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King Henry VIII/Queen Victoria & Prince Albert/The Black Death

Episode number: 1

Overview: Rob Beckett on Henry VIII, Kerry Howard talks Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, and James Acaster on The Black Death.

The Great Fire of London/Burke & Hare/Queen Victoria's Unwanted Cheese

Episode number: 2

Overview: Tom Rosenthal talks The Great Fire of London, Andrew Maxwell on graverobbers Burke & Hare, and Rob Beckett on Queen Victoria's unwanted cheese.

Tutankhamen/Dick Turpin/Byron's Pet Bear

Episode number: 3

Overview: Romesh Ranganathan talks Tutankhamen, Joe Lycett on highway man Dick Turpin, and Tom Rosenthal explains how Byron had a pet bear!

The Krays/Guy Fawkes

Episode number: 4

Overview: Russell Kane regales us with the story of Guy Fawkes & the gunpowder plot and Joe Lycett tells us all about the Krays.

King Charles II/1966 World Cup Trophy Theft/Lady Godiva

Episode number: 5

Overview: Russell Kane talks King Charles II, Alex Horne on the 1966 World Cup trophy theft, and Diane Morgan chats Lady Godiva.

Blackbeard/Colonel Blood/Henry VIII

Episode number: 6

Overview: Kerry Howard on the pirate Blackbeard, Joel Dommett yaks Colonel Blood stealing the crown jewels, and Tiff Stevenson talks Henry VIII starting a war.

Henry II and Thomas Beckett/Discovery of DNA/William the Conqueror

Episode number: 7

Overview: Tiff Stevenson on the discovery of DNA, James Acaster talks Henry II and Thomas Beckett, and Romesh Ranganathan chats William the Conqueror.

Baden Powell/Florence Nightingale/Worst Zoo Ever

Episode number: 8

Overview: Joel Dommett yaks Baden Powell and the boy scouts, Diane Morgan talks Florence Nightingale, and Andrew Maxwell on the worst zoo ever.