Aired Thursday October 28, 10:25am - 10:50amon CBBC

Horrible Histories

Name: 5:30pm - Series 10 Episode 12
Start: 2024-04-26T16:30:00Z
End: 2024-04-26T17:00:00Z
Location: CBBC HD

Series 6 Episode 13: 'Orrible Oliver Cromwell Special

Oliver Cromwell rises from obscurity, challenges King Charles I in the English Civil War, and ultimately orders the King's execution - as he says, a it was a 'cruel necessity'. In other parts of Britain there are a bunch of oddly named Puritan soldiers, and the great writer Shakespeare.

Category: Comedy / Children / History
Original air date: 2015-08-03

Cast and crew

Chloë ThomasDirector
Mathew Baynton
Simon Farnaby
Martha Howe-Douglas
Laurence Rickard
Jim Howick
Ben Willbond
Sarah Hadland

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Upcoming broadcasts

Today, 6:00pmon CBBC
Series 10 Episode 7
Today, 6:00pmon CBBC HD
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Series 10 Episode 8
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Friday April 26, 5:30pmon CBBC
Series 10 Episode 12
Friday April 26, 5:30pmon CBBC HD
Series 10 Episode 12