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Horrible Histories Sport Relief: The Bob Report". Radio Times. 20 August 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014 . Retrieved 28 February 2014. British Comedy Awards 2012 – Full Results". British Comedy Guide. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013 . Retrieved 18 June 2013. Tanni Grey-Thompson lands role in Horrible Histories TV show". Wales Online. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014 . Retrieved 21 March 2014. Stars of Horrible Histories to make Shakespeare film". BBC Media Centre. 22 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019 . Retrieved 26 July 2013.Henrietta Maria of France, Marie Antoinette, Matilda of Boulogne, Lady Jane Grey, Joan of Arc, Sue, Cliff Whiteley's secretary, HHTV News field reporter Jessica Harvey-Smythe a b c d e f g Norris, Caroline; Farnaby, Simon; Howe-Douglas, Martha (19 September 2012). "Symposium: Horrible Histories: A Masterclass" (YouTube). MediaGuardian Edinburgh Television Festival 2012. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012 . Retrieved 17 October 2012. Horrible Histories received numerous domestic and international awards and nominations, including several BAFTA Children's Awards, two British Comedy Awards and a Rose d'Or Award for Best Children's Programme. It is the first children's programme to win a British Comedy Award [70] and four successive children's BAFTAs, for Best Comedy. [71] In 2013 the show was also named in a Radio Times poll of all-time greatest British children's TV series, and was cited at No. 8 in a similar Top 50 list presented later the same year by Channel Five. [72] [73] Awards and nominations for Horrible Histories Year

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a b c d Mills, Kerrie (9 November 2011). "Horrible Histories: or, how children's TV grew up in a hurry". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013 . Retrieved 12 December 2013. Throughout, emphasis was placed on meshing comedy with the demands of historical accuracy, as defined by the mainstream scholarly consensus on the topic. This stance sometimes encompassed traditionally accepted if not actually well-documented anecdotes, such as those involving Caligula. [15] [26] All the material used on the show was vetted by production assistant and self-described "tyrannical pedant" Greg Jenner during both writing and filming; he says that he has counted only eight errors out of more than 4,000 facts presented over the course of the show's run. [5] Costuming and makeup were likewise painstakingly recreated based on primary historical sources where available. [5] [13]Horrible Histories was immediately, and almost universally, greeted with critical enthusiasm. [10] On its debut, Alice-Azania Jarvis of The Independent described the show as "fun, filthy and genuinely engaging, in a peer-to-peer way." [51] Harry Venning in The Stage approved the "seriously funny, beautifully performed and endlessly inventive sketches" along with "plenty of crowd-pleasing fart and poo gags." [52] By the second series, the show's cross-generational appeal was beginning to attract significant attention from adult media. [19] [53] Naomi West of The Daily Telegraph characterised the first series as "boundary-pushing", suggesting that "the bold decision to approach the series in the same way as an adult show has been the key to its success... [it] delivers more laughs than most post-watershed comedies." [4] James Delingpole in The Spectator likewise recommended the show to viewers of all ages, saying that "Even though there are vast quantities of entirely gratuitous fart, bottom and wee wee jokes, the cumulative effect—bizarrely—is one of dumbing up rather than down." [54] Discussing the first two series in The Guardian, television writer Jesse Armstrong said that "Hit shows are very difficult to achieve. You need to have everything just right—that's what's so terrifying. But Horrible Histories has a great cast and brilliant writers. They're also blessed with great source material. The tone is perfect and it is done in a non-patronising, engaging way". [2] The 2D animated sequences were directed by Tim Searle of Baby Cow Animation, based on Martin Brown's illustrations for the books. [35] [36] They were voiced by Jon Culshaw and Jess Robinson along with various regular cast members. Video game-styled sketches were achieved using a mix of 3D animation and live-action green-screen footage. [37] Properties frequently were modified foodstuffs, with melted chocolate bars standing in for excrement and soup for vomit. [8] a b c "And the Kidscreen Awards go to..." Kidscreen. 18 February 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018 . Retrieved 2 November 2012. Noah, Sherna (30 July 2013). "Peppa Pig, Bob the Builder join ranks of top children's TV show". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014 . Retrieved 11 December 2013.

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RTS Programme Awards 2010". Royal Television Society. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013 . Retrieved 18 June 2013. The recut for BBC1 with Fry as host drew particular criticism as to whether its educational methods were suited to an adult demographic. History Today editor Paul Lay called the idea "frightening". [65] Historian and Labour Party MP Tristram Hunt, while admitting that he had not yet actually seen the programme, [2] voiced his concerns that the show's content was not "challenging and stimulating" enough for the BBC, adding that "For children, Horrible Histories is an exciting aid to engage with the guts and gore of the past, but there are more sophisticated, populist ways of getting people involved in history than this. I'm in favour of populism, but there has to be a bit of depth to it." [66]Horrible Histories wins fourth consecutive children's BAFTA". BBC News Online. 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015 . Retrieved 17 December 2013. Original music plays a significant role in the show and its popularity; "Music from Horrible Histories" was chosen as the 2011 theme of the BBC Proms' annual children's concert. [22] Alongside various short intro themes and commercial jingles, each episode [note 1] and each special contains at least one longer comedy song centred around a particular historical figure or theme and performed by the cast in appropriate character. [5]