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Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.
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13 episodes available
A pirate captain worries about an early bedtime and the four King Georges form a boyband.
A Stone Age doctor tries to help a modern patient and a Pharaoh invents the pyramid.
A Roman emperor finds a nasty alternative to candles, and an Egyptian tries to save money.
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