Drunk History (2015–2017)

Drunk History posterReview score: 71%

Plot

Jimmy Carr narrates a series based on the popular US format in which top comedians tell classic historical stories whilst drunk. As the stories are told, a famous ensemble cast re-enact the tales.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Drunk History S01E07Henry II and Thomas Beckett/Discovery of DNA/William the ConquerorS01E07 · 5.0Tiff Stevenson on the discovery of DNA, James Acaster talks Henry II and Thomas Beckett, and Romesh Ranganathan chats William the Conqueror.
  2. 02Drunk History S01E01King Henry VIII/Queen Victoria & Prince Albert/The Black DeathS01E01 · 4.0Rob Beckett on Henry VIII, Kerry Howard talks Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, and James Acaster on The Black Death.
  3. 03Drunk History S01E02The Great Fire of London/Burke & Hare/Queen Victoria's Unwanted CheeseS01E02 · 1.0Tom Rosenthal talks The Great Fire of London, Andrew Maxwell on graverobbers Burke & Hare, and Rob Beckett on Queen Victoria's unwanted cheese.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2015Aired 3.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Drunk History S01E01King Henry VIII/Queen Victoria & Prince Albert/The Black DeathJanuary 12, 2015 4.0Rob Beckett on Henry VIII, Kerry Howard talks Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, and James Acaster on The Black Death.
  2. S01E02Drunk History S01E02The Great Fire of London/Burke & Hare/Queen Victoria's Unwanted CheeseJanuary 19, 2015 1.0Tom Rosenthal talks The Great Fire of London, Andrew Maxwell on graverobbers Burke & Hare, and Rob Beckett on Queen Victoria's unwanted chee
  3. S01E03Drunk History S01E03Tutankhamen/Dick Turpin/Byron's Pet BearJanuary 26, 2015Romesh Ranganathan talks Tutankhamen, Joe Lycett on highway man Dick Turpin, and Tom Rosenthal explains how Byron had a pet bear!
  4. S01E04Drunk History S01E04The Krays/Guy FawkesFebruary 2, 2015Russell Kane regales us with the story of Guy Fawkes & the gunpowder plot and Joe Lycett tells us all about the Krays.
  5. S01E05Drunk History S01E05King Charles II/1966 World Cup Trophy Theft/Lady GodivaFebruary 9, 2015Russell Kane talks King Charles II, Alex Horne on the 1966 World Cup trophy theft, and Diane Morgan chats Lady Godiva.
  6. S01E06Drunk History S01E06Blackbeard/Colonel Blood/Henry VIIIFebruary 16, 2015Kerry Howard on the pirate Blackbeard, Joel Dommett yaks Colonel Blood stealing the crown jewels, and Tiff Stevenson talks Henry VIII starti
  7. S01E07Drunk History S01E07Season's bestHenry II and Thomas Beckett/Discovery of DNA/William the ConquerorFebruary 23, 2015 5.0Tiff Stevenson on the discovery of DNA, James Acaster talks Henry II and Thomas Beckett, and Romesh Ranganathan chats William the Conqueror.
  8. S01E08Drunk History S01E08Baden Powell/Florence Nightingale/Worst Zoo EverMarch 2, 2015Joel Dommett yaks Baden Powell and the boy scouts, Diane Morgan talks Florence Nightingale, and Andrew Maxwell on the worst zoo ever.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season029Episodes2016AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Sir Walter Raleigh/Robin Hood & Maid MarianFebruary 3, 2016Tom Craine tells the story of Sir Walter Raleigh (Jack Whitehall) and Queen Elizabeth I (Michelle Keegan) and Tom Davis tells the tale of Ro
  2. S02E02Scott of the Antarctic/Sinking of the TitanicFebruary 12, 2016Iain Stirling slurs his way through Scott of the Antarctic (featuring Mathew Horne and Catherine Tate), whilst Chris Ramsey talks the sinkin
  3. S02E03Prince Edward & Mrs Simpson/The Great EscapeFebruary 18, 2016Isy Suttie relays the story of Prince Edward and Mrs Wallis Simpson (featuring Greg James and Sophie McShera); Ed Gamble stumbles through a
  4. S02E04Richard III/Mary Shelley's FrankensteinMarch 2, 2016Tom Rosenthal talks about Richard III (featuring Hugh Dennis), while a sloshed Jessica Knappett tells the story of Mary Shelley's Frankenste
  5. S02E05The Cottingley Fairies/Invention of the TelephoneMarch 9, 2016Charlotte Ritchie reveals the truth behind The Cottingley Fairies (stars Catherine Tate and Mathew Horne), and Nish Kumar talks about the In
  6. S02E06Battle of Trafalgar/The Virgin QueenMarch 16, 2016Joe Lycett and Ellie Taylor get drunk before telling the stories of the Battle of Trafalgar (starring Anthony Head and Alex Macqueen) and th
  7. S02E07World War II/Dr CrippenMarch 23, 2016Matt Richardson takes us back to World War II (stars Simon Bird and Dustin Demri Burns), whilst an inebriated Josie Long narrates the tale o
  8. S02E08Battle of Waterloo/Arthur Conan DoyleMarch 30, 2016Elis James and John Robins discuss the Battle of Waterloo, and Tom Parry tells us about Arthur Conan Doyle becoming a real-life Sherlock.
  9. S02E09Battle of Hastings/Catherine ParrApril 6, 2016Nick Helm talks about the Battle of Hastings, and Sara Pascoe discusses Catherine Parr.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season039Episodes2017AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Q & Sal and Joel DommettMarch 8, 2017Brian 'Q' Quinn & Sal Vulcano's tipsy take on a presidential disaster, and Chris O'Dommett's drunken Dambusters. Joe Wilkinson, Joe Thom
  2. S03E02Murr and Jessica Knappett & Lydia Rose BewleyMarch 15, 2017James 'Murr' Murray blasts through Billy the Kid with Matt Horne and Mat Baynton.
  3. S03E03Russell Kane and Iain StirlingMarch 22, 2017Russell 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
  4. S03E04Kerry Howard and Joe LycettMarch 29, 2017Emma Brunton and Blake Harrison forge a unique bond in Kerry Howard's sozzled story of Beatrix Potter. Joe Lycett slurs through the Great Tr
  5. S03E05Luisa Omielan and Tom RosenthalApril 5, 2017Jessica Hynes stars as Emmeline Pankhurst in Luisa Omielan's hammered history of the suffragettes, while Stephen Mangan is Henry V in Tom Ro
  6. S03E06Phil Wang and Adam BuxtonApril 12, 2017Charlotte 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 Vikin
  7. S03E07Tom Parry and Rick EdwardsApril 19, 2017Jamie 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
  8. S03E08Judi Love and Miles JuppApril 26, 2017Ashley Walters and Mark Benton star in Judi Love's mortal tale of Charles I's downfall. Miles Jupp takes on Operation Mincemeat with Jack Ho
  9. S03E09Daniel Sloss and Tom DavisMay 3, 2017Keith Allen is William Wallace as a sloshed Daniel Sloss remembers the Battle of Sterling Bridge, while Tommy Davis tells how Shakespeare we

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

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