Original title
Drunk History
Released
1/12/2015
Origin country
US, GB
Genre
Comedy, Talk
Production companies
Gary Sanchez Productions
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
3
Number of episodes
26
Top UK comedians relate their favourite historical stories while getting absolutely bladdered on a mixture of beers, wines and spirits. Their slurred versions of history are then acted out, word for word, by a host of well-known actors, celebrities and comedians including Johnny Vegas, Russell Kane, Joe Lycett, Rob Beckett, Alex Horne and James Acaster. Luckily, Jimmy Carr is on voice-over duties to restore some order if the drinking sessions get out of hand.
Rob Beckett on Henry VIII, Kerry Howard talks Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, and James Acaster on The Black Death.
Tom Rosenthal talks The Great Fire of London, Andrew Maxwell on graverobbers Burke & Hare, and Rob Beckett on Queen Victoria's unwanted cheese.
Romesh Ranganathan talks Tutankhamen, Joe Lycett on highway man Dick Turpin, and Tom Rosenthal explains how Byron had a pet bear!
Russell Kane regales us with the story of Guy Fawkes & the gunpowder plot and Joe Lycett tells us all about the Krays.
Russell Kane talks King Charles II, Alex Horne on the 1966 World Cup trophy theft, and Diane Morgan chats Lady Godiva.
Kerry Howard on the pirate Blackbeard, Joel Dommett yaks Colonel Blood stealing the crown jewels, and Tiff Stevenson talks Henry VIII starting a war.
Tiff Stevenson on the discovery of DNA, James Acaster talks Henry II and Thomas Beckett, and Romesh Ranganathan chats William the Conqueror.
Joel Dommett yaks Baden Powell and the boy scouts, Diane Morgan talks Florence Nightingale, and Andrew Maxwell on the worst zoo ever.
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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)
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).
Elis James and John Robins discuss the Battle of Waterloo, and Tom Parry tells us about Arthur Conan Doyle becoming a real-life Sherlock.
Nick Helm talks about the Battle of Hastings, and Sara Pascoe discusses Catherine Parr.
Brian 'Q' Quinn & Sal Vulcano's tipsy take on a presidential disaster, and Chris O'Dommett's drunken Dambusters. Joe Wilkinson, Joe Thomas & Brett Goldstein also feature.
James 'Murr' Murray blasts through Billy the Kid with Matt Horne and Mat Baynton.
Russell Kane's legend of King Arthur features Stephanie Pratt as a unique Lady of the Lake, and Iain Stirling's sloshed take on Chariots of Fire sprinter Eric Liddell stars Tom Rosenthal.
Emma Brunton and Blake Harrison forge a unique bond in Kerry Howard's sozzled story of Beatrix Potter. Joe Lycett slurs through the Great Train Robbery starring Simon Bird and Joel Fry.
Jessica Hynes stars as Emmeline Pankhurst in Luisa Omielan's hammered history of the suffragettes, while Stephen Mangan is Henry V in Tom Rosenthal's trollied tale of Agincourt.
Charlotte Crosby and Matthew Lewis star in Phil Wang's take on Isaac Newton's rise to fame. Adam Buxton's story of King Alfred and the Vikings features Blake Harrison & Alexander Armstrong.
Jamie Laing and Paul Kaye star in Tom Parry's trollied take on John Logie Baird's big invention, while Stephan Mangan is in the trenches for Rick Edwards' story of the Christmas Truce.
Ashley Walters and Mark Benton star in Judi Love's mortal tale of Charles I's downfall. Miles Jupp takes on Operation Mincemeat with Jack Howard and Dean Dobbs as the WW2 heroes.
Keith Allen is William Wallace as a sloshed Daniel Sloss remembers the Battle of Sterling Bridge, while Tommy Davis tells how Shakespeare went gangster starring Mark Heap as the bard.
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