Drunk History (British TV series)
Drunk History | |
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MTV (Geordie Shore special) | |
Release | 12 January 2015 3 May 2017 | –
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Drunk History Drunk History Australia |
Drunk History is a British
The second series began broadcasting in February 2016. A special edition featuring
The third series began airing on 8 March 2017 at 10pm on Comedy Central UK.[1]
Episodes
Series 1
No. | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | "Episode One" | 12 January 2015 | |
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Prince Albert, starring Rebecca Front as Queen Victoria and Joel Fry as Prince Albert.
James Acaster (3 Piña coladas, 5 whiskey sours, and 5 beers) on The Black Death. | |||
2 | "Episode Two" | 19 January 2015 | |
The Great Fire of London .
Andrew Maxwell (3 bottles of champagne) on grave robbers Burke and Hare. Rob Beckett (8 whiskies, 6 shots of sambuca, and 2 pints of lager) on Queen Victoria's unwanted cheese. | |||
3 | "Episode Three" | 26 January 2015 | |
Tutankhamen .
Joe Lycett (4 glasses of prosecco, 1 bottle of champagne, and 1 shot of sambuca) on highwayman Dick Turpin. Tom Rosenthal (⅔ bottle of whiskey) explains why Lord Byron had a pet bear. | |||
4 | "Episode Four" | 2 February 2015 | |
Joe Lycett (4 glasses of prosecco, 1 bottle of champagne, and 1 shot of sambuca) on the Kray twins. Ben Ashenden (5 beers and 3 double vodka Red Bulls) on Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot. Unable to continue the story, he is replaced halfway through the story by Russell Kane (1 vodka martini, 2 double Southern Comforts, and 1 vodka & Coke). | |||
5 | "Episode Five" | 9 February 2015 | |
vodka martini, 3 double Southern Comforts, 2 double vodka Cokes, and 2 double vodka Red Bulls) talks King Charles II .
Alex Horne (7 beers, 2 shots of sambuca, and 1 bottle of wine) on the 1966 World Cup trophy theft. Diane Morgan (7 gin & tonics and 3 shots of sambuca) chats about Lady Godiva. | |||
6 | "Episode Six" | 16 February 2015 | |
Kerry Howard (7 vodka tonics and 3 shots of sambuca) on Blackbeard. Joel Dommett (4 pints of cider, 3 glasses of wine, and 2 Jägerbombs) on Colonel Blood. Tiff Stevenson (4 glasses of prosecco and 2 margaritas) on Henry VIII. | |||
7 | "Episode Seven" | 23 February 2015 | |
James Acaster (6 Piña coladas, 3 beers, and 3 whisky sours) on Henry II and Thomas Becket. Tiff Stevenson (2 margaritas and 4 glasses of prosecco) on the discovery of DNA. Romesh Raganathan (8 beers and 3 shots of sambuca) on William the Conqueror. | |||
8 | "Episode Eight" | 2 March 2015 | |
Joel Dommett (4 ciders, 3 glasses of wine, and 2 Jägerbombs) on Baden Powell and the Boy Scouts, starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as Baden-Powell. Diane Morgan (2 shots of sambuca and 7 gin tonics) on Florence Nightingale, starring Jessica Knappett as Florence Nightingale and Johnny Vegas as Vicar Andrew. Andrew Maxwell (3 bottles of champagne) on the worst zoo ever. |
Series 2
No. | Title | Original air date | |
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9 | "Episode One" | 3 February 2016 | |
Retelling: Tom Craine (3½ pints of lager and 5 dbl vodka & lemonades) on "The Rise & Fall of Sir Walter Raleigh" Tom Davis (9 pints of lager and 2 Jägerbombs) on "Robin Hood and Maid Marian”. Cast: Sir Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth I
Emma Bunton as Maid Marian | |||
10 | "Episode Two" | 10 February 2016 | |
Retelling: Scott of the Antarctic "
Chris Ramsey (16 bottles of lager) on "The Sinking of the Titanic". Cast: Mathew Horne as Robert Falcon Scott Edward Wilson ’s Wife
Bruce Ismay
Captain Edward John Smith | |||
11 | "Episode Three" | 17 February 2016 | |
Retelling: Prince Edward and Mrs Simpson ”
The Great Escape ”.
Cast: Jamie Laing as a Prisoner | |||
12 | "Episode Four" | 2 March 2016 | |
Tom Rosenthal talks about Richard III (featuring Hugh Dennis), while Jessica Knappett tells the story of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (featuring Mathew Baynton, Morgana Robinson, Jon Richardson and Vicky Pattison). | |||
13 | "Episode Five" | 9 March 2016 | |
Retelling: The Cottingley Fairies ".
Nish Kumar (4 pints of beer and a 1.5 bottles of red wine) on "The Invention of the Telephone". Cast: Catherine Tate as Frances Griffiths Mathew Horne as Elsie Griffiths Anthony Head as Alexander Graham Bell Mathew Baynton as Antonio Meucci | |||
14 | "Episode Six" | 16 March 2016 | |
Retelling: The Battle of Trafalgar "
Ellie Taylor (1 glass of prosecco, 6 vodka & diet cokes) on "The Virgin Queen”. Cast: Admiral Nelson
Alexander MacQueen as Sir Thomas Hardy Queen Elizabeth I
Brett Goldstein as Robert Dudley | |||
15 | "Episode Seven" | 23 March 2016 | |
Retelling: Nazis "
Dr. Crippen ”.
Cast: Simon Bird as Winston Churchill Dustin Demri-Burns as Adolf Hitler Marek Larwood as Hawley Harvey Crippen Olivia Colman as Ethel Le Neve | |||
16 | "Episode Eight" | 30 March 2016 | |
Retelling: Tom Parry (5 pints of beer, 1 Jägerbomb, 1 snakebite & black, 5 double rum & cokes) on “Arthur Conan Doyle: Becoming Sherlock" John Robins (3 pints of ale, 9 double rum & cokes) & Elis James (6 pints of ale, 3 double rum & cokes) on "Battle of Waterloo”. Cast: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Julian Rhind-Tutt as Oscar Slater Dan Skinner as Wellington
Hugh Dennis as Napoleon | |||
17 | "Episode Nine" | 6 April 2016 | |
Retelling: Nick Helm (6 bottles of beer, 3/4 bottle of Amaretto, 2 double vodka & sodas) on “Battle of Hastings" Sara Pascoe (7 glasses of Prosecco) on "Catherine Parr”. Cast: William The Conqueror
Neil Maskell as Henry VIII |
Series 3
No. | Title | Original air date | |
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18 | "Episode One" | 8 March 2017 | |
Retelling: James Garfield "
Joel Dommett on "The Dambusters" Cast: James Garfield
Sir Barnes Wallis
Sir Arthur Harris
Joe Wilkinson as Doctor Willard Bliss | |||
19 | "Episode Two" | 15 March 2017 | |
Retelling: Billy The Kid "
Elizabeth & Mary "
Cast: Rufus Hound as James Dolan Queen Elizabeth I
Michelle Keegan as Mary, Queen of Scots Tim Key as Lord Darnley | |||
20 | "Episode Three" | 22 March 2017 | |
Retelling: Russell Kane on "King Arthur" Iain Stirling on "Eric Liddell" Cast: Rufus Hound as God Aisling Bea as Guinevere | |||
21 | "Episode Four" | 29 March 2017 | |
Retelling: Kerry Howard on "Beatrix Potter" Joe Lycett on "The Great Train Robbery" Cast: Simon Bird as Bruce Reynolds | |||
22 | "Episode Five" | 5 April 2017 | |
Retelling: Luisa Omielan on "The Suffragettes" Tom Rosenthal on "The Battle of Agincourt" Cast: Jessica Hynes as Emmeline Pankhurst Stephen Mangan as King Henry V | |||
23 | "Episode Six" | 12 April 2017 | |
Retelling: Phil Wang on "Isaac Newton" Adam Buxton on "King Alfred & The Vikings" Cast: Alexander Armstrong as King Alfred Joe Wilkinson as Beggar Matthew Lewis as Edmond Halley Charlotte Crosby as Hannah Newton | |||
24 | "Episode Seven" | 19 April 2017 | |
Retelling: Tom Parry on "John Logie Baird" Rick Edwards on "The Christmas Truce" Cast: Jamie Laing as Gordon Selfridge Stephen Mangan as Lieutenant Sir Edward Hulse Note: A Different Edit of "The Christmas Truce" was shown as part of the Christmas Special | |||
25 | "Episode Eight" | 26 April 2017 | |
Retelling: Judi Love on "The Fall of Charles I" Miles Jupp on "Operation Mincemeat" Cast: Ashley Walters as King Charles I Lolly Adefope as Archivist Mark Benton as Oliver Cromwell | |||
26 | "Episode Nine" | 3 May 2017 | |
Retelling: Daniel Sloss on "The Battle of Stirling Bridge" Tom Davis on "How Shakespeare Went Gangster"
Cast: Mark Heap as William Shakespeare Keith Allen as William Wallace |
Specials
No. | Title | Original air date | |
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Special | "Geordie Shore Special" | 23 February 2016 | |
A special edition featuring two of the cast from the Henry VIII (Tim Key) creating the Church of England to divorce Catherine of Aragon (Daisy Beaumont) and marry Anne Boleyn (Cariad Lloyd); while Gary Beadle tells the story of how Ian Fleming (Ben Willbond) created the James Bond novels.
Note: This episode was broadcast on Comedy Central . | |||
Special | "Christmas Special" | 21 December 2016 | |
Rick Edwards tells the story of the WW1 Christmas Truce stars Stephen Mangan. Russell Kane narrates the birth of baby Jesus (stars Johnny Vegas, Sally Phillips and Danny John-Jules). |
References
- ^ Smith, Carl. "Charlotte Crosby and Jamie Laing team up for Comedy Central's Drunk History". Heat. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
External links
- Drunk History at IMDb
- Drunk History at British Comedy Guide