Rob Beckett (3 pints of lager, 8 whiskies, and 6 shots of sambuca) on Henry VIII, starring Tom Davis as Henry VIII of England and Mathew Horne as Thomas Cromwell.

Kerry Howard (7 vodka tonics and 3 shots of sambucas) on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, starring Rebecca Front as Queen Victoria and Joel Fry as Prince Albert.

Tom Rosenthal (3 pints of lager and ¾ bottle of whisky) on The Great Fire of London.

Andrew Maxwell (3 bottles of champagne) on grave robbers Burke and Hare.

Romesh Ranganathan (8 beers and 3 shots of sambuca) on Tutankhamen.

Joe Lycett (4 glasses of prosecco, 1 bottle of champagne, and 1 shot of sambuca) on highwayman Dick Turpin.

Joe Lycett (4 glasses of prosecco, 1 bottle of champagne, and 1 shot of sambuca) on the Kray twins.

Russell Kane (1 vodka martini, 3 double Southern Comforts, 2 double vodka Cokes, and 2 double vodka Red Bulls) talks King Charles II.

Alex Horne (7 beers, 2 shots of sambuca, and 1 bottle of wine) on the 1966 World Cup trophy theft.

Kerry Howard (7 vodka tonics and 3 shots of sambuca) on Blackbeard.

Joel Dommett (4 pints of cider, 3 glasses of wine, and 2 Jägerbombs) on Colonel Blood.

James Acaster (6 Piña coladas, 3 beers, and 3 whisky sours) on Henry II and Thomas Becket.

Tiff Stevenson (2 margaritas and 4 glasses of prosecco) on the discovery of DNA.

Joel Dommett (4 ciders, 3 glasses of wine, and 2 Jägerbombs) on Baden Powell and the Boy Scouts, starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as Baden-Powell.

Diane Morgan (2 shots of sambuca and 7 gin tonics) on Florence Nightingale, starring Jessica Knappett as Florence Nightingale and Johnny Vegas as Vicar Andrew.

Retelling: Tom Craine (3½ pints of lager and 5 dbl vodka & lemonades) on "The Rise & Fall of Sir Walter Raleigh"

Tom Davis (9 pints of lager and 2 Jägerbombs) on "Robin Hood and Maid Marian”.

Cast:

Jack Whitehall as Sir Walter Raleigh

Michelle Keegan as Queen Elizabeth I

Mathew Baynton as Robin Hood

Retelling:

Iain Stirling (2 pints of lager and 9 dbl whiskey & cokes) on "Scott of the Antarctic"

Chris Ramsey (16 bottles of lager) on "The Sinking of the Titanic".

Cast:

Mathew Horne as Robert Falcon Scott

Catherine Tate as Edward Wilson’s Wife

Ben Bailey Smith as Bruce Ismay

Retelling:

Isy Suttie (7 glasses of prosecco and 2 sambucas) on “Prince Edward and Mrs Simpson”

Ed Gamble (11 dbl gin & tonics and 7 dbl vodka red bulls) on "The Great Escape”.

Cast:

Tom Stourton as Edward VIII

Greg James as Alan Lascelles

Sophie McShera as Wallis Simpson

Rich Hall as Wally Floody

Dustin Demri-Burns as Roger Bushell

Retelling:

Charlotte Ritchie (4 pints of beer and a bottle of white wine) on "The Cottingley Fairies".

Nish Kumar (4 pints of beer and a 1.5 bottles of red wine) on "The Invention of the Telephone".

Cast:

Catherine Tate as Frances Griffiths

Mathew Horne as Elsie Griffiths

Anthony Head as Alexander Graham Bell

Tim Key as Thomas Edison

Retelling:

Joe Lycett (4 pints of lager, 3 glasses of prosecco and 2 tequila shots) on "The Battle of Trafalgar"

Ellie Taylor (1 glass of prosecco, 6 vodka & diet cokes) on "The Virgin Queen”.

Cast:

Anthony Head as Admiral Nelson

Alexander MacQueen as Sir Thomas Hardy

Sarah Alexander as Queen Elizabeth I

Retelling: Matt Richardson (13 double gin and tonics) on “Churchill Attacks the Nazis"

Josie Long (2 aperol spritz, 2 campari & oranges, 4 rum & cokes and 3 rum & gingers) on "Dr. Crippen”.

Cast:

Simon Bird as Winston Churchill

Dustin Demri-Burns as Adolf Hitler

Marek Larwood as Hawley Harvey Crippen

Retelling:

Tom Parry (5 pints of beer, 1 Jägerbomb, 1 snakebite & black, 5 double rum & cokes) on “Arthur Conan Doyle: Becoming Sherlock"

John Robins (3 pints of ale, 9 double rum & cokes) & Elis James (6 pints of ale, 3 double rum & cokes) on "Battle of Waterloo”.

Cast:

Bradley Walsh as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Julian Rhind-Tutt as Oscar Slater

Dan Skinner as Wellington

Retelling:

Nick Helm (6 bottles of beer, 3/4 bottle of Amaretto, 2 double vodka & sodas) on “Battle of Hastings"

Sara Pascoe (7 glasses of Prosecco) on "Catherine Parr”.

Cast:

Emma Bunton as Catherine Parr

Phill Jupitus as William The Conqueror

Retelling: Brian "Q" Quinn and Sal Vulcano on "The Assassination of James Garfield"

Joel Dommett on "The Dambusters"

Cast:

Brett Goldstein as James Garfield

Chris O'Dowd as Sir Barnes Wallis

Alexander Armstrong as Sir Arthur Harris

Retelling: James "Murr" Murray on "Billy The Kid"

Jessica Knappett & Lydia Rose Bewley on "The Royal Rivalry of Elizabeth & Mary"

Cast:

Rufus Hound as James Dolan

Mathew Horne as Billy the Kid

Katy Brand as Queen Elizabeth I

Michelle Keegan as Mary, Queen of Scots

Retelling: Russell Kane on "King Arthur"

Iain Stirling on "Eric Liddell"

Cast:

Rufus Hound as God

Retelling: Kerry Howard on "Beatrix Potter"

Joe Lycett on "The Great Train Robbery"

Cast:

Emma Bunton as Beatrix Potter

Retelling: Luisa Omielan on "The Suffragettes"

Tom Rosenthal on "The Battle of Agincourt"

Cast:

Jessica Hynes as Emmeline Pankhurst

Retelling:

Phil Wang on "Isaac Newton"

Adam Buxton on "King Alfred & The Vikings"

Cast:

Alexander Armstrong as King Alfred

Joe Wilkinson as Beggar

Matthew Lewis as Edmond Halley

Retelling: Tom Parry on "John Logie Baird"

Rick Edwards on "The Christmas Truce"

Cast:

Jamie Laing as Gordon Selfridge

Paul Kaye as John Logie Baird

Stephen Mangan as Lieutenant Sir Edward Hulse

Retelling: Judi Love on "The Fall of Charles I"

Miles Jupp on "Operation Mincemeat"

Cast:

Ashley Walters as King Charles I

Lolly Adefope as Archivist

Retelling: Daniel Sloss on "The Battle of Stirling Bridge"

Tom Davis on "How Shakespeare Went Gangster"

Cast:

Mark Heap as William Shakespeare

Sian Gibson as Anne Hathaway

A special edition featuring two of the cast from the MTV show Geordie Shore. Holly Hagan tells the story of Henry VIII (Tim Key) creating the Church of England to divorce Catherine of Aragon (Daisy Beaumont) and marry Anne Boleyn (Cariad Lloyd); while Gary Beadle tells the story of how Ian Fleming (Ben Willbond) created the James Bond novels.