Lockdown: some people perfected their sourdough starters, others launched side hustles. Me? I finally discovered the genius of Horrible Histories.
Isn’t that a kids’ show, you ask? Well, yes, and... no. It picks out history’s more gruesome facts, but each episode is such a richly-stitched patchwork of skits, pastiches and laugh-out-loud musical numbers that it’s far too good for children if you ask me. And I’m not the only one who thinks so because a new history show has lifted the format directly.
