Horrible Histories: Horrible Christmas
The team that created the hit sitcom Ghosts presents a festive selection of hilarious sketches celebrating Christmas throughout the ages. Meet Henry II’s gastrically challenged jester and some dung-related festive offerings from a bunch of Saxons. Oliver Cromwell tries to ruin Christmas for everyone, Elizabeth I gets a tiny clock on a wrist strap and the First World War stops for a soccer game.
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