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Sir Walter Raleigh/Robin Hood & Maid Marian
Episode number: 1
Overview: Tom Craine tells the story of Sir Walter Raleigh (Jack Whitehall) and Queen Elizabeth I (Michelle Keegan) and Tom Davis tells the tale of Robin Hood (Mathew Baynton) and Maid Marian (Emma Bunton).
Scott of the Antarctic/Sinking of the Titanic
Episode number: 2
Overview: Iain Stirling slurs his way through Scott of the Antarctic (featuring Mathew Horne and Catherine Tate), whilst Chris Ramsey talks the sinking of the Titanic (featuring Phill Jupitus).
Prince Edward & Mrs Simpson/The Great Escape
Episode number: 3
Overview: Isy Suttie relays the story of Prince Edward and Mrs Wallis Simpson (featuring Greg James and Sophie McShera); Ed Gamble stumbles through a version of The Great Escape (featuring Jamie Laing).
Richard III/Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Episode number: 4
Overview: Tom Rosenthal talks about Richard III (featuring Hugh Dennis), while a sloshed Jessica Knappett tells the story of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (featuring Vicky Pattison and Mathew Baynton).
The Cottingley Fairies/Invention of the Telephone
Episode number: 5
Overview: Charlotte Ritchie reveals the truth behind The Cottingley Fairies (stars Catherine Tate and Mathew Horne), and Nish Kumar talks about the Invention of the Telephone (featuring Anthony Head).
Battle of Trafalgar/The Virgin Queen
Episode number: 6
Overview: Joe Lycett and Ellie Taylor get drunk before telling the stories of the Battle of Trafalgar (starring Anthony Head and Alex Macqueen) and the Virgin Queen (starring Sarah Alexander). (S2, E06)
World War II/Dr Crippen
Episode number: 7
Overview: Matt Richardson takes us back to World War II (stars Simon Bird and Dustin Demri Burns), whilst an inebriated Josie Long narrates the tale of Dr Crippen (stars Olivia Colman).
Battle of Waterloo/Arthur Conan Doyle
Episode number: 8
Overview: Elis James and John Robins discuss the Battle of Waterloo, and Tom Parry tells us about Arthur Conan Doyle becoming a real-life Sherlock.
Battle of Hastings/Catherine Parr
Episode number: 9
Overview: Nick Helm talks about the Battle of Hastings, and Sara Pascoe discusses Catherine Parr.