| Genre: | Comedy Adventure |
| Developer: | Tamar Simon Hoffs Gordon Langley Andrew Young Charlie Stickney |
| Director: | Andrew Young Gordon Langley |
| Voices: | Jess Harnell Cree Summer Billy West Stephen Rea Jo Young |
| Theme Music Composer: | Dean Valentine |
| Opentheme: | "Horrible Histories Theme" |
| Endtheme: | "Horrible Histories Theme" |
| Composer: | Dean Valentine[1] Rony Brack[2] |
| Country: | United States United Kingdom Republic of Ireland |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 26 |
| Executive Producer: | Mike Young Deborah Forte |
| Producer: | Martha Atwater Tamar Simon Hoffs Michelle Conway Paul Cummings Deborah Forte Mike Young Mark Young Beth Richman Charlie Stickney |
| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Company: | Scholastic Entertainment Mike Young Productions Telegael |
| Channel: | ITV Network (CITV) |
Horrible Histories is an animated children's television series based on the Terry Deary book series of the same name. The series ran for 26 episodes that aired between December 19, 2000 and November 14, 2001.[3] [4]
The series is based around the adventures of Stitch and Mo, two everyday kids who are transported to various historical eras with the help of a time portal. In each episode, their historical adventures help teach them a lesson or solve a problem in their everyday lives, often involving bully Darren Dongle. Animated sidebars explain the historical details, and clarify popular misconceptions.
Horrible Histories is based on Terry Deary's book series of the same name. Deary later said he had had a "terrible experience" with the show.[5]
The show is produced by California-based indie[4] Mike Young Productions (LA), Telegael Galway, and Scholastic Entertainment (NY).[6] It marked Young's and Telegael's first collaboration.[7] It is directed by Andrew Young (executive producer Mike Young's son[8]) and Gordon Langley. It is produced by Martha Atwater, Tamar Simon Hoffs, Michelle Conway, Paul Cummings, Deborah Forte, Mike Young, Mark Young, Beth Richman and Charlie Stickney, among others. It is animated by Glenn Jason Hanna. It is written by Martha Atwater, Terry Deary, Charlie Stickney, Andrew Young, Gordon Langley, William Forrest Cluverius. It has a running time of 25 minutes.[9]
On the British channel ITV, the show attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers each week.[10] Stephen Rea did his voice recording work in Dublin.
In 2006, The Mirror held a promotion where readers had to collect 12 coupons and send them in to receive a free copy of the Horrible Histories DVD collection.[11]
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Historical inaccuracies:
The show's episodes have been released as single episodes, as 3-in-1 packs, or as one whole series.[12] The series was released as a 3-disc DVD box set in 2005.