry, my mistake.- I- was the first man on the Moon, Baz!
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- Buzz!- And don't forget to plant your American flag.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15That'll really annoy the Ruskies!
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- Try my Apollo 11 Weight-Loss Programme.- It's mine, too.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- It's not rocket science.- Technically it is.- Who asked you, Baz?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- Have you got a wasp in there with you?- What?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30He hates it when I say that!
0:16:46 > 0:16:50In the 1950s, landing on the Moon had seemed impossible.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52But then so had the struggle for black Americans
0:16:52 > 0:16:53to be treated equally.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56It took a very brave woman to do something about that.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08# I'm Rosa Parks, my story marks
0:17:08 > 0:17:11# The first step towards Civil Rights
0:17:11 > 0:17:15# Racial inequality, American policy Till I kicked off a fight
0:17:15 > 0:17:18# What act of mine Led havoc to ensue?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21# How come I caused such fuss?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24# What shocking behaviour did I do?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27# We-e-e-e-ll...
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- # I sat on a bus - You sat on a bus?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- # I sat on a bus - You sat on a bus?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35- # You want to know why? - Go ahead, tell us
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- # I sat on that bus - You sat on the bus
0:17:38 > 0:17:40# In the '50s all buses divided
0:17:40 > 0:17:44- # Whites in front, blacks behind - You serious?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46# If the bus filled up we had to give up
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- # Our seats or we'd be fined. - That's Ludi-crous
0:17:49 > 0:17:53# I made a stand in my hometown Montgomery, Alabama
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- # That's danger-ous - Refused to stand for a white man
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- # So they put me in the slammer - Discourte-ouss!
0:17:59 > 0:18:03# December 5, 1955 My trial notorious
0:18:03 > 0:18:06# Black people stood side-by-side
0:18:06 > 0:18:10# And no-o-o-o-one
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- # Got on the bus - We stayed off the bus
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- # They stayed off the bus - We stayed off the bus
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- # I meant busin-ess - She inspired us
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- # So they stayed off the bus - We stayed off the bus
0:18:21 > 0:18:26# We organised a boycott of public transportation
0:18:26 > 0:18:31# To win R-E-S-P-E-C-T and force new legislation
0:18:31 > 0:18:33# Dreamed of the day the USA
0:18:33 > 0:18:39# Had no implementation Of S-E-G-R-E-G-A-T-I-O-N
0:18:39 > 0:18:41# Spells segregation
0:18:41 > 0:18:44# From that day on we walked or cabbed
0:18:44 > 0:18:46# Led by Martin Luther King
0:18:46 > 0:18:49# Attacked by mobs our houses bombed
0:18:49 > 0:18:52# Though peace was our thing
0:18:52 > 0:18:54# Our plight it made the national news
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- # Which was mighty strange - Mysteri-ouss
0:18:57 > 0:19:00# When word reached the President He had to make a change
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- # Deliri-ous - One year on we'd finally won
0:19:04 > 0:19:06# A victory momen-tous
0:19:06 > 0:19:12# The fight for national Civil Rights was begun-u-u-n
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- # Cos I sat on a bus - She sat on a bus
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- # I sat on a bus - She sat on a bus
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- # I sat on a bus - For all of us
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- # I sat on a bus - She sat on a bus
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- # I sat, I sat... - # Our story owes a
0:19:26 > 0:19:28# Huge debt to Rosa
0:19:28 > 0:19:31# I sat, I sat, I sat on that bus
0:19:31 > 0:19:33# We all agree She made history
0:19:33 > 0:19:36# On the bus
0:19:36 > 0:19:39# She sat on the bus
0:19:39 > 0:19:41# For all of us
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- # I sat on that bus - She sat on the bus
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- # I sat on that bus - She sat on the bus
0:19:46 > 0:19:48# She sat on the bus... #
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Just come back safe, my darling, that's all I ask.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Alas, that is a promise I cannot make, my sweet Rose.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05But I swear I shall fight bravely for you.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Oh, darling, you say the sweetest things.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Rose, as a sign of my devotion to you,
0:20:14 > 0:20:18I shall not open this eye that you have kissed until the battle is won.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Oh! That's the most romantic thing I've ever heard.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Right, well, you understand this places me
0:20:26 > 0:20:27in quite a tricky situation.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- TRUMPETS SOUND - To battle!
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Ow! Oh.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- Oh, um, my love?- No, it's fine.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Next time, how about just a nice peck on the cheek, huh?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Take care, sweetheart.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Oh!
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- THUD! - It's all right, I'm OK.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51'There really was a Knight who went to battle with one eye closed
0:20:51 > 0:20:53'after it had been kissed by a lady.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56'Going off to fight often meant leaving England,
0:20:56 > 0:21:00'and one man who was more than happy to do that was Richard I.'
0:21:00 > 0:21:02'And you join us here for the climax
0:21:02 > 0:21:06'of today's historic coronation ceremony which sees
0:21:06 > 0:21:09'Richard Plantagenet crowned King Richard I of England.'
0:21:09 > 0:21:15I hereby appoint you King Richard I, Ruler of the English.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Bonne. Merci beaucoups. Merci, le Bishop.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I go home to France now, I leave this dump.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Dump, your Majesty? Well, we've just had the roof done.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, not the Abbey, the country.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32I cannot stand England, it's so cold and it's always raining.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34And don't get me started on London.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Honestly, I would sell it if I could find a buyer.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42Who wants to buy London? Although, I should warn you it's in England.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Eurgh.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46But, Sire, you're the KING of England.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Oui, oui. And I love my loyal English subjects.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55Every last taxpaying one of them. Come on, cough up.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00But the place itself, well, let's just say it's no South of France.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03You mean you only wanted England for the taxes?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06And the wonderful food(!)
0:22:06 > 0:22:08HE LAUGHS
0:22:08 > 0:22:10I'm joking, of course.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I'm in it for the money. You, too, Bishop, let's see it.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Fighting these Crusades isn't cheap, you know.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Which reminds me, I should be off to the Holy Land soon.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25Who put a button in the collection plate?! That's cheating!
0:22:25 > 0:22:26This is for a good cause, you know.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29But if you're off crusading, who will tend to our affairs?
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Don't worry, I will leave a suitable deputy in my place.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- Mother!- Oui?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38I need you to look after England for a tiny little bit
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- while I got off crusading. - Without me?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43But what will my baby boy do without his maman?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45I think I'll manage somehow.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- Oh, and I've knitted a scarf for you. - It's in the Middle East.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- Oh, and I have some nice warm milk. - Maman, I'm 31.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55You stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57You have some dirt on your face.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58SHE SPITS
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- No, no! Maman!- Here you go!
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Ooh! You're so embarrassing.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08King Richard I is perhaps better known as Richard the Lionheart,
0:23:08 > 0:23:12so called because he was a great warrior and military leader,
0:23:12 > 0:23:16and not because he actually had the heart of a lion.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Though that would have been cool, though, wouldn't it? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Hi, I'm Johnny Toughnut
0:23:26 > 0:23:30and I'm here to teach you how to survive in a hostile environment.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34This week we've come to Georgian England,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37where, in the towns and cities, trouble lurks round every corner.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Let's go.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I'm with posh Georgian, Lord Posh.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Tell me - how posh are you?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45I'm so posh, I'm make King George look common.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Oh, that is quite posh.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Right, we're under fire, take cover! Move, move!
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Argh, someone's just thrown a dead cat at you.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Who's throwing dead cats at me? I shall have you flogged!
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Agh! Right, we need to stay calm and take control of the situation.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- Oh!- Oh!- They threw a dead dog at me!
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Right we need to get you indoors. Move, move!
0:24:07 > 0:24:09In all my years of military training -
0:24:09 > 0:24:12well, the two months I done before I got chucked out -
0:24:12 > 0:24:13I've never seen anything like it.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Georgian aristocrats only need to go outside
0:24:16 > 0:24:19to have unpleasant stuff chucked at them by poor people.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Mm, for some reason poor people don't like us.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Can't think why, the filthy scum.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26GLASS SMASHES Oh!
0:24:26 > 0:24:29First rule of living in a hostile environment, avoid detection.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Right, I'm must going to check for poor people.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34The coast is clear, time to move.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37We cross the road in three, two, one.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Go, go, go, go.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Some nasty urchin's just nailed my jacket to this barrel.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Oh! I shall have you flogged! You see if I don't!
0:24:49 > 0:24:51This is proving to be a tough challenge.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53There's only one thing for it.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54To get around town safely,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Lord Posh is going to need to get into a securer vehicle.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59And here it is.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Curtains so they can't see you inside, it's perfect.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03You'll be safer in here, Posh.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I can't possibly travel around in that.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08My wig's far too big for it.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Well, why don't you just take it off?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11What and look ridiculous? No, thanks.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15- What the...?! - Oh, not me! I'm not posh!
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Next week, I'll be in the Viking era where I'll be showing women
0:25:18 > 0:25:20how to stop a fight between feuding Vikings
0:25:20 > 0:25:22by chucking clothes on them.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Right, take it away, boys. Let's go, go, go, go.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Mind that horse.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32Poor people really did throw dead dogs and dead cats at rich people.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36"Oh, it's raining cats and dogs!
0:25:36 > 0:25:37"Oh, literally!"
0:25:37 > 0:25:39HE CHUCKLES
0:25:39 > 0:25:44Although there were far more serious criminals at work in Georgian times.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52A fine mess we've got here and no mistake, Dr Motson.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Fear not, Your Grace, my friend is the greatest detective in London.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58His powers of reason and deduction are second to none.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01True enough, Dr Motson, and he has been worth every penny
0:26:01 > 0:26:03we and the government have paid him,
0:26:03 > 0:26:07but I fear this crime maybe beyond even the skills of Jonathan Wilde.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Greetings, gentlemen, shall we go to lunch?
0:26:10 > 0:26:13For goodness' sake, Wilde, there's a crime to be solved.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- Is the usual £40 fee available? - Of course, Wilde.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19In which case, he's cowering in that very cupboard.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21But, Wilde, how could you have known?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24No-one was seen leaving the building so the thief had to still be inside.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28The thief emptied all the drawers, yet the cupboard remained closed.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Brilliant, you made a mistake when you crossed swords
0:26:31 > 0:26:33with Jonathan Wilde, Thief Taker General.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Well, I made an even bigger one when I let him tell me where to hide!
0:26:36 > 0:26:38It was him what planned the whole robbery.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Then why on earth would he tell us where you were hiding?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- I believe you owe me £40, Your Grace.- Of course, Wilde.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Can't you see he's ripping you off?
0:26:46 > 0:26:47He's running criminals in London,
0:26:47 > 0:26:49turning them in and collecting the reward.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Us thieves are all too scared to say anything
0:26:52 > 0:26:55because he'll have us arrested and then collect another reward.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Do you take me for an idiot? Take him away.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Goodbye, Sid.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Or whatever your name is.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Since you became Thief Taker General,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06we've caught more criminals than ever before.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08True enough, but I think we can do better.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10We need a higher fee for catching them.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Say £140 instead of just £40?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- Done.- In fact, using my powers of deduction,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I believe I can catch a few more.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Pat's under the desk, Mickey's hiding behind the bookshelf
0:27:20 > 0:27:23and Dave is robbing someone in the street.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Or he will be in a minute. I'm guessing about the names.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28GIRL SCREAMS Yes, brilliant, Wilde.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30It's almost as if you knew where they were hiding all along.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Three more finder's fees, Your Grace, at the higher rate.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Come, Motson, the game is afoot.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41- Someone's about to attempt to steal the Crown Jewels.- Who, Wilde?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43I don't know, I haven't hired him yet.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45The money is waiting, Wilde.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Oh! Oh, goodness - my wallet's gone.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I assume there's a finder's fee?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Ohh...Wilde!
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0:27:56 > 0:27:58# The ugly truth... #
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